Medium Term Plan: Jupiter Term 1 Cycle B 2014-2015
Subject / Week 1W/B 04.09 / Week 2
W/B 08.09 / Week 3
W/B 15.09 / Week 4
W/B 22.09
Literacy
Hamilton Trust
Yr 4: Fiction 2A-stories from other cultures 3 wks
Yr 4: Non-fiction 2A-Information Text 2 wks
Yr 4: Poetry 1A-creating images 2 wks / Identify main points of a story & retell
Write notes to create a synopsis
Identify & use prepositions
Write a review
Share experiences & express preferences / Explore different story ideas
Spell –ly suffixes
Use description in own writing
Use adverbs & adverbials to modify verbs
Plan & write own stories / Use dictionaries to find definitions
Use commas in own writing
Plan own Aztec tale
Write, edit & improve own writing
Numeracy
Hamilton Trust / Yr 4: Place Value (wk 1) Understand what each digit represents in a 4-digit number. Write place value additions and subtractions. Place 3-digit and 4-digit numbers on a line and compare them.
Yr 5: Place Value & Addition (wk 1)
Understand place value in 5-digit numbers. Place 5-digit numbers on a line. Order and compare 5-digit numbers. Add and subtract 1, 10, 100, 1000, 10,000. Use written addition to add pairs of 4 digit numbers and pairs of 5-digit numbers. Methods used include, expanded and compact column addition. / Yr 4: Addition & Subtraction (wk 2)
Mental addition of pairs of 2-digit numbers or 3-digit numbers and 2-digit numbers using partitioning, place value or counting up. Mental subtraction of 2-digit numbers from numbers less than 200 by counting back or counting up.
Yr 5: Decimals, Addition & Money (wk 2)
Understand place value in numbers with two decimal places; divide by 10 and 100 to give answers with two decimal places; multiply numbers with 2 decimals by 10 and by 100; place two-place decimal numbers on a number line; compare and order numbers with two decimal places; add amounts of money using column addition; use using rounding to check answers. Methods used include place value grids, expanded and compact column addition. / Yr 4: Addition & Subtraction (wk 3)
Written addition of 3-digit numbers using compact written addition. Mental subtraction by counting up, using Frog and checking with addition.
Yr 5: Subtraction (wk 3)
Find change from £20, £50 and £100 using counting up; find a difference between two amounts of money by counting up; use column subtraction to subtract pairs of 4-digit numbers and to subtract 3-digit numbers from 4-digit numbers; choose whether to use counting up or column subtraction to subtract pairs of four-digit numbers. Methods used include expanded decomposition, compact decomposition and Frog / counting up subtraction.
Science
Hamilton Trust
Yr 4: Animals & Humans-AL
Yr 5: Living things & their habitats-JC / Yr 4: Digestion Explain that digestion is the act of softening and changing food so that the body can absorb and use it for energy & growth. Find out which human organs are involved & begin a class model of the human digestive system.
Yr 5: Flowering plants Recap on life cycles of flowering plants. Plant some seeds to germinate. Explain that plants can also reproduce asexually. Plant bulbs, corms, tubers and cuttings of roots, stems & leaves to see if they can propagate new plants. / Yr 4: Digestive systems Discuss further details of the digestive system including functions of the various organs involved. Find out what happens when we eat poisonous or bad food & how illnesses can be caused by poor diets.
Yr 5: Non-flowering plants Study the life cycles of some non-flowering plants, e.g. algae, mosses, liverworts, ferns and gymnosperms, i.e. conifers. Compare them to flowering plants. Make careful observational drawings of representative plants, enlarging some details. / Yr 4: Animal diets Compare human digestive system to other animals’ particularly ruminants. Define carnivores, herbivores and omnivores, & investigate examples of each type of animal.
Yr 5: Mammals Discuss the life cycle of humans. Compare & contrast with those of other mammals, e.g. kangaroos and dogs. Identify features of mammals. Explain that there are two unusual mammals that lay eggs. Watch videos of the live birth of humans and other mammals.
