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Class Name and Year Group |
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Class Author |
Recommended Read |
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Percival Class Year 3 |
Class Teacher: Mr Gee Teaching Assistant: Mrs Carter-Dioniso |
Tom Percival
Growing up in a caravan in South Shropshire, Tom Percival found his love of creating imaginary worlds at an early age. An artist, illustrator, musician and writer known for his uplifting stories that celebrate diversity and encourage children to be themselves, Percival is the author of many acclaimed picture books, including By the Light of the Moon (2016), The Sea Saw (2019) and The Invisible (2021). |
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Sirdeshpande Class Year 3 and Year 4 |
Class Teacher: Miss Tinsley Teaching Assistant: Ms Wrightson |
Rashmi Sirdeshpande
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. |
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Morpurgo Class Year 4 |
Class Teacher: Mr Morland Apprentice Teacher: Mrs Ponziani Teaching Assistant: Miss Erdei |
Michael Morpurgo
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. |
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AUTUMN 1 |
AUTUMN 2 |
SPRING 1 |
SPRING 2 |
SUMMER 1 |
SUMMER 2 |
Theme |
Road Trip
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Crime and Punishment
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Ancient Egypt |
Our Wonderful World |
Historic Knaresborough
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Writing |
Narrative – Elmer’s dangerous trip to school (DADWAVERS)
Diary – On the way home |
Newspaper Report and Character Description – Highway Rat
Non-chronological report – Crime and Punishment |
Instructions – Mummifying an orange
Metaphor Poem – The River
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Historical Stories – The time-slip scarab Information Text – Ancient Egypt
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Persuasive Writing – Travel leaflet/brochure
Non-chronological report – A Wonder of the World |
Persuasive Letter – School Trip |
Reading |
The North Star Paddington Bear |
The Highway Rat Dick Turpin: Legend and Lies Gangster Schools |
The Magic and the Mummy DK Findout Ancient Egypt
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Egypt Magnified A River Egyptian Cinderella |
Ask Dr Fisher about Planet Earth Destination Planet Earth |
If the World were a Village How to Change the World Shackleton’s Journey |
Maths |
Place Value
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Addition and Subtraction Area (Y4) Multiplication and Division |
Multiplication and Division Length and Perimeter |
Fractions Decimals (Y4) Mass/Capacity (Y3) |
Decimals (Y4) Fractions (Y3) Money Time |
Geometry Statistics |
Science |
Forces and Magnets |
Light |
States of Matter |
Plants |
Rocks |
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History |
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How has crime and punishment changed over time? |
How much did the Ancient Egyptians achieve? |
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Why is local history important? |
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Geography |
The Americas: Can you come on a Great American Road Trip? |
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Rivers – How does the water go round and round? |
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Our World – Where on Earth are we? |
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Computing |
Computing systems and networks – Connecting computers |
Creating media – Stop-frame Animation |
Programming A – Sequencing Sounds |
Data and Information – Branching Databases |
Creating Media – Desktop Publishing |
Programming B – Events and Actions in Programs |
Art |
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Photography- First known photograph by Joseph Nicephore Niepce. (France, 1826) Photography, collage, ICT, design. |
Halla Shafey- pastel artist (Egypt, contemporary) Drawing, painting, printing, clay modelling. |
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Natural wonders- Landscapes. Martin Bulinya (Kenya born 1961) Painting ,3D construction, textiles and drawing |
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DT |
Make a moving vehicle. How will you make the chassis? |
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The history of weighing scales. Design and make your own working weighing scales. |
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World foods- bread. Elsie Widdowson nutrition scientist (UK 1908-2000) |
French |
A New Start |
The Calendar and Celebrations |
Animals I Like and Don’t Like |
Carnival and Playground Games |
Breakfast, Fruit Nouns, Hungry Giant |
Going on a Picnic |
MusicCharanga |
Let Your Spirit Fly |
Glockenspiel 1 |
Three Little Birds |
The Dragon Song |
Bringing Us Together |
Reflect, Rewind, Replay |
PE |
OAA Teambuilding |
Invasion Games |
Dance |
Gymnastics |
Tennis |
OAA - Orienteering |
PSHE |
Being Me in My World |
Celebrating Difference |
Dreams and Goals |
Healthy Me |
Relationships |
Changing Me |
RE |
Hinduism Would celebrating Diwali at home and in the community bring a feeling of belonging to a Hindi child? |
