Year 4 Learning Challenge Summer 1

Is Planet Earth dying?

Below is the significant person, painting, piece of music and poem which are related to this half term's theme- Is Planet Earth dying?

It would be brilliant to see as many completed projects as possible in Year 4!

	Poem	Painting	Person	Music
Basic	Learn it off by heart	Find out 10 facts about the painting/artist	Draw a portrait of the person	Listen to a piece of music
	Find another poem by the poet	Produce a collage of other paintings by the artist	Produce a timeline of their life	Identify the instruments.
Advanced	Create a performance as part of a pair/group	Draw a picture in similar style	Produce a poster to advertise their achievements	Research the life of the composer.
	Write a short biography about the poet	Transform the medium of the painting: use collage instead of painting	Write a letter asking them about their life	Attempt to recreate the piece of music
Deep	Write your own poem inspired by the topic	Use the image as a stimulus for 100WC	Explain how the world would be without this person	A mind map of different emotions you feel at various points in the piece
	Compare and contrast two poems by the poet	Describe what the painting: what it represents, how it makes you feel, what it is based on	Give five reasons for and against why they should be in ‘The Hall of Fame’	Produce a piece of art/collage based on how the music makes you feel.

Significant Person

Frank Lampard

Painting

John Constable  - The Haywain

Music

Sing – Gary Barlow

Poem

Missing by Mike Johnson

Missing: our

one and only planet,
known to her friends as

'Earth'.

Yes, an old photograph
when she was clothed in
gorgeous greens,
wilderness white,
brilliant blues.

Somehow, got into
bad company:
blistered brown,
gaunt grey,
faded. Jaded,

left one morning;
no forwarding address.

We just didn't think. . .
We just didn't know
what to do.

If you
have any information
that can help us trace
our beautiful planet,
please get in touch.

Please get in touch.