Simonside Primary School

Medium Term Project Planning

Academic Year: 2017/18 Year group: 4 Term: Autumn 2017

Essential Question:

How can we make our world a better place?

REAL Project Outcome:

Mini project -. The children will collect recycled items from

home to create animals in their habitats.

Main project - Art Exhibition. Children will use their

recycled items to work together to display a project to show

to parents/carers in the KS2 Hall.

Enrichment (trips/visitors):

Openzone:

Beach trip: The children will go to Sandhaven Beach in

South Shields and will be ‘litter pickers’ in which they

will wear gloves to pick up any rubbish they see and put

into a nearby bin to demonstrate the importance of

looking after our environment.

Recycling Village: The children will take a trip to the

Recycling Village to gain an understanding of what

happens when we recycle our rubbish from the

household/school.

Project Launch:

Immersion:

Environmental Hunt around the classroom: The children will

find hidden facts about the environment. They will then answer

questions to develop their understanding about the environment.

African drumming – Children will adopt the style of African

drumming.

Continents of the world - Children will learn the continents of the

world with a particular focus on Africa and about its climate,

inhabitants and culture. .

Celebrating cultures & diversity/events & dates:

Africa: Children will learn about the diverse culture of

Africa and of the languages spoken.

The children will learn about the colourful and vibrant

festivals such as The Gerewol Festival that takes place.

The children will use recycled materials/fabric to dress

up like the Mbororo men do in Africa.

How can we make our world a better place?

MATHS

• Number and place value – ordering

numbers

• Addition and Subtraction – mental

strategies, written methods

• Reflecting shapes and patterns

• Multiplication –multiples of 6,9,7

• Fractions – 1/100s and 1/10s

• Measurement – kilometres and metres

• Statistics – bar charts, time graphs and

pictograms.

• Multiplication and division – multiplying

HTO X O

• Decimals – comparing 1/10’s and 1/100s

ENGLISH

Reading – Use the text Cool to develop

comprehension skills. Children will answer

questions related to the text.

Writing

Stories set in an imaginary world

Persuasive writing – children will ‘box up’ their

ideas and then use this as a plan to write a piece

of persuasive writing e.g. To persuade Mrs.

Bland to allow Golden Time.

Spelling/Punctuation & Grammar- Through basic

skills daily, children will revisit to ensure their

written work makes sense.

Science

Living things: Grouping Living Things into their

species.

Looking at the dangers when living things are

harmed, for example when the sea is polluted by

humans. What effect this has on fish.

Art / D&T

Design Techniques: Create sculptures of houses

and huts using recycled items from home.

Observational Drawings: Create drawings of

animals native to Africa such as tigers.

Geography

Continents: labelling continents on a world map

Map reading: looking at symbols and how we read

maps.

Climate change: Looking at the climate of Africa and

how it has changed over the years.

Deforestation: Looking at tropical rainforests and what

happens to the land when a forest is removed or when

lands of trees are removed.

Pollution: What is pollution and how does it affect our

planet.

Recycling: Looking at the process of recycling.

Music

African Drumming- learn about the beat, rhythm and

tempo using African Drums with a designated Music

Teacher.

Singing- Learn African songs.

PE

Developing movement skills.

Developing coordination.

Improving team skills and communication through

playing team games.

Computing

Developing and creating a game through Scratch.

Developing research skills.

Using various inputs and outputs to create sound and

video.

R.E. PSHE

PSHE:

Right and Wrong - Taking Part/ People who

help us/Living in a diverse world/how do rules

and laws affect me?/respect for property

R.E

Develop current knowledge about Hinduism.

Looking at dance and how that relates to the

culture. Looking at how Hindu’s show their

care for others.