Topic
Hamilton Trust
Mayas & Aztecs / 01: Mesoamerica-Map work
Introduce the countries of Mesoamerica – Mexico & Central America. Mark on a map. Discover in which areas the Mayas & Aztecs lived. / 01a: People-Timeline
Investigate earlier peoples of Mesoamerica-Create a timeline. / 02: Mayan buildings-Art link
Investigate the evidence left by the Mayas in the form of buildings – stepped temples, palaces & stelae (stone pillars). Find out how Stephens Catherwood re-discovered some of the ancient cities, kept a journal & drew detailed pictures. / 03: Tenochtitlan-City plan
The Aztecs were a wandering tribe that finally settled on a island in Lake Tetzcoco where they founded their capital city Tenochtitlan. Draw city plan & label.
ICT
Planned & taught by AH
Art & DT
Mayan & Aztec inspired art / Design an Aztec title page-including at least 3 different Aztec designs & lettering / Produce a design for a collagraph. Must include a patterned border & a central animal design. / 02a: Catherwood’s Drawings
Look at examples of Catherwood’s drawings-find out how he used a camera lucida to help him. Look in detail at one of his drawings of a stela-compare with photos. Make oown ‘Catherwood drawing’ of a stela. / Choose final design & draw-colour using complementary colours.
R.E
Taught by JC
Inspirational People / Gandhi-life and achievements / Gandhi-life and achievements / Gandhi-life and achievements
P.E
Sports coaching-English games
Medium Term Plan: Jupiter Term 1 Cycle B 2014-2015
Subject / Week 5W/B 29.09 / Week 6
W/B 06.10 / Week 7
W/B 13.10 / Week 8
W/B 20.09
Literacy
Hamilton Trust
Yr 4: Fiction 2A-stories from other cultures 3 wks
Yr 4: Non-fiction 2A-Information Text 2 wks
Yr 4: Poetry 1A-creating images 2 wks / Identify examples of report writing features
Find information & record it in note form
Add suffixes
Extend sentences with more than one clause
Choose nouns, pronouns & adverbs appropriately
Use present tense & third person / Discuss different views & perspectives
Prepare & give a mini talk
Add & use suffixes
Use complex & compound sentences
Write a non-fiction report
Review & edit work
Use persuasive language / Learn a chant to read aloud & perform
Identify & use nouns, adjectives & descriptive phrases
Write descriptions
Write a prose description of a poem’s content
Write a chant / Analyse a poem
Use dictionaries to check word meaning
Write a character profile
Add adverbs to modify verbs
Write own poem
Perform own poem
Numeracy
Hamilton Trust / Yr 4: Shape & Data (wk 4)
Draw circles with different radii. Describe, name and sort 2D and 3D shapes, including triangles. Use Venn diagrams or Carroll diagrams to sort shapes.
Yr 5: Shape (wk 4)
Identify, visualise and describe properties of 3D shapes including pyramids and prisms; use these properties to sort 3D shapes; describe properties of 2D shapes. Recognise and describe properties of polygons; classify quadrilaterals. Sort shapes using Venn diagrams, shape investigations and use technical vocabulary associated with 3D shapes. / Yr 4: Multiplication & Division (wk 5)
Mental multiplication and division: Double 2-digit and 3-digit numbers using partitioning. Halve 2-digit and 3-digit numbers using partitioning. Know 3, 4, 6, 8 times tables and associated division facts.
Yr 5: Multiplication, Division & Fractions (wk 5)
Use knowledge of times tables facts to help find common multiples, sort using Venn diagrams; find factor of two-digit numbers; divide mentally, deciding whether to round up or down depending on the context; find equivalent fractions; compare fractions with related denominators; simplify fractions using factors. Solve word problems involving division / Yr 4: Place Value, Addition & Subtraction (wk 6)
Mental addition and subtraction of 4-digit numbers using place value and partitioning. Add and subtract 1, 10, 100, 1000 to and from 4-digit numbers.
Yr 5: Place Value & Multiplication (wk 6)
Place 4-digit numbers on a line and round to the nearest 10, 100 or 1000; place 5-digit numbers on a line and round to the nearest 10, 100, 1000 or 10,000; revise using grid multiplication to multiply 3-digit numbers by single-digit numbers; use short multiplication to multiply 3-digit numbers by single-digit numbers; use short multiplication to multiply 4-digit numbers by single-digit numbers. Methods used include landmarked number lines, written multiplication using grid method and short multiplication. / Yr 4: Place Value, Addition & Subtraction (wk 7)
Mental addition and subtraction of 3 or 4-digit numbers using place value and near multiples.
