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Year 4 Course Overview Calendar 2012/13 Inquiry 1 Inquiry 2 Inquiry 3 Inquiry 4 Inquiry 5 Inquiry 6

Who we are
(6 weeks) Weeks 34-39

Where we are in How we organise time and place ourselves


(6 weeks) Weeks 40-46 (6 weeks) Weeks 47-3

How the world works


(6 weeks) Weeks 4-10

How we express ourselves


(6 weeks) Weeks 11-17 Creative Writing Poems Persuasive writing

How we share the planet


(6 weeks) Weeks 18-24

Language Arts (including POI Links)

Realistic Fiction Friendly Notes Letters Personal Narratives Family tree

Non-Fiction Journal Writing Newspaper Stories Biographies

Fantasy Tall tales Reading- Book reviews Descriptive writing

Expository Writing Essay Reports Summaries

Persuasive Writing Researching Court-Room and Drama

Mathematics

Number Place Value Rounding Addition Subtraction

Multiplication

Division

Geometry

Number Fractions Decimals Percentag es

Probability Revision - number

Inquiry Link

Data Management
Values and perspectives of different people, cultures and Religions.

Grid Points Coordinates


Impact of early explorers discoveries on todays society and culture. Changes in how

Data Management

Measurement

Probability
How advertisement of a product or a product itself impacts the society and its culture

Volume / Capacity and number


Rights to equal access to clean safe drinking water Impact unequal clean water distribution on population and world

Social Studies

How Cities have changed over the years e.g. how they are built, developed and maintained

exploration is done now contrasted to the past. Science Space exploration

Impact of these developments/Improv ements on the world e.g. environment Properties and function of Electricity

Distribution of water around the world. Parts of the body and their functions e.g. muscles, bones and organs How to maintain these parts Properties of water Importance of water Importance of water quality

Music, Art, PE, Swedish, Computer

ICT: Research skills about religions. Google, Wikipedia

Swedish Beginner/Intermediat e: Vikings Intermediate/Advanc ed: Vikings P.E Map reading and treasure hunts ICT: Research on different Explorers

ICT: Research and mini project on a city of students choice following a burning question e.g. What is the strangest city? Oldest City?

Swedish Beginner/Intermediate: My Body Naming body parts, making a My Body book Intermediate/Advanced: Changes in body over the years Change in body before, during and after exercise. Evolution 5 Human Senses Music: Body songs Effects of singing on the body e.g. diaphragm strengthens, lungs etc.

Swedish Beginner/Intermed iate: Intermediate/Adva nced: Music: Jingles Music illustrations e.g. advertisement Art: Art in advertising e.g. Making posters, ticket design promotion etc.

ICT: Looking at world water distribution, How is it managed and cleaned for each country.

ICT: Designing and developing advertisements and

Art: Drawing with joints Observational drawings P.E Heart rate Before/after/during exercise Muscle of the week Fitness Injuries, What went wrong? Spaghetti activity EAL: Extra support with muscle name and/or body parts Presentation dry run during EAL class ICT: Online dissection Body browser BBC videos

tickets for the Spring Show.

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