Year Group:
4
Summer 1
Unit Title: ‘Forest Dwellers’ – The Flora and Fauna of Cuffley
Class Teacher:
Entry point: Preparing for our residential in Cuffley (wk3 of 5) becoming
familiar with the plants and animals of the UK and specifically, in ancient
Oak Woodlands such as at Cuffley Camp
Exit point: Parent Assembly sharing children’s experiences at Cuffley
Outcome:.
Children learned about the creatures that represented them in their
time in the forest at Cuffley, the impact of the visit on them as individuals
and their understanding of the fragile earth in which we live and how we
can work together to preserve it.
Literacy:
Non Fiction:
Key Text:
What does it mean to be English? Does The Legend of St. George
it matter? Can we define ‘British and the Dragon
Culture’?
The plants and animals of
Report writing – Cuffley creatures
Great Britain
1st person recounts in role – children
writing in the role of forest dwellers –
plants and animals
Leaflet Writing – the language of
UNCRC Article(s):
persuasion – ‘Come to Cuffley’!
Fiction: The legend of George and the
Dragon – what is truth what is fiction? Article 13:
You have the right to find
Writing a storyboard
Reading:Make links between read out things, and say what you
stories and their own experience and think, through art, speaking
and writing unless it breaks
prior reading.
To use evidence from text to explore the rights of others
characters.
To explore language and the impact of
P4C Stimuli:
specific vocabulary.
Ongoing guided and independent
How can we help our
sessions. 1 x wkly library visits
planet?
Maths: The 4 operations:
Does our planet need
Revision of addition and subtraction
helping?
Multiplication and Division
Fractions
and
Decimals
(ext. Can we learn about our
future from our past?
percentages)
Time – digital and analogue. Ext. 24hr
clock
Measure - length
Science: Solids, liquids and gases.
What are the properties of these
different states of matter.Reversible
Key Questions:
and irreversible change.
Topic: Why is the earth we
The Water Cycle/Floating and sinking
Knowledge and Understanding of live in fragile?
What is our role in helping to
the World:
History & Geography: How has our preserve the planet and
natural landscape changed over time? places we live in and enjoy?
What has stayed similar? What is the
effect of man’s involvement with the Why is worship important to
earth and how can we play a part in Hindus?
protecting for future generations
ICT: Creating databases to present
and analyse information
SEAL:
Perseverance
and Community/International
achievement. What does success look Involvement:
like? How can it be measured and how
might it be different for different Cuffley Parent’s Assembly
people? How do we overcome
Prepare for Ukulele concert
difficulties?
2nd half-term
Creative Development/DT:
Still life – the animals & plants of Britain
RE: Hindu Worship - Devotion
Indoor PE: Gymnastics – rolling and
balance. Individual and partnered
sequences
Outdoor Games: Chelsea – invasion
games. Match tactics, passing and
shooting, marking and finding space
MFL: Numbers to 50. Animals.
Meeting
and
greeting.
School
equipment. Items around the house
Music: Hampshire Music Service –
‘Ukulele 1’
Mr Furzland
Summer 2
Unit Title: Terrible Tudors
Entry point: Tudor Timeline based on Half-term research project. KNowling
the timeline of the Tudor Dynasty and the key events that took place during
it
Exit point:
Having a Tudor Dress-up day/Feast and presentation to the Parents of all
work done
Outcome: Children know and understand about life in Tudor times for rich
and poor alike. They know about the Tudor Kings and Queens of England
and the legacies they left
Literacy:
Non-Fiction: RWI
Reports
Evaluating evidence and report writing
– looking at evidence in the role of a
policeman and choosing which to
present ‘at court’
Fiction: RWI
Playscripts
Exploring a playscript set in Vietnam –
then writing a new ending for a play
based on the traditional tale of
‘Rumplestiltskin’
Reading: Make links between read
stories and their own experience and
prior reading.
To use evidence from text to explore
characters.
To explore language and the impact of
specific vocabulary.
Ongoing guided and independent
sessions. 1 x wkly library visits
Maths: Problem solving using all 4
operations – final revision of all 4 –
using methods we are comfortable with
Data Handling
Number Sequences and Patterns
Measure: Weight and Capacity
General revision and mental maths
FINAL ASSESSMENTS
Science: Living things – how plants
grow
Tudor knot gardens using cress
Knowledge and Understanding of
the World: What was the impact of the
Tudor Reign then and now.
What
is
the
Tudor
legacy
locally/nationally in terms of a
artefacts/buildings etc.
ICT: ‘We are Meteorologists’ – children
to use computer-based logging to
automate the recording of some
weather data – and to analyse data –
exploring inconsistencies and making
predictions
SEAL: Changing Friendships – what
makes a true friend? How
do
friendships change?Evolve?
Creative Development/DT:
Tudor Portraits
Tudor timelines and family trees.
Tudor Feasts - cooking
R.E. Hindu Worhsip – Devotion Pt2
Indoor PE: Preparation for sports day
– running races, relay.
Rounders and cricket
Outdoor Games:
Key Text:’The Fly and the Fool’
Lou Kuenzler (Playscript)
UNCRC Article(s):
Article 29:
You have the right to an
education that develops your
personality, a respect for other
people’s rights and the
environment you live in
P4C Stimuli:
What makes a true friend?
Why is perseverance important
Role models – what are? Should
we have them?
Looking ahead – how do I know
what I want tto achieve in the
future? How can I meet the
goals and challenges I set
myself?
What sacrifices must I make to
be successful in anything?
Key Questions:
Was Henry VIII a ‘nice’ man or
not?
What was the tudor legacy on
Britain
Would we have liked to have
lived in Tudor England?
What was the relationship like
between Henry and: His wives?
Servants? Other family
members?
Community/International
Involvement:
Dress like a Tudor Day –
parents invited.
Sports Day and Summer Fayre
(class stalls)
Invasion games 2: Match tactics,
passing and shooting, marking and
finding space – Hockey and Basketball
MFL: Clothing, parts of the body
Understanding masculine and feminine
nouns
Visiting a shop and basic
conversational french
Revision of numbers to 20 – then 30,
40, 50
Music: Hampshire Music Service –
ukulele 2’ - CONCERT