Curriculum Overview for Year 3/4 ‘Rock ‘n Roll’ English Story as a theme: Stig of the Dump’ (stone-age)
Poetry on a theme: Volcanoes/rocks and stones Discussion: ‘I would prefer to live in the Stone Age/present day’
Art & Design
Information texts: Either volcanoes, rocks or information about the Stone Age
Drawing and printing: Fossils Investigate the drawings of fossils made by Palaeontologists such as Robert Hooke in the 1700s. Using photographs or real fossils, observe and make detailed drawings. From drawings, develop a simplified printing motif of a fossil, create a printing block and design.
Design & Technology Mathematics Place value Decimals Written methods Angles Statistics Area & Perimeter
Science Rocks : Compare and group different kinds of rocks; fossils; soils are made from rocks and organic matter.
Modern
History Britain: Stone Age to the Iron Age What was Britain like after the dinosaurs became extinct but before modern man lived? What was life like after the ice age? When, how, where was Stonehenge built?
Languages
Les nombres 13-31 Numbers 13 -31 Quelle est la date de ton anniversaire? When is your birthday? Les jours de la semaine Days of the week Quelle est la Revisit numbers 1-31, Quelle est la date aujourd’hui? What is today’s date?
Physical
Education
Following the Lancashire scheme of work
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Computing Digital Literacy - Digital Research Skills Use search engines to locate information about fossils and rocks.
Geography
Locate the world’s countries. Identify the position and significance of latitude, longitude, Equator, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere. Describe and understand key aspects of: -physical geography including volcanoes and earthquakes. -human geography including types of settlement and land use.
Music Learning Songs for Y3/4 production
Religious
Education
Following the Lancashire scheme of work
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