LKS2
2015-16
English
Advent: Tomb Raiders
Lent: Buried Treasure
Pentecost: Crimebusters
We will improve our skills in Reading, Writing and the Spoken language by reading appropriate books in full. We will create our own texts in a range of genre and think about the purpose of our writing when we plan and include the new vocabulary that we have learned.
We will apply and develop our skills of handwriting, grammar, spelling and punctuation.
Myths, Legends and traditional tales
Information texts
Shape poems and calligrams
Language play
Stories from imaginary worlds
Stories from other cultures
Information texts
Exploring form
Maths
Use the school calculation policy and National Curriculum document to cover the statutory areas of:
Number and Place Value, Addition and Subtraction, Multiplication and division, Fractions, Measurement,
Geometry – properties of shapes and position and direction, Statistics, fluency, reasoning and problem solving.
Science
Y3: Plants : investigating plants
Animals including humans : healthy eating, healthy bodies
Y4: Living things & their habitats
:classification & interdependence
Stories with historical settings
Recounts – newspapers
Creating images
Y3: Rocks : Rocks, fossils & Soil
Y4:States of matter: solids, liquids &gases
Sound: sound & vibrations
Y3: Forces and Magnets
Light: light & shadows
Y4: Animals including humans: teeth and digestion
Electricity : circuits & components
Children will also be Working scientifically following the National Curriculum in a range of activities linked to the theme. This is incorporated in the science topics.
History
Ancient Egyptians
Study of the achievements of the earliest civilisations
Geography
Our locality compared to a region in Egypt
‘Local History Study’
Invaders and Settlers – Britain’s settlement by Anglo Saxons
Anglo Saxon finds –e.g. those on display at Stockwood (Luton) Anglo-Saxon Link to river Lea, Luton
Vikings
& Anglo Saxon struggle for the kingdom of England to the time of
Edward the confessor
Viking raids and invasion
Investigating our local area
human and physical geography: UK
Geographical skills and fieldwork: using maps, atlases, globes, digital mapping, 8 points of a compass 6 figure reference key/fieldwork sketches, plan, maps, graphs, use digital technologies ordnance surveys,
Art &
Design
Sculpture 3D
Pyramids, Papyrus picture Cartouches Egyptian necklaces
Textiles, Printing - Saxon themed/Celtic printing)
Paint techniques Portraits
creating photo-fits, (weapons, raids)
Create sketch books to record observations to review and revisit ideas Know about great artists, architects & designers in history
Design &
Technology
Music
Design, make & evaluate
Mechanical (levers, gears. Pulleys, cams)
Shaduf
Design, make & evaluate Textiles
Money Containers
Design, make & evaluate: Electrical Systems
understand and use electrical systems in products e.g. switches,
series circuits, buzzers, lights
Electrical
Alarms
Y3: Three Little Birds,
Ho, Ho, Ho
Y4: Mamma Mia, Five gold Rings
Y3: Glockenspiel Stage 2
Benjamin Britten – There was a monkey
Y4: Glockenspiel Stage 3
Benjamin Britten – Cuckoo
Y3: Let your spirit fly
Reflect, Rewind and Replay
Y4: Lean On me,
Reflect, Rewind and Replay
Sing with increasing confidence and control, songs linked to topic, sing up!
Computing
Programming & controlling
Multi media
E safety
Technology in our lives
E safety
Handling data
E safety