Year 4 Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2 Topic What’s The Attraction To Battle Light it up Invaders Sunny South Solid As a Rock Subtheme Magnets Saxons Electricity Light Vikings Southampton/The Titanic Rocks/Soils Lead Art Subjects Science Art Science History Geography Science DT History Dt Music Art DT HOOK Tatty coat lost and found Watch The Last Lamp/scroll appears Strange Viking Letter from Kaspsar Extract from the film Kingdom Trailer-You Watch extract of film artefacts appear in tube the class Fiction Moral Story Journey Story Wishing story Defeat the villain Journey Portal/Defeat The Villain Genre Story Fiction Text Tatter coats – Pie Corbett Last Kingdom by Aladdin The Last Viking by Kaspar Prince of Cats by Michael Lion The Witch and the Terry Deary Terry Deary Morpurgo Wardrobe by CS Lewis

Fiction Focus Problem/ Plot Action Problem/plot Openings and Endings Character/dialogue Problem / Plot (3 weeks) (3 weeks) (3 weeks) (3 weeks) (2 weeks) (3 weeks) Non-Fiction 1 Explain and entertain Persuade and Persuade Advise and explain Inform Inform and describe Purpose (2 week) Instruct (1 week) (1 week and 4 days) (2 weeks) (2 weeks) (1 week ) Audience Cinderella Saxon troops Jafar Hero Readers of newspaper (mystery)Letter in bottle Form A humorous explanation of a machine A speech to rouse A letter to Jafar to persuade him A procedural text Newspaper report on the sinking Write a letter describing which will help Cinderella the troops and to be a better person based on How to of Titanic and informing others about encourage them to defeat a Villain life in Narnia – write in role continue in the fight as a character for victory. Non-Fiction Inform and recount 2 Persuade (1 week) To inform and advise Describe To inform and describe – Purpose (1 week) (2 weeks) (2 weeks) gateway to upper KS2 (2weeks) Audience The old man Main character Parents Johnny New year 5 teacher Form A letter to persuade the old man to Diary of the main A non-chronological report based A scrapbook diary describing the Choice – create a piece of change his ways and approach Tattercoats character on renewable energy adventures of Kasper writing which reflects you as a writer – you need to inform and describe Narnia to your new teacher – how you choose to present this is your choice. Poetry Shortburst creative writing-see photos on Rap-Write A Rap Rap Michael Rosen poems & TPool by Tony Mitten performance of The Chocolate (1 week) (1 week) Cake (1 week) Writing SA-letter explanation of magnets SA-Non chron report SA- explanation of circuits SA-Discussion about SA-Diary extract from passenger SA-non chron report about Application connected to Saxons SA-postcard on how switches Viking Raiders or SA-persuasion to move to rocks/soils Across the S.A – Blog 5 facts work Traders Southampton Curriculum Diary of a Viking San – letters to White Star soldier explaining how to build a ship SA – leaflet – tourist brochure for Scandinavian tourist board Author to Kaye Umansky-Pongwiffy Michael Rosen poetry Andrew Norris-Aquilla/Woof Michael Morpurgo- Kaspar Prince of Cats by Michael Lion The Witch and the read collections not Kaspar or Private Morpurgo Wardrobe by CS Lewis Peaceful. (Marble Crusher or More Muck N Magic) Calmore Junior School Literacy Long Term Plan Year 4