We are delighted to continue our French lessons with Mrs Cackett, our resident native French speaker. Over the course of the spring term, we will be thinking about two main topics: birthdays and food. Term 3: Colours Throughout this topic, we will revise and learn numbers 1-20. We will also learn the days of the […]
Curriculum, Music Term 3 & 4: Spring terms music unit is called Latin dance, pupils will explore salsa rhythms by learning to dance salsa, play a clave rhythm, sing the song and play a percussion part. They will also compose rhythm patterns to incorporate into their whole-class performance. This unit also contains the second of
Netball During the netball sequence of lessons, we will be encouraging pupils to persevere when developing competencies in key skills and principles such as; defending; attacking; throwing; catching and shooting. They will learn to use a range of different passes in different situations to keep possession and attack towards goal. We will learn about defending
Over the course of term 3 and 4, we will continue to follow our Jigsaw PSHE scheme of learning. Jigsaw, the mindful approach to PSHE is a progressive and spiral scheme of learning. In planning the lessons, Jigsaw PSHE ensures that learning from previous years is revisited and extended, adding new concepts, knowledge and skills,
Our Religious Education lessons will continue to be based upon our “Love to Celebrate” projects. Basing the “Love to Celebrate” projects around festivals, gives a real-life context to the children’s learning and a structure to the projects. However, the celebration itself is only a small part of each “Love to Celebrate” project. Each set of
Following the Purple Mash scheme of learning, our two main computing topics, this term, will be email and branching data bases. Email In term 3, we will be focusing upon email. We will learn about: Different types of communication How to compose emails Email safety Online safety around attachments Emails solutions and how to report
Art: Ammonite Linked to our main topic, “Rocks, Relics and Rumbles”, our art topic for this term is “Ammonite”. Throughout this topic, we will learn about artistic techniques used in sketching; printmaking and sculpture. We will begin by looking carefully at ammonites and then we will study ‘Fibonacci’ and imitate his use of pattern, form
This term our topic is ‘Rocks, Relics and Rumbles’. In the Forces and Magnets project, children will learn what forces are and what they do. They will learn about pushing and pulling forces and sort different actions into pushes and pulls. Also, they will identify and explain contact forces, this will be consolidated by investigating
Following the White Rose Maths scheme, year 3 will cover six main blocks of learning over the course of the spring term: ratio; algebra; decimals; fractions; decimals and percentages; perimeter, area and volume; and statistics. The blocks of learning for ratio and algebra have been moved to earlier in the year to give more time
Reading Our Class Text and Comprehension In term 3 and 4, our reading comprehension lessons will be based upon our class text, “The Firework Makers Daughter”, which is an award-winning novel written by Phillip Pullman. The story centres around a young girl called Lila who longs to become a Firework-Maker, like her father. Against his