Yr 5: Multiplication & Division (wk 7)
Use rules of divisibility; find prime numbers less than 50; use a written method to divide numbers above the times tables; round up or down after division according to the context; use multiplication to check division and simplify fractions. Methods used include sorting multiples using Carroll diagrams, written division: chunking
Science
Hamilton Trust
Yr 4: Animals & Humans-AL
Yr 5: Living things & their habitats-JC / Yr 4: Teeth Look at models of teeth or sets of teeth. Use mirrors to look at &count own teeth. Compare teeth of different animals. Learn about incisors, canines, (premolars) and molars. Find out what they are used for. Make a model of a human jaw with plasticine.
Yr 5: Birds Recap on the structure of eggs (looked at in Year 2). Explain that migration is part of the life cycle of many birds. Draw a bird life cycle. / Yr 4: Tooth decay The importance of keeping your teeth healthy. Study tooth decay -draw a careful diagram of a tooth. Start an investigation to see which liquid does least damage to an eggshell. Start a poster about tooth care.
Yr 5: Amphibians & insects Look at examples of other insect & amphibian life cycles. Understand differences between complete & incomplete metamorphosis. Compare with mammal & bird life cycles. / Yr 4: Producers, predators & prey Investigate a number of feeding relationships and create food chains to show the transfer of food (energy) from the producer to the consumers.
Yr 5: Scientists Discuss the work that naturalists & animal behaviourists carry out-why it is important. Watch video clips of some of these scientists at work. Research & write a biography of a well-known scientist. / Yr 4: Food webs Understand more complex feeding relationships. Discover the impact that small changes can have on the whole web. Discuss the importance of plants to all life on Earth!
Yr 5: Enquiry findings Summarise the findings of the Strand-look at some unusual plants and animals from elsewhere in the world, including other egg-laying animals. Complete their observations of flowering plants, plant propagation enquiries. Write reports of their findings.
Topic
The Mayas & Aztecs
Hamilton Trust / 04: Sacrifice & Offerings
Find out about the offerings the Mayas & Aztecs gave to the gods & the human & animal sacrifices that were made in their temples. Children find out why sacrifice was so important to the Mesoamerican peoples-Mindmap / 04a: Gods & Goddesses
Look in more detail at some of the main gods & goddesses of the Mayas & Aztecs. Draw & label different gods & goddesses. Design own. / 05a: Education
Find out about the schools children went to, the lessons they were taught & the punishments that were given for bad behaviour. Draw a poster encouraging children to behave! / 06: Reading & Writing
Find out how the Mayas & Aztecs recorded information in pictures or hieroglyphs. Look at examples carved in stone & drawn in codices. Children write their names in Mayan glyphs or create a town glyph to include in a class codex.
ICT
Planned & taught by AH
Art & DT
Mayan & Aztec inspired art / Use design to make collagraph. Use art straws, split peas, corrugated cardboard, string etc. for 3D effect. / Use collagraph to produce a wax crayon rubbing. Experiment with different techniques & colours. Use complementary colours. / Make prints using the collagraph. Experiment with different coloured card & inks. / Design & make stencils based on the collagraph design. Use black & white paper for contrast.
R.E
Taught by JC
Inspirational People / Nelson Mandela-life and achievements / Nelson Mandela-life and achievements / Nelson Mandela-life and achievements / Nelson Mandela-life and achievements
P.E
Sports coaching; English games
Medium Term Plan: Jupiter Term 2 Cycle B 2014-2015
Subject / Week 1W/B 03/11
Mon: INSET / Week 2
W/B 10/11 / Week 3
W/B 17/11 / Week 4
W/B 24/11
Literacy
Hamilton Trust
Fiction-classic stories (Jungle book) 4 weeks
Letter writing (Christmas Letters) 2 weeks / Use of language-figurative
Use & punctuate direct speech / Make comparisons & discuss themes
Role play a scene
Write a scene with dialogue
Create a concept map
Use embedded clauses / Summarise main ideas in a story map
Write a diary entry / Plan & write own Just So story-edit & proof read
Numeracy
Hamilton Trust / Yr 4: Subtraction (wk 8)
Written subtraction of 3-digit numbers using expanded decomposition. Mental subtraction using counting up. Choose a subtraction calculation strategy.
Yr 5: Place value, decimals & subtraction (wk 8)
Understand place value in numbers with two decimal places; find a difference between a number with one or two decimal places & whole number by counting up, subtract decimals / Yr 4: Time & data (wk 9)