Woodpecker Class Curriculum
Summer 1 Medium Term Plan
In Summer 1 Woodpecker Class will be discovering Smashing Saxons!
We will be using texts including Demon Dentist by David Walliams and Beowulf by Michael Murpurgo. Woodpeckers will continue to expand their fantastic vocabulary using descriptive adjectives, similes, fronted adverbials and subordinate conjunctions within their writing activities.
In Science we will be exploring Animals Including Humans where we will dive into the digestive system, look at teeth and tooth decay and look at food chains.
Maths will begin with times tables, a very important topic as Year 4 edge closer to their Multiplication Table Check (MTC). We will move into shape including quadrilaterals, 2D and 3D shapes. This terms maths will finish with Woodpeckers building on their fractions knowledge.
All pupils are working hard to improve their reading skills. It is important that we are able to read the text and also understand what we are reading. We have completed many comprehension questions as we have been reading; what do you think might happen next? How do you think the character was feeling and why? What did a particular word or phrase mean?
To support reading, Woodpeckers have been provided with a reading passport in their homework diaries. This will encourage pupils read a range of texts. The books chosen for their reading passports are their school reading books.
We will be using texts including Demon Dentist by David Walliams and Beowulf by Michael Murpurgo. Woodpeckers will continue to expand their fantastic vocabulary using descriptive adjectives, similes, fronted adverbials and subordinate conjunctions within their writing activities.
In Science we will be exploring Animals Including Humans where we will dive into the digestive system, look at teeth and tooth decay and look at food chains.
Maths will begin with times tables, a very important topic as Year 4 edge closer to their Multiplication Table Check (MTC). We will move into shape including quadrilaterals, 2D and 3D shapes. This terms maths will finish with Woodpeckers building on their fractions knowledge.
All pupils are working hard to improve their reading skills. It is important that we are able to read the text and also understand what we are reading. We have completed many comprehension questions as we have been reading; what do you think might happen next? How do you think the character was feeling and why? What did a particular word or phrase mean?
To support reading, Woodpeckers have been provided with a reading passport in their homework diaries. This will encourage pupils read a range of texts. The books chosen for their reading passports are their school reading books.
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Spellings
Pupils will be tested on Year 3 and 4 spellings each week. Pupils in England are expected to be able to spell the following words by the end of Year 4. |
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Reading
All pupils are encouraged to read for 20 minutes every day. Please complete reading logs in homework diaries to help us monitor and track reading progress.
If a pupil is struggling to read their book do let us know and we can work with them to find a more appropriate reading book.
All pupils are encouraged to read for 20 minutes every day. Please complete reading logs in homework diaries to help us monitor and track reading progress.
If a pupil is struggling to read their book do let us know and we can work with them to find a more appropriate reading book.
Woodpecker Reading Challenge
To encourage pupil reading Woodpecker Class are undertaking a team reading challenge!
Once a pupil finishes reading a whole chapter book, they can complete a book spine which will be added to our reading wall.
The aim is to read as many books as possible throughout the academic year. Woodpecker class have set themselves the challenge of collectively reading 180 chapter books!
To encourage pupil reading Woodpecker Class are undertaking a team reading challenge!
Once a pupil finishes reading a whole chapter book, they can complete a book spine which will be added to our reading wall.
The aim is to read as many books as possible throughout the academic year. Woodpecker class have set themselves the challenge of collectively reading 180 chapter books!
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Multiplication
Year 3 pupils are expected to recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 3, 4 and 8 times tables. This progression follows on from KS1 multiplications tables 2, 5 and 10. |
By the end of Year 4 pupils should be able to recall and use multiplication and division facts up to and including the 12 times table. Year 4 pupils will complete their Multiplication Tables Check (MTC) in the summer term. The MTC determines whether pupils can fluently recall their multiplication tables. For further information on MTC click the button below. |
Additional Information
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Autumn 2 Medium Term Plan
Throughout Autumn 2 Woodpecker Class will be exploring Marvellous Mechanisms!
We will explore the Iron Man by Ted Hughes, Wallace and Gromit's inventions and the different ways electricity is made.
Who is the Iron Man? How does Ted Hughes use language for comic or dramatic effect? We will be putting ourselves in Hogarth's shoes to see how he might have felt. In our instruction writing we will be planning how to trap the Space Bat Angel Dragon!
What is the Snoozatron 2000? How does it work?
In Science we will be exploring how electricity is made and understanding how to keep safe. How do switches work? Which materials are conductors or insulators? What are linkages and levers?
We will explore the Iron Man by Ted Hughes, Wallace and Gromit's inventions and the different ways electricity is made.
Who is the Iron Man? How does Ted Hughes use language for comic or dramatic effect? We will be putting ourselves in Hogarth's shoes to see how he might have felt. In our instruction writing we will be planning how to trap the Space Bat Angel Dragon!
What is the Snoozatron 2000? How does it work?
In Science we will be exploring how electricity is made and understanding how to keep safe. How do switches work? Which materials are conductors or insulators? What are linkages and levers?
Autumn 1 Medium Term Plan
This half-term Woodpecker Class will be exploring the topic of the Romans!
We will explore the Roman Empire following the Romans from Rome to Britain.
Who was Julius Caesar? How were battles won and lost? Do you know where to find modern day Iceni and Londinium?
We will join Roman centuries and explore what it was like to be a Roman soldier. At the request of Julius Caesar, newly recruited soldiers will write letters to friends with the aim of persuading them to join the Roman army.
Rallying speeches will be written (and performed) for the legendary Queen Boudicca to help her recruit tribes in her quest to defeat the Romans.
We will explore the Roman Empire following the Romans from Rome to Britain.
Who was Julius Caesar? How were battles won and lost? Do you know where to find modern day Iceni and Londinium?
We will join Roman centuries and explore what it was like to be a Roman soldier. At the request of Julius Caesar, newly recruited soldiers will write letters to friends with the aim of persuading them to join the Roman army.
Rallying speeches will be written (and performed) for the legendary Queen Boudicca to help her recruit tribes in her quest to defeat the Romans.
