2 Year Long Term Plan September Class 3 2014 – July 2016
Year A
HISTORY
The Bronze Age The Iron Age
GEOGRAPHY
Britain in Maps
British Coast /
Hooke Court
HISTORY
Ancient Egypt (in-depth study)
Topic
(including local history)
Trip to Project Timescape.
Year A
Literacy
Genres
Class 3 play: 'A Glint
of Gold'
(Tutankhamun)
Term 5
Trip to Highclere
Castle (Lord Carnarvon's
Newspaper Reports
(King Tut's tomb
discovered)
Story: Adventure and
Mystery
(TfW Y3)
Term 1
Term 2
Term 3
Term 4
Stories: Imaginary
Worlds
Recounts
(of trip to
Project
Timescape)
Letters (taught)
- to parents
with details.
Story: Familiar
Settings
Recount – diary form
(Hooke Court)
Non-chronological
report (Lifeboats /
lifeboatmen)
Plays and Dialogue
The BFG
Butterfly Lion
The Fireworkmakers Daughter
Flat Stanley
Poetry:
performance
(TfW Y3)
Senses Poems
(TfW Y3)
Instructions
(TfW Y4)
Books
The Minpins
Poetry
Poetry on a theme
of Imaginary
Worlds
Grammar
Vary long and short
sentences; adverb
starters; fronted
adverbials;
prepositional phrases;
powerful verbs ; start
with a simile (poetry)
Focus
Weeks
Science
Art Week
Design &
Technology
Residential Trip : D&T and Forces
Lyme Regis visit.
Embellished
simple sentences;
adjective, noun,
noun phrases, verb,
and adverb.
Theatre Reviews
Egyptian museum)
Term 6
Varjak’s Paw
Complex sentences Long and short sentences;
Boastful language; specific
subordination (inc.
expanded noun phrases;long
technical vocabulary; ellipsis;
connectives); additional
and short sentences; expanded
direct speech; drop in relative
subordinating conjunctions;
noun phrases; list of three /
clause;
commas after fronted
sentence of three for
adverbials; apostrophes for
description;
singular possession (nonprepositions (plays); direct
chron. report)
speech; powerful speech verb
Consolidate: full stops, capitals, ?, !, bullet points, apostrophe for contractions, commas in lists, singular/plural, suffix/prefix adjective, noun, noun phrases, verb, adverb,
consonant / vowel, word family, alliteration, statement, question, exclamation, command, tense – past, present, future, inverted commas.
D&T week
Christmas
States of Matter
(Y4 Prog of Study)
Structures: photo frames; towers
compound sentences;
powerful verbs; -ing
clauses as starters;
specific technical
vocabulary;
National Science and
Engineering Week
Forces
Electricity
(inc. rockets at
Y4
Hooke Court)
Y3
Pneumatics and hydraulics:
rockets.
Alarms.
D&T week
Animals inc. humans
Digestive system Y4
Nutrition
Teeth Y4
D&T Cookery
ICT
Spreadsheets
Databases
Algorithms,
Coding
Art
Take One Artist
Multimedia
Presentation
E-Safety
Algorithms
Coding
MUSIC
Desktop Publishing
Algorithms
Coding
Databases
Spreadsheets
Exploring textures
and patterns.
Core Skills
Spreadsheets
E-Safety
Coding
Movie Editing
Core Skills
Spreadsheets
Algorithms and Coding
Scratch Programming
Email
E-Safety
MUSIC
MUSIC
Accurate drawings of
people, faces, bodies
and movements.
Ancient Egyptian art
Leaders and
Followers: Who
do Jewish and
Gambia link school
Christian
people follow?
Symbols
Five Pillars of
Islam
Pentecost
Extending
colour mixing;
using different
brushes. Georgia
O’Keefe flowers
RE/PSHE
Gambia link
school – letters,
photos / video,
fund-raising
plans
Religion and the
individual
Gambia link school
French
PE
Athletics/
Football
Athletics/Tag
Rugby
Hockey/
Gymnastics
Music
ART
Christmas
Music: playing
accompaniments,
singing in two
parts.
