St Mary’s RC Primary School Year 2016-17 Long Term Plan

YEAR 4 / AUT 1 / AUT 2 / SPRING 1 / SPRING 2 / SUMMER 1 / SUMMER 2
TOPICS / Vikings / The Arctic! / Shang Dynasty / World War 2- Local History Study / Local – Peak district / To be decided.

R.E.

Come and See / People
Belonging: Called / Advent/Christmas-Loving :Gift / Community
Giving and Receiving / Self discipline
New Life / Building Bridges / God’s People

SPAG

/ SPAG skills covered daily

English

/ Information writing and texts.
Image Poetry / Informal letters. Stories in Arctic settings.
Instructions
Christmas Story / Stories about Imagined worlds
Persuasive Letter writing / Recounts
Traditional Poems
Easter Story / Myths and Legends
Non Chron Reports / Adventure Stories
Syllabic Poems

Maths

/ Daily / Daily / Daily / Daily / Daily / Daily

Science

/ Electricity / States of Matter / Sound / Living Things and Their Habitats / Animals Including Humans / Living Things and Their Habitats

Computing

/ Digital literacy
Cross Curricular links / Digital literacy Cross Curricular links / Information Technology
Cross Curricular links / Information Technology
Cross Curricular links / Computer Science
Cross Curricular links / Computer Science
Cross Curricular links

History

/ Viking era. / ------/ Shang Dynasty. / Local WW2 History / ------

Geography

/ Scandinavian Countries and Fjords / The Arctic Climate change / City comparison, different areas of China e.g. desert, forests, endangered species. / Rivers, Sett Valley fieldwork, watercycle.

D.T.

/ Clay / Create a huge Igloo / ------

Art

/ Viking shield design designs / Arctic scenery. Paint. Cold colours. / Chinese Art / Landscape drawings

PE

/ Swimming / Swimming / Swimming / Swimming / Swimming / Swimming

Music

/ Music express / Music express
. / Music express / Music express / Music express / Music express

Educational visits

/ Horrible Histories- theatre visit. / Walk to Local reservoirs. Visit from a local artist.