BedlingtonStation PrimarySchool
BedlingtonStation PrimarySchool
Year 4 Term 3B
CONTEXT
Product Designers
BROADENING EXPERIENCE
No visit
CLASS READER
Antony and Cleopatra
Oracy Development Opportunities
ENGLISH
Focus Narrative:
Random Writing
Key Text/Stimulus:
In response to cohort need
Focus Non-Narrative:
Random Writing
Key Text/Stimulus:
In response to cohort need
Curriculum support genres:
All genres previously covered
2 stars and a wish
Reading writing aloud
Feedback
ART
Artist:
Annie Lebowitz - Photographer
Medium:
Photography - Portraits
Interview to plan photographs
Feedback, sharing ideas
RE
Northumberland Agreed Syllabus
Unit L2.11 How and why do people mark the significant events of life?
Discussions
HISTORY
National Curriculum:
No focus
Content:
History of electricity - link to science
GEOGRAPHY
National Curriculum:
No focus
Content:
No focus
DT
National Curriculum:
Focus objectives:
understand and use electrical systems in their products [for example, series circuits incorporating switches, bulbs, buzzers and motors]
apply their understanding of computing to program, monitor and control their products
Content:
Lego WeDo
Giving instructions
SCIENCE
National Curriculum:
Electricity
identify common appliances that run on electricity
construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers
identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit
recognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductors
debate/discussions about sources, giving instructions
WOW! Practical Introduction
How can we get the bulb to light up?
Give children a bulb, two wires and a cell. Challenge them in groups to see if they can get the bulb to light up.