Year 3 and Year 4

   Sirdeshpande Class

Year 3 

Miss Bonini

Zetter Class   

Year 3 and Year 4

Mrs Smithson

Morpurgo Class

Year 4

Mr Morland

Class Authors

Rashmi Sirdeshpande

Neal Zetter

Michael Morpurgo

Rashmi Sirdeshpande is a lawyer turned children's author, with two young children who ask her lots of questions. Rashmi writes non-fiction picture books that ignite children's curiosity, as well as fictional stories that crackle with imagination.

Recommended read: How to Be Extraordinary

Neal Zetter is London-based comedy performance poet, author and entertainer who has been using poetry writing and performance to develop literacy, confidence, self-expression, creativity and presentation skills in 3 to 103 year olds for more twenty years.. 

Recommended read: Gorilla ballerina

Sir Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo, OBE, FRSL, FKC is an English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist who is known best for children's novels such as War Horse.

Recommended read: War Horse

Subject

Autumn

Term 1

Autumn 

Term 2

Spring

Term 1

Spring 

Term 2 

Summer 

Term

Summer

Term 2

English

Stories with historical settings

Poetry

Information texts

Instructions

The Wild Way Home

How to wash a Woolly Mammoth

Stone Age Boy

Taking flight (LS+ film unit)

Kenning Poem

Setting description

The Flood

Letter Writing

Newspaper Writing

The Windmill Farmer (LS+)

Descriptive writing - Story writing.

Personification poetry.

Recount

The Lighthouse Keeper

Float

Myths and Legends

Cross curricular non-chronological report

Maths

Number

Place value

Addition and subtraction

Number

Addition and

subtraction.

Multiplication and division.

Number

Multiplication and

division

Measure.

Length, perimeter and area

Number

Fractions

and

decimals

Measurement

Money

Time.

Statistics

Geometry.

Property and shapes.

Measure

Mass capacity (YR3)

Position and direction  (YR4)

Topic title

Rock Bottom

Epic Earth

Crashes and Currents

Roads and Ruins

Science

Animals including Humans

Living Things and Habitats

History

Stone Age To Iron Age

Geography

Map reading

Land use

Reasons for building settlements

Computing

Presentation Skills

Art

Changes:

Fossils

Cave Painting

Skara Brae inspired models.

Creating the life of the rainforest  Rousseau

Pipe Cleaner insects

Design Technology

Models of Stonehenge.

Mini survival shelters

Creating circuits

Music

Rhythm

 Charanga: Y4Mamma Mia/ Stop

Pulse

Y3 Glockenspiel stage 1

Pitch

Y4 Lean on me.

Composition

Y4 Glockenspiel 2 / Y4 Reflect rewind and replay

P.E.

Next Generation

Orienteering

Key concepts: Teamwork and map reading skills

Invasion games

Key concepts: Attacking, defending and using space

Gymnastics

Key Concepts: Accurate replication of movements

Athletic Activities

Key concepts: Performing to maximum

Striking and fielding

Key concepts: Hand eye, space and strategy

R.E.

Beliefs and Actions

Why do people pray/ Why are festivals important?

Values

Why is Jesus inspiring to some people?

Peace

Sacred Places

What does it mean to be a Hindu in Britain today?

PSHCE

How can we be a good friend?      

What keeps us safe?   

What are families like?

What makes a community?

Why should we eat well and look after our teeth?

Why should we keep active and sleep well?

MFL

A New Start

The Calendar and Celebrations

Animals I like and don’t like

Carnival Colours and playground games

Breakfast, Fruit, Nouns and a Hungry Giant

Going on a Picnic