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Teacher – Rochelle Hudson

HLTA – Ms Peck

TA – Pauline Ogden

TA – Tamara Ireland

 

Year 4: Term 1

In Pastures Green

Science: States of matter (see scheme of work for more detail)

  • Compare and group materials together according to whether they are solids, liquids and gases.
  • Observe that some materials change state when they are heated or cooled and measure and research the temperature at which this happens in degrees Celsius. (oc)
  • Identify the part played by evaporation and condensation in the water cycle and associate the rate of evaporation with temperature.SCIENCE VOCABULARY: matter solid  liquid  gas   particles  heated  cooled  temperature  Celsius  evaporation  condensation  water cycle.

History: THE ANGLO-SAXONS

  • Recap what is meant by invasion and settlement.
  • Review what we have learnt about the Roman invasion.
  • Learn about the Roman withdrawal from Britain in c410 AD and the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
  • Place the Anglo-Saxon era on a timeline and understand it followed the Roman Empire.
  • Understand why people leave their homeland to settle in another country and relate it to today.
  • Understand why Anglo-Saxons invaded and where they settled.
  • Learn about the Anglo-Saxon laws and justice.
  • Know the Anglo-Saxon settlements and place them on a map.
  • Learn about Anglo-Saxon village life.
  • Learn about the Christian conversion.
  • Study Canterbury cathedral and its position as the HQ of Christianity.
  • Find out about art in Anglo-Saxon times.
  • Digital Publication: use a range of different templates, layouts and tools to present information – Use Purple Mash 2Connect to make a mind map if information about the Anglos SaxonsGeography: THE CITIES AND COUNTIES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
  • Recap the countries which make up the United Kingdom and their capital cities.
  • Locate the main cities in the UK.
  • Identify some of the major landmarks of the main cities.
  • Give reasons why people settle in the main cities.
  • Identify some of the main counties and label them on a map.
  • Know which counties some of the main cities are located in.
  • Understand what a conurbation is.
  • Use a map to locate London and Birmingham conurbations.
  • Understand what a suburb is.
  • Know the difference between rural and urban areas.
  • Know that agriculture is produced in rural areas.
  • Locate the green belt around a given city and understand reasons for having a green belt.
  • Digital Research: Use digital resources and mapping tools to make notes on a topic for a report – Use Google Maps to locate major cities, then visit them using Google Stree View – take snapshots and annotate with descriptions etcHISTORY VOCABULARY: church Christianity   invasion  settler  settlement   village  oxen  runes  migration  village  Angles  Saxons  Jutes  wattle and daub  metal workers  illuminated letters   plough  monastery  monks

GEOGRAPHY VOCABULARY: isolated  agriculture  densely populated  amenities  arable farming  green belt   conurbation  suburb  urban  rural city county

CHALLENGES FOR THE MORE ABLE PUPILS: The Anglo-Saxons

    • Rank the factors that led to the fall of the western Roman empire and take over.
    • Create a list of questions for people that left the country to settle as a Saxon.
    • Write an explanation of how Britain changed from the Romans to the Saxons. Rank these in order of importance.
    • Look at tese Anglo-Saxon paintings/sources. What clues do they give us about Saxon life?
    • Can you rank and justify the reasons why Canterbury Cathedral was so important?
    • Would you have liked to have lived in Anglo-Saxon times? Justify why/why not.
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CHALLENGES FOR THE MORE ABLE PUPILS: The Cities and Counties of the United Kingdom

  • Argue why London is the greatest city to live in and why. Create a response from a child who lives in another city with a counter-argument.
  • Evaluate the pros and cons of the different cities and justify why.
  • Rank the UK cities in size/population. Can you create a chart/graph to represent this data?
  • You are an Anglo-Saxon. You need to invade more places to build your empire.  Rank and justify the 4 cities you will choose.  Focus on land/climate.
  • Create a list of questions to ask someone who lives in another city.