Christianity Has Christmas lost its true meaning? |
Christianity Could Jesus heal people? Were these miracles or is there some other explanation? |
Christianity What is ‘good’ about Good Friday? |
Hinduism How can Brahman be everywhere and in everything? |
Sikhism What is the best way for a Sikh to show commitment to God? |
SUBJECT |
AUTUMN 1 |
AUTUMN 2 |
SPRING 1 |
SPRING 2 |
SUMMER 1 |
SUMMER 2 |
Theme |
Stone Age |
Stone Age to Iron Age |
Epic Earth |
Coasts and Currents |
The Romans |
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English |
Instruction writing – How to wash a wooly mammoth Non-chronological report – The Stone Age |
Historical Narrative – inspired by Stone Age Boy Character Description – Festive |
Poetry – Winter MORERAPS poem Setting Description – Taking Flight Story – ‘Island’ or ‘The Windmill Farmer’ Newspaper report – Climate Change / Flooding |
Diary / Recount - The Lighthouse Letter Writing - The boy who harnessed the wind |
Myths and Legends Non-chronological Roman report |
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Reading skills |
Class book Stone-age boy |
Stone-Age non-fiction Boy with the Bronze Axe |
Journey to the Centre of the Earth 100 things you should know about the extreme earth Survivors the toughest creatures on earth Hurricane |
How does a lighthouse work? Manfish |
Roman Myths Julius Zebra Rumble with Romans |
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Maths |
Place Value Addition Subtraction Times Tables Practice |
Multiplication and Division Length and Perimeter Fractions Decimals (Y4) Mass and Capacity (Y3) |
Fractions (Y3) Decimals (Y4) Money (Y4) Time Statistics Geometry Mass and Capacity (Y4) |
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Science |
Living Things including Humans |
Living Things and Habitats |
Sound |
Electricity |
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History |
Stone Age Bronze Age Iron Age |
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Roman Empire and its Impact |
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Geography |
Map reading Land use Reasons for building settlements |
Climate and Weather. |
Earthquakes and Volcanoes |
Coasts |
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Computing |
Computing systems and networks – The Internet |
Creating media - Audio production |
Programming A: Repetition in shapes
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Data and information: Data logging
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Creating media – Photo editing |
Programming B – Repetition in games |
Art & Design |
Giuseppe Penone- nature inspired art.
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Tarek Atoui: sound inspired audio instillation sculptures. |
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Roman art and architecture and influence to present day. Julie Sperling modern mosaics |
Design Technology |
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The tent: from mammoth to man-made. |
Zaha Hadid: Modern monumental sculpture. |
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Design and make a working lighthouse. |
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Music |
Mamma Mia! |
Glockenspiel 2 |
Stop!
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Lean on me Y3/4 Production |
Blackbird |
Review and Reflect |
P.E. |
Orienteering Teamwork |
Invasion Games Dance |
Athletic Activities |
Striking and fielding |
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R.E. |
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Festivals |
How important is it for Jewish people to do what God asks? |
Is forgiveness always possible for Christians? |
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PSHCE |
Being me in the world |
Celebrating difference |
Dreams and Goals (1) |
Healthy Me (2) |
Relationships
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Changing Me |
M.F.L. |
Welcome to school |
My town, your town |
Family tree and faces |
Face and body parts |
Feeling unwell Jungle animals |
The weather Ice creams Language puzzle |
Stunning Start!
A virtual visit to the airport and flight across America |
We Are Authors!
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We Are Mathematicians!Year 3 Place value within 1,000 Addition and Subtraction Measure - Area |
We Are Readers!
The North Star (Reynolds) |
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We Are Scientists!
Forces and Magnets
Set up enquiries and use results to draw simple conclusions |
Road TripAutumn 1 |
We Are Geographers!
The Americas - focussing on North and South America, concentrating on their environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics, countries, states and major cities |
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We Are Digital Leaders!Computing systems and networks – Connecting computers |
We Are Designers!
Design a moving vehicle with a chassis |
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We Are Sports Stars!
OAA Teambuilding |
We Celebrate Different Faiths and Languages in our Community and Beyond!
Would celebrating Diwali at home and in the community bring a feeling of belonging to a Hindu child? |
We are Safe & Respectful Citizens!
Being Me in My World |
Fabulous Finish!
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