Curriculum Planning Term 1

Curriculum Planning Autumn Term 2011-2012 Year 3 Year 3 Year 4 Year 4 Term 1 Term 2 Term1 Term 2 Theme – Rotten Romans! Theme – Rotten Romans! Theme – Weird and Theme – The Tudor Times (cont) Wonderful Busy Hands Literacy Information texts Instruction texts Information Texts Recounts Links Instructions Authors and Letters Stories from other cultures Poems Authors and Letters Dialogue and Plays Speaking and Basic Writing skills/target Listening/Drama Activities getting Science Materials Light and Shadows Solids, liquids and how they Moving and Growing can be separated (Tudor Medcine) Chemical reactions Reversible/Non reversible changes History The Romans RR cont. Aztec Life Tudors “Celt” visitor Chronology Visit Collection Features of period Roman Walk Life and Homes Roman soldier Visitor Culture/Gods/Rituals ICT Text and Graphics Text and Graphics Repeated patterns Writing for different Research Databases Research skills audiences and Word processing skills Literacy link - Newspapers Geog Locational Knowledge RR cont. Continents Local study Parts of the United Kingdom The location of the ancient The seas around the United Aztec Empire Kingdom and Europe Parts of Europe – Roman Empire Art Drawing from observation Puppets – various media Aztec Art Drawing -portraits and imagination Calendars Drawing from artefacts (N.Arch/Roman soldiers) Christmas Art Scraper Boards DT Textiles, context- bullas, Mouldable materials Clay pots Textiles Moulable Materials, context Context Diva lamp Designing masks, headresses Context -Money Containers clay oil lamp, brooches, Textiles: puppets Tudor purses army standards and scrolls Evaluate, design and make a Mosaics puppet. Music Music Express Music Express Music learning and Music learning and Animal Magic Play it Again performing: performing: Drumming Drumming