 

Art: ANGLO-SAXON CROSSES AND SYMBOLS

  • Study Anglo-Saxon crosses and symbols
  • Create own symbol/cross using Anglo-saxon designs as an inspiration.
  • Cut, stick and glue to a background.
  • Create texture by adding patterns.
  • Select different types of paints for different functions.
  • Select an appropriate colour scheme.
  • Add shading through the use of dark paint.
  • Add detail through the use of POSCA or sharpie pens.
  • Work collaboratively to create a large scale project.DT: MAKING BREAD (LINK WITH ANGLO-SAXON BREAD)
  • Understand how key events and individuals in design and technology have helped shape the world in the context of the history behind Warburtons.
  • Investigate and analyse a range of existing products in the contexts of different breads (e.g. look at the Warburtons range)
  • Use research to create design criteria linked to bread.
  • Select ingredients and kitchen equipment to follow a bread making recipe.
  • Create an innovative, functional and appealing product in the form of bread.
  • Select from and use a wide range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks (for example, shaping salt dough accurately)
  • Prepare and cook types of bread using a range of cooking techniques.
  • Learn how to knead and bake.
  • Evaluate ideas and products against the design criteria.ANGLO-SAXON JEWELLERY (LINK WITH A VISIT TO THE BRITISH MUSEUM.)
  • Research into Anglo-Saxon jewellery worn by women and men.
  • Sketch examples of Anglo-Saxon jewellery
  • Design and make an Anglo-saxon inspired pendant.
  • Create further detail by embellishing a structure with items such as string, buttons, beads etc.
  • Use different joining techniques to add embellishments (punching holes, gluing, wrapping, sewing etc.)
  • Evaluate the finished product.

Music: FOCUS STUDY – FOLK MUSIC

  • Play in solo and ensemble contexts, playing music with increasing accuracy and fluency.
  • Improvise and compose music for a range of purposes.
  • Listen with attention to detail and recall sounds.
  • Appreciate staff and other musical notations.
  • Appreciate and understand a wide range of high quality live and recorded music from different traditions, great composers and musicians.
  • Develop an understanding of the history of music.E

Follow the Val Sabin scheme of work (located in the PPA room)

Games, gymnastics and dance.R.E: Our Religions in our Neighbourhood.

  • What are the functions of religious buildings and places?
  • What evidence can I find of religions in the neighbourhood?
  • What evidence can I find of religions in the neighbourhood helping others?
  • How are religions similar and different in my neighbourhood? Why is the bible important to Christians?
  • What do we know about the bible and what makes it special?
  • What is in the bible?
  • What can we learn from the story of Joseph?
  • How do Christians use the bible in church and in the home and elsewhere?
  • What inspires me and guides me in my life? Computing

Using Technology Safely

  • Communicating Online
  • Personal Information
  • Staying Safe/Getting HelpComputing

Coding and Programming

  • Algorithms and Decomposition
  • Programming on screen
  • Sequence, Repetition, Selection
  • De-bugging Entitlement and enrichment: British museum/ Tate modern/ Science museum/ visit to Canterbury Cathedral / arrange Viking school visits to come and do day’s INSET/ Museum of London.

 

Topic writing links: (please teach during Friday’s literacy lesson and work in topic/Science books:

  • Pretend to be a settler leaving their homeland and write a letter about settling in another country.
  • Write a description of an Anglo-Saxon settlement.
  • Write a simple guide to Anglo-Saxon laws and justice.
  • Write a diary from an Anglo-Saxon raider’s point of view.
  • Write an eye-witness account of an Anglo-Saxon invasion (use Beowulf as a starting point)
  • Write a description of Canterbury Cathedral for a tourist guide.
  • Write a recount of daily life in an Anglo-Saxon village.
  • Create an information book about the Anglo-Saxons for another class to read.
  • Write a simple biography of Lowry.
  • Design and write a postcard from one of the major cities of the UK.
  • Create a website page from one of the cities of the UK explaining why people settled there.
  • Create an advert (poster) inviting people to visit one of the counties.
  • Write up a recipe for making chocolate crispy cakes.
  • Write a simple information book about the water cycle
  • Write a recipe for making bread.
  • Write an advert for a bread product.
  • Write a description of a piece of Anglo-Saxon jewellery.

Literacy books which link to the topic:

  • Beowulf (a child’s version)
  • Saxon gold

King Arthur tales

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