BedlingtonStation PrimarySchool

Station Studios:

Portal

Year 4 Term 3A

CONTEXT

TV Producers

BROADENING EXPERIENCE

No visit

CLASS READER

Short Stories (Sagas)

Oracy Development Opportunities

ENGLISH

Focus Narrative:

Saga (200 words)

Key Text/Stimulus:

Skellig  

Focus Non-Narrative:

Script writing

Key Text/Stimulus:

Science - Crankpot TV

Curriculum support genres:

Script writing

Hot-seating, debate around issues

Perform scripts

ART

Medium:

Sketchbooks

Feedback, sharing ideas

Artist:

Various - Sketch book development

RE

Jigsaw RE

Do people need to go to church to show they are Christians?

Northumberland Agreed Syllabus - Unit L2.1 What do Christians learn from the Creation story?

Discussions, sharing ideas/views

What is Baptism? Baptism is generally a rite for babies although adults can choose to be baptised later in life. It confers the name of the person and their part in God’s family.

How do Churches help remind Christians of their beliefs?Churches frequently have art or symbols which may remind Christians of their beliefs or the life of Jesus or other figures from the Bible or later saints. These can help the Christian focus when in church which they may find more difficult e.g. at home where there are more distractions.

HISTORY

Role Play as Egyptian

Hot-Seat/Freeze-frame

National Curriculum:

the achievements of the earliest civilisations

Content:

Ancient Egypt

What was the role of the pharaoh and how was Ancient Egyptian society organised?

The pharaoh was the ruler of Ancient Egypt and was believed to be both a god and a human.

Pharaohs made the laws, owned all the land, and collected taxes from their subjects.

Ancient Egypt had a strict hierarchy: the pharaoh was at the top, followed by nobles, scribes, craftsmen, and farmers, with servants and slaves at the bottom.

Egypt's history is divided into three main periods: the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, and the New Kingdom.

What were hieroglyphics and why were they important?

Hieroglyphics were a picture-based writing system used by the Ancient Egyptians.

Scribes used hieroglyphics to record laws, religious texts, and what the pharaohs said or did.

There were over 1,000 symbols, but simpler writing was used over time for everyday purposes.

The Rosetta Stone helped archaeologists translate hieroglyphics using Greek writing.

What did the Ancient Egyptians believe about gods and religion?

The Ancient Egyptians believed in many gods, each with different powers and roles.

Anubis was the god who guided souls to the afterlife.

Religion influenced everything in life, from laws to daily routines and burial practices.

They believed that pleasing the gods was the key to a good life and a safe journey to the afterlife.

What did the Ancient Egyptians believe happened after death?

Egyptians believed in an afterlife, where the soul (called the ba) lived on after the body died.

They thought the soul returned to the body each night, so it had to be preserved through mummification.

The body was embalmed, wrapped in linen, and the organs were stored in canopic jars.

Pharaohs were given grand burials, often in pyramids or hidden tombs, filled with treasures, food, and items they would need in the afterlife.

These tombs showed the pharaoh’s wealth and power, and were meant to help them live forever with the gods.

GEOGRAPHY

National Curriculum:

No focus

PE

Real PE Unit:

Unit 5

Cog Focus

  • Physical Skills

Fundamental Movement Skills

  • Agility: Reaction/Response
  • Static Balance: Floor Work

Sport:

Tennis

Dance

Feedback, sharing ideas, coaching

DT

National Curriculum:

Focus objectives:

DESIGN OBJECTIVES

MAKE OBJECTIVES

apply their understanding of how to strengthen, stiffen and reinforce more complex structures

Content:

Sets and props related to science for Crankpot TV  

 

discussions, giving instructions, feedback

SCIENCE

National Curriculum:

Sound

identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with something vibrating

recognise that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear

find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it

find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it

recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases

Discussion - predictions. Exploring voice, sharing ideas

WOW! Wonder Launch

How is sound created?

Gather a selection of instruments for the children to make sounds with (For example: Drum with paper clips on, tuning fork and water, Xylophone etc). Children to make observations when sound is made compared to when the instruments are silent. Do they notice any movements?

 

Investigations:

String TelephoneSound vibrations - louder and quieterSound insulating

 

 

How are sounds made? Sounds are made when objects vibrate, and these vibrations create sound waves that travel to our ears.

How do vibrations from sounds travel to the ear?Vibrations travel through a medium, like air, water, or solids, as sound waves until they reach the ear, where they are interpreted as sound.

What is the relationship between the pitch of a sound and the object that produced it?The pitch of a sound depends on the size, shape, and tension of the vibrating object; for example, shorter or tighter objects create higher-pitched sounds, while longer or looser objects create lower-pitched sounds.

How does the volume of a sound relate to its vibrations?The volume of a sound is determined by the strength of the vibrations; stronger vibrations create louder sounds, while weaker vibrations create softer sounds.

Why do sounds become fainter as you move further away from the source?Sounds become fainter with distance because the sound waves lose energy as they spread out and travel through the air.

COMPUTING

National Curriculum:

Computer Science

Logo (PM Unit 4.5)

Information Tech

Making Music (PM Unit 4.9)

iMovie - recording episodes of Portal

Recording music/voice over, discussions, explanations

MUSIC

Steel Pans

SPANISH

Language Angels Unit

Core Vocabulary & Phonetics:

  • Recap Previous Vocabulary

 

Intermediate Language Unit (6 Lessons):

  • Que Tiempo Hace? (The Weather)

 

 

Planning Link

Planning Link

Speaking aloud