Term 1 & 2 2018-19
Food and Robots
Maths: New 2014 Mathematics Curriculum using Abacus Plans for Years 2/3
English: The English Programme of Study to be followed with the following areas forming the basis for the reading, writing, spelling and grammar work for each individual term.
Food – Discussion skills will be developed throughout this half term as the children talk about both their reading and their own writing; Phonics is used to decode new vocabulary; Punctuation knowledge is developed through the use of apostrophes for omission and commas in lists; Vocabulary is increased through increased use of noun phrases and further descriptions.
Robots – Throughout this work there are activities to develop understanding of words with irregular spellings, correct use of pronouns, possessive apostrophes, constructing new words using prefixes, and using time and cause words – in particular adverbs for describing movement; Dictionary use is covered, and there is also review of previous learning on structuring text and using inverted commas; For all the written work there is advice and ideas on helping children to review their own work critically and constructively.
Science: Scientific skills – To be able to ask simple questions and be able to suggest answers from what they have observed, to be able to use simple scientific equipment and perform simple tests, to be able to identify and classify common objects, animals and plants, to begin to record findings in different ways.
Animals including Humans: Habitats and Food Chains – Construct and interpret a variety of food chains and food webs; Identify producers, predators and prey; Recognise that living things interdependent; Recognise that animals and plants are suited to and adapt to their environment; Investigate living things in a considerate way.
Electricity: Identify common appliances that use mains or batteries.; Construct a simple electrical circuit; Explain that whether or not a bulb will light depends upon whether the circuit is complete; Recognise that a switch breaks and closes a circuit; Recognise some common electrical conductors and insulators.
ICT: Word Processing using Microsoft Word – Inserting photos, pictures, text. Changing colour and style of text; E-Safety – Discussing the use of photographs and information that they will put into their presentation.
Cross Curricular Topic Work
The Roman Empire – An Introduction to the Romans; Life in Britain before the Romans; The Roman Invasion of Britain; Roman Entertainment; Roman Mosaics
R.E: Judaism – Believing; Christianity – Harvest
P.S.H.E. / Values: Being Me in my World; Celebrating Difference.
Physical Education: Football; Gymnastics; Year 3 Swimming.
Music: Recorders: the basics of recorder playing; developing a greater understanding of rhythm.
French: Children will continue to learn about language and everyday life in France. They will build up their vocabulary and learn simple sentence structures. The main focus is developing communication about themselves, the environment they live in, and communication skills for real situations.
Other: Harvest Service – St Giles’s Tetsworth; Singing for the Senior Citizens of Tetsworth; Christmas Nativity Service -St Giles’s Church Tetsworth
Term 3 & 4 2018-19
Aliens and Fairy Tales
Maths: New 2014 Mathematics Curriculum using Abacus Plans for Years 2/3
English: The English Programme of Study to be followed with the following areas forming the basis for the reading, writing, spelling and grammar work for each individual term.
Fairy Tales – The children recap on story sequence before understanding in more detail how the elements of the story are linked. By building up a story, the children are encouraged to question their choices; The children carry out further work on recipes; Over the course of this half term, the children write two stories – the first helps them to practise writing consistently in the past tense and third person, the second in the past tense and the first person; There is an introduction to the continuous form.
Aliens – This chapter has ample opportunities for discussion, oral composition and planning, helping children to compose dialogues, instructions, diary entries, plays and poems, with the latter two being performed; Grammatical input covers determiners, noun phrases and homophones, clauses and the perfect form for increasingly complex sentences; Several lessons throughout the chapter focus specifically on a range of suffixes and word endings.
Science: Scientific skills – To be able to ask simple questions and be able to suggest answers from what they have observed, to be able to use simple scientific equipment and perform simple tests, to be able to identify and classify common objects, animals and plants, to begin to record findings in different ways.
Sound – To associate sound with something vibrating; That sounds get fainter the further you are from the source; About how sound travels outwards from a source through different materials; That there are different ways in which sounds can be varied; About patterns between pitch and size of the sound source; About the relationship between volume and strength of vibrations.
