Class Name and Year Group

Staff

Class Author

Recommended Read

 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). 

 

 

   

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.

 

 

 

   

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.

 

 

AUTUMN 1 

AUTUMN 2 

SPRING 1 

SPRING 2 

SUMMER 1 

SUMMER 2 

Theme 

Road Trip 

 

Crime and Punishment 
 

 

Ancient Egypt  

Our Wonderful World 

Historic Knaresborough 

 

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 

 

Historical Stories – The time-slip scarab 
 
 

Information Text – Ancient Egypt 

 

Persuasive Writing – Travel leaflet/brochure 

 

Non-chronological report – A Wonder of the World 

Persuasive Letter – School Trip 

 
Adventure Story – Our History School Visit  

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 

 

 

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 
Addition and Subtraction 

 

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 

History 

 

 

How has crime and punishment changed over time? 

How much did the Ancient Egyptians achieve? 

 

Why is local history important? 

Geography 

The Americas: Can you come on a Great American Road Trip? 

 

Rivers – How does the water go round and round? 

 

Our World – Where on Earth are we?  

 

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  

 

 

 
 

 

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.  

 

Natural wonders- Landscapes. Martin Bulinya (Kenya born 1961)  

Painting ,3D construction, textiles and drawing  

 

DT 

Make a moving vehicle. 

How will you make the chassis? 

 

 

The history of weighing scales. 

Design and make your own working weighing scales. 

 

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 

Music 

Charanga 

Let Your Spirit Fly 

Glockenspiel 1 

Three Little Birds 

The Dragon Song 

Bringing Us Together 

Reflect, Rewind, Replay 

 

PE 

  

OAA 

Teambuilding  

Invasion Games 
Hockey 

Dance  

Gymnastics 

Tennis 
(Net and Wall) 

OAA - Orienteering 
(Striking and Fielding)  

 

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

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

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 

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)

Science

Living Things including Humans

Living Things and Habitats

Sound

Electricity

History

 

Stone Age

Bronze Age

Iron Age

 

 

 

Roman Empire and its Impact

Geography

 

Map reading

Land use

Reasons for building settlements

Climate and Weather.

Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Coasts

 

Computing

 

Computing systems and networks – The Internet

Creating media - Audio

production

Programming A: Repetition in shapes

 

Data and information: Data logging

 

Creating media – Photo

editing

Programming B –

Repetition in games

Art & Design

Giuseppe Penone- nature inspired art. 

 

 

 

Tarek Atoui: sound inspired audio instillation sculptures.

 

Roman art and architecture and influence to present day. 

Julie Sperling modern mosaics

Design Technology

 

The tent: from mammoth to man-made.

Zaha Hadid: Modern monumental sculpture.

 

Design and make a working lighthouse. 

 

Music

 

Mamma Mia!

Glockenspiel 2

Stop!

 

Lean on me

Y3/4 Production

Blackbird

Review and Reflect

P.E.

Orienteering

Teamwork

Invasion Games

Dance

Athletic Activities

Striking and fielding

R.E.

 

Festivals

How important is it for Jewish people to do what God asks?

Is forgiveness always possible for Christians?

 

 

PSHCE

Being me in the world

Celebrating difference

Dreams and Goals (1)

Healthy Me (2)

Relationships 

 

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! 


Take Off 

 

A virtual visit to the airport and flight across America 

We Are Authors! 
 

Narrative -    

Elmer’s dangerous Trip to school (using DADWAVERS)  

  

Diary Writing – On the way home  

We Are Mathematicians! 

Year 3 

Place value within 1,000 

Addition and Subtraction 
Year 4 
Place value – 4-digit numbers 
Addition and Subtraction 

Measure - Area 

We Are Readers! 

 

The North Star (Reynolds) 

   
Paddington Bear (Bond)  

 

We Are Scientists! 

 

Forces and Magnets 

 

Set up enquiries and use results to draw simple conclusions 

Road Trip 

Autumn 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 

 
We Are Musicians! 

 

Charanga: Let Your Spirit Fly 

 
We Are Linguists! 


French  

 

A New Start 

 

 

We Are Digital Leaders! 

 

Computing systems and  

networks – Connecting  

computers 

 

We Are Designers! 

 

Design a moving vehicle with a chassis 

 

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! 
 

Peruvian Paddington Party  

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