ART
Tennis/
Gynmastics/
Outdoors and
adventurous
activities
Standard musical
notation, recorder.
Cricket/ Netball/
Swimming
Rounders/ Dance
/Swimming
Music from Play
Quality singing,
including 2 parts and
harmony.
ART
Year B
Topic
Year B
Literacy
Genres
Books
Poetry
Grammar
HISTORY
Roman Empire
Impact on Britain and Celts
[short in 2nd half term]
Trip to Fishbourne Roman Palace
Term 1
Nonchronological
report (on
Roman
mythological
creature).
Stories – Myths
and Legends
Term 2
Newspaper
recount
[Fishbourne]
Advert (estate
agent) for the
palace.
Instructions
(Christmas
craft) TfW Y3
The Ice Palace
Diary of a
Killer Cat
Poetry for Christmas
Adjective, noun,
noun phrases, verb,
and adverb; powerful
verbs; generalisers
for info.; apostrophes
for singular
possession (nonchron. report)
Boastful language;
colon before list;
start with a simile
(poetry)
PHYSICAL
GEOGRAPHY
Vesuvius and
Pompeii
(inc. play)
Term 3
Plays and Dialogue
HISTORY
HISTORY / ART
GEOGRAPHY
& SCIENCE
Anglo-Saxons
(before Alfred the
Great) – fall of
Roman Empire,
Scots invasions.
Hooke Court trip –
Saxons theme.
Anglo-Saxon Art and
Culture
(short unit)
Planet Earth
World maps: zones
esp. Rainforest
Trip to Living Rainforest
World and Europe maps:
location knowledge
Term 4
Recount (diary)
(Hooke Court)
Term 5
Fantasy Stories (TfW
Y4)
Term 6
Recount and [taught]
letter
(Rainforest)
Grandpa Chatterji
Bill’s New Frock
Stories with
historical settings
I was a Rat!
Powerful verbs; specific
technical vocabulary;
direct speech; powerful
speech verb
Complex sentences subordination (inc.
connectives); additional
subordinating
conjunctions; commas
after fronted adverbials
The Hodgeheg
Kennings
Story poems (TfW Y4)
Observation poems
TfW Y3
Powerful verbs; direct speech;
drop in relative clause;
specific technical vocabulary;
drop in relative clause;
Consolidate: full stops, capitals, ?, !, bullet points, apostrophe for contractions, commas in lists, singular/plural, suffix/prefix adjective, noun, noun phrases, verb, adverb,
consonant / vowel, word family, alliteration, statement, question, exclamation, command, tense – past, present, future, inverted commas.
Focus
Weeks
Poetry linked to Art Week
Book Week
Skeleton and Muscles
Science
Design and
Technology
Motorised Roman chariots
Rocks and Fossils
(inc. Charmouth
trip)
Plants
Planet Earth : Living Things, Environments,
Habitats and Food Chains
Textiles: purses
Cookery
ICT
Core Skills
Internet
Research
Presentations
Multimedia
Project
Google Maps
Email
E-Safety
DTP
Algorithms
Coding
Desktkop
Publishing
Website Design
Spreadsheets
Core Skills
Podcasts
E-Safety
Algorithms
Coding
Website Design
Scratch programming
Art
Take One Artist
MUSIC
MUSIC
Sculpture
R.E. /
P.S.H.E.
Gambia link
school – letters,
photos / video,
fund-raising
plans
What different
beliefs about
God do people
have?
Christian +
Muslim
Gambia link school
The Journey of
Life + Death
Hindu + Muslim
and Christianity
ART
Christmas
music,
percussion.
Strings tuition.
Musical play.
ART
Standard musical
notation.
ART
Strings tuition
Strings tuition
Strings tuition
Strings tuition
MUSIC
Core Skills
Scratch Programing
Image editing
E-Safety
Watercolours:
technique and great
artists.
Worship, Pilgrimage
and Sacred Places
Gambia link school
French
Music
Strings tuition