Animals, including Humans – How different parts of the digestive system help break down food; The names and functions of different kinds of teeth; How to care for their teeth.
ICT: Graphics – Children to use paint to produce their own packaging or poster linked to topic area; Design a car using 2Design and Make. Presenting – Smart Notebook or Powerpoint; Children to build their own presentations.
Cross Curricular Topic Work: Mountains, Rivers and Coasts – The Journey of River; Mountains – What are they?; Coasts – Where the Land Meets the Sea.
Commemorating Events Beyond Living Memory: Rememberance Day, Bonfire Night, First Aeroplane Flight, Monarch’s Official Birthday, Shakespeare’s Birthday, National Days, Commonwealth Day.
R.E: Islam – Believing; Christianity – Epiphany
P.S.H.E. / Values: Dreams and Goals; Healthy Me
Physical Education: Irish Dance; Netball; Year 3 Swimming
Music: Recorders – extending understanding of reading music from the stave: Own compositions based on notes and rhythms learned so far.
French: Children will continue to learn about language and everyday life in France. They will build up their vocabulary and learn simple sentence structures. The main focus is developing communication about themselves, the environment they live in, and communication skills for real situations.
Other: Sign2Sing; Easter Service; World Book Day
Term 5 & 6 2018-19
Habitats and Chocolate
Maths: New 2014 Mathematics Curriculum using Abacus Plans for Years 2/3
English: The English Programme of Study to be followed with the following areas forming the basis for the reading, writing, spelling and grammar work for each individual term.
Habitats – The children will move from looking at and describing their local area, to finding out about and describing unfamiliar habitats and locations; They will develop their understanding of how characters and events are affected by their setting; By using noun phrases and subordinate clauses they will improve the quality of description and language construction in their writing; They will gain confidence in using the apostrophe, for singular possession and contractions.
Chocolate – The chapter combines on emphasis on two quite different skills: researching and presenting information, and effective speaking and reading. Embedded in all the tasks surrounding these skills is an ongoing emphasis on exploring and understanding texts’ contents and meanings. As such, the work on grammar and spelling is relatively light, although several tasks (and the end of chapter assessment) require high-quality written pieces.
Science: Scientific skills – To be able to ask simple questions and be able to suggest answers from what they have observed, to be able to use simple scientific equipment and perform simple tests, to be able to identify and classify common objects, animals and plants, to begin to record findings in different ways.
Animals including Humans – Nutrition – About the importance of exercise; About the need to eat the right amounts of different types of food; That animals cannot make their own food; That some animals eat only animals, some only plants, and eat both; How nutrients and water are transported around animals.
All Living Things – Give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on characteristics; Identify a variety of living things in the local and wider environment; Use classification keys; Classify vertebrates into fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals; Classify invertebrates into snails and slugs, worms, spiders, and insects.; Recognise that environments are constantly changing and that this can sometimes pose dangers to specific habitats.
ICT: Data Handling – Use of Excel to produce a report; Skills – AutoSum, Drag, Formula, Sum; To sort and classify information and present findings; Create bar charts and pie charts of data to interpret graphs.
IT: Technology through the ages – Research technology and the changes that have occurred. Changes to technology; Inventors of key technologies; Components of computers; Hardware and Software; Future Technologies.
Cross Curricular Topic Work – Weather Experts – Daily Weather News; Meteorologists; Seasonal Change; Extreme Weather; Climates around the World
Modern Europe – Introduction to Modern Europe; France, Germany, Spain, Russia, Italy and Norway.
R.E: Islam – stories of Muhammad / Believing
P.S.H.E / Values: Relationships; Changing Me
Physical Education: Cricket; Athletics; Year 3 Swimming
Music: Learning Songs for Music Night.; Recorders – revision of whole year learning.
French: Children will continue to learn about language and everyday life in France. They will build up their vocabulary and learn simple sentence structures. The main focus is developing communication about themselves, the environment they live in, and communication skills for real situations.
Other: School Sleepover; End of Key Stage Tests; Music Evening; Graduation Evening; Sports Day