Discover
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece
In this unit, children learn about how early civilisation started within Egypt and Ancient Greece. This follows on from learning in year 3 and the children will be able to focus on similarities and differences between life in Britain and life in Ancient Greece and Egypt at the same time. The children will learn about the big ideas of Significance, evidence, similarity and difference and Interpretations by studying these two time periods.
Wow day
This year we have invited Blackburn museum in to deliver an Egyptian workshop for our WOW day. The children will get the opportunity to find out all about Ancient Egypt by talking to a real Egyptologist. The children will use objects from the museum collection in a handling session to find out what objects form Ancient Egypt can tell us about the lives of the people who used them. At the end of the session the children will take part in a craft activity.
Authentic outcome
The children will construct their own mechanical car for a user. The children will use their electricity knowledge to support this unit. The car design will be built for purpose as they will have a scenario in which they have to create the car to suit the needs of the user. Their car will be for a childminder, school caretaker, a football team or an old lady. This work willl be inked to our science unit on electricity
Autumn trips
History museum in Manchester in Autumn 2
Maths
In the first half term, the children will focus on place value. The children will recap learning from last year before learning the foundations that will support them throughout year 4. In the second half term, the children will then start to apply these skills to add and subtract then multiply and divide.
Science
Electricity
During this unit of work, children will learn to sort common electrical appliances into battery and mains powered. They will construct simple series circuits containing a variety of components and understand the difference between complete and incomplete circuits. They will be able to identify whether or not a bulb will light in a simple series circuit and put forward ideas to fix incomplete circuits. The children will plan and conduct an investigation to discover which materials make good insulators and design, construct and test their own switches.
Animals including humans
During this unit of work, children will learn about the importance of the digestive system. They will learn the names and functions of each part of the system and be able to identify the different types of teeth in humans and their purpose. The children will plan and conduct an investigation to answer the question: which drink causes the most tooth decay? They will extend their knowledge of food chains by constructing and interpreting a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey.
PSHE
Growth mind set and Families and relationships
To identify characteristics of growth and fixed mind-sets. To suggest ideas to help develop a growth mind-set.
Learning that families are varied and differences must be respected; understanding physical and emotional boundaries in friendships; exploring: the roles of bully, victim and bystander; how behaviour affects others; manners in different situations and learning about bereavement
PE
PE will be led by Mr Griffiths.
RE
rough our RE days at school, the children learn about their own and other’s beliefs.
Our question this year is: ‘How should we live our lives?’
The religions we will be exploring in Autumn term are Christianity and Judaism. In Christianity we will be exploring ‘What lights our way?’ and ‘What are we prepared to sacrifice or not sacrifice?’. In Judaism ‘How do religious families and communities practice their faith, and what contributes does this make to local life?’.
Computing
Creating media – Audio production
Children will identify the input device (microphone)
Computing systems and networks – The Internet
Children will apply their knowledge and understanding of networks, to appreciate the internet as a network of networks which need to be kept secure. They will learn that the World Wide Web is part of the internet, and will be given opportunities to explore the World Wide Web for themselves in order to learn about who owns content and what they can access, add, and create. Finally, they will evaluate online content to decide how honest, accurate, or reliable it is, and understand the consequences of false information.
MFL
Je me présente (Presenting Myself)
In this unit the children will have the knowledge and skills to present themselves both orally and in written form in French. They will recap previously learnt language and it will be integrated with newly acquired language, encouraging all pupils to use their growing bank of vocabulary. They focus on asking questions as well as providing accurate replies. They will demonstrate a growing understanding of grammar to manipulate language and start to create sentences of their own using a range of personal details including name, age, where they live and nationality.
DT
Construction – Electric cars
The children will construct their own mechanical car by cutting wood to create a base for their car. The children will have to use their knowledge of our science unit electricity to create a circuit which will power the motor to move the car. The car design will be built for purpose as they will have a scenario in which they have to create the car to suit the needs of the user. This is our authentic outcome for the term.