Spring 1
| English | Reading | Writing |
| We will be using three different texts to drive our English lessons next half term. We will be studying Alvaro Villa’s ‘Flood’ and Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith’s ‘The True Story of the Three Little Pigs’ as our narratives and we will be studying ‘Poems Aloud’ by Joseph Coehelo. As we study these texts, the children will be practising their ability to retrieve key information from texts, use evidence to draw inferences about characters and use evidence to support their responses to questions. | We will be writing in a range of genres, including a scene description, a story summary, a newspaper report and a river poem. We will focus on choosing appropriate language and grammar for the text types and editing to improve the writing. |
| Maths | In maths, we will begin by consolidating and building upon our learning of multiplication and division from last half term. The children will then explore recognising and using money, using and reading simple charts and graphs and finding and calculating length and perimeter. Finally, the children will look at fractions, including recognising and counting in these. | ||||
| Number - Multiplication and Division | Measurement - Money | Statistics | Measurement - Length/Perimeter | Number - Fractions | |
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| Review/consolidation of learning from Year 2 ready to extend learning next half term. This will include:
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| Science | Our topic for this term will be biology, learning about animals including humans. By the end of the topic, children will be able to: Children will be able to:
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| RE | Christianity and God. Our key question for the half term is: ‘What is the Trinity?’ During this topic, pupils are expected to be able to:
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| PE | Cricket, focussing on cricket based skills working with Dorset Cricket Club. Ball skills, focussing on developing their accuracy and consistency when tracking a ball. The children will explore a variety of throwing techniques and will learn to select the appropriate throw for the situation. These skills will then be applied to small group games. |
| Geography | This half term, we will be studying the rivers and coasts of the UK and other parts of the world. Our key objectives are:
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French – Les Instruments. We will be learning how to say the names of the instruments: By the end of the topic, the children will be able to:
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| Design and Technology | The key skill that we will be focussing on in design and technology is creating a healthy European dish. We will study different European dishes and survey the classes’ likes and dislikes. The children will learn how to grate, cut, spread and cook on heat. They will then create a healthy European inspired dish. Making sure they taste it hygienically and then evaluate their recipes. |
| PSHE | Our big question for our PSHE sessions is: How we can take more responsibility and show respect for others, especially their boundaries? The children will study:
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| Music | We are going to explore pentatonic scale through traditional Chinese music. The children will explore different ways of notating as they sing, read and compose music. We will then develop the children’s their understanding of beat, metre and rhythm. They will combine melodic and rhythmic patterns and use staff notation as part of their end of term activity. |
| Computing | This term Year 3 will learn the Childnet SMART advices rules for how to stay safe when online, gaming or using apps. They will also use iPads to make simple animations. |