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  • 3B Portal Press

Portal Press

Book of Wonders: Electricity

 

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

 

 

PE

Real PE Unit:

Unit 6

Cog Focus

  • Health and Fitness

Fundamental Movement Skills

  • Agility: Ball Chasing
  • Static Balance: Stance

Sport:

Field Games

Feedback, sharing ideas, coaching

Planning Link

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.

Content:

  • Appliances
  • Making Circuits
  • Complete Circuits
  • Conductors and Insulators
  • Switches
  • Electrical Reasoning

 

Investigations:

TBC

Planning Link

COMPUTING

National Curriculum:

Information Tech

Writing for different audiences (PM Unit 4.4)

 

Planning Link

Digital Literacy

Review of Year's Digital Literacy

debate, discussion, sharing views

MUSIC

Planning Link

Instrument Tuition

Steel Pans

Performing/singing/evaluations

SPANISH

Language Angels Unit

Core Vocabulary & Phonetics:

  • Recap Previous Vocabulary

 

Intermediate Language Unit (6 Lessons):

  • La Familia (The Family)

 

 

Planning Link

Planning Link

Speaking aloud