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Year 3

Spring Term

Computing

Internet Research, PowerPoint and Publisher:
Using search engines to research various topics, using Microsoft PowerPoint and Publisher to present this research.

Creativity

Music:
Inspiring Music (Central Bedfordshire's provider of instrumental music services) will be delivering weekly workshops to each class using Djembe drums.

Art - Natural Materials:
Introduction to pottery, focusing on shape and pattern, as well as experimenting with chalk, charcoal and natural dyes.

Design Technology - Healthy Snacks:
Gaining knowledge on how fruit and vegetables grow and their classifications, leading to making some healthy snacks.

Ed4Life

Dreams and Goals:
What are my strengths? How can I work as a team? How do I celebrate my achievements?

Healthy Me:
Improving fitness, understanding sugar intake, how to contact the emergency services, what makes my body amazing?

English

Reading:
Continue to explore a range of extracts from popular fiction, non-fiction and poetry texts to focus on; vocabulary, inference, prediction, explanation, retrieval and summarising.

Writing:
Novel Study – 'The Iron Man' by Ted Hughes.
Letter writing, newspaper articles and story-telling
Talk for Writing - 'Stone Age Boy'

Spellings:
These will be sent out every two weeks.

French

Colours, days of the week, months, additional classroom instructions, Easter.

Geography

Europe:
Look at the geographical differences between European countries and cities, to create a case file about one; focusing on weather and climate, currencies and languages.

History

Stone Age to Iron Age:
Working chronologically from the Paleolithic period to just before the Roman Invasion of Britain, learning about early tools, agriculture, homes and weapons.
In-depth look at Skara Brae and Stonehenge.

Maths

Multiplication and Division:
Exploring commutative law and multiplication and division facts, inverse, using place value to multiply and divide larger numbers.

Time:
Learning to tell the time to 5 minute intervals (digital and analogue, 24 and 12 hour)

Fractions:
Adding and subtracting fractions, introduction to improper fractions and mixed numbers, finding common denominators and equivalent fractions.

PE

Outdoor Adventure Activities:
Teamwork, problem-solving, map skills and instructions in a physically active manner.

Target Sports:
Practise aim, coordination, catching and throwing.

Dance:
Following and choreographing dances.

Football:
Explore control, possession, attack and rules.

Unihoc:
Variant of hockey played with teams of up to 4 players.

Philosophy

Sikhism:
‘What is the best way for a Sikh to show commitment to God?’
Also touching on how we show commitment in our lives.

Christianity:
‘What is ‘good’ about Good Friday’; the Last Supper, the betrayal of Jesus.