Staff
- Alex Vaughan acting Assistant Head Years 1, 2 and 3
- Asha Matthews – Class Teacher
- Higher Level Teaching Assistant (TA) – Joanne Leah
- SEN TA – Sumaira Rafqat
Curriculum overview – Spring 2
Topic |
Our whole school topic this half term is, ‘Our World’. We will be consolidating our learning of the four-point compass and continents, through the vast and amazing continent of Africa. We will be exploring the diverse biomes there including grasslands and deserts – including the animals that inhabit these areas and how they are well adapted. Finally, we will learn about the great river, The Nile and its importance to the people of Africa |
English |
Within English, we will be starting the novel, Butterfly Lion, by Michael Morpurgo. We will base our writing, reading and grammar learning on this book as well as enjoying daily guided -reading, handwriting and spelling sessions. We are enhancing our curriculum further by ensuring Oracy is at the heart of our curriculum. The children are loving to talk about texts, challenge one another and to build on ideas using the talking techniques that we will be refining across the curriculum. Spelling tests will continue to be on Mondays to give the weekend as additional time for practice. |
Maths |
We will start the new term developing our column methods for addition and subtraction, perfecting exchange in the tens and hundreds columns now – this was difficult last term and therefore needs lots of consolidation. Multiplication and division work will continue, developing more use and application of our times tables – including the 4x and 8 x tables recently introduced. We will be covering more of a range of reasoning skills to apply our number work to promote problem solving and real life application of maths. We will also be exploring geometry and shape, specifically, angles, rotations properties of shape. |
Science |
Year 3 will be starting the Science unit, Light. Your child will be experimenting with shadows, understanding about reflective materials and their uses and researching about light and the potential dangers of UV light to our eyes. Throughout this half term, retrieval of key vocabulary as well as hands-on-activities will be important to support the children’s understanding. |
Other Curriculum Areas |
RE – How do family life and festivals show what matters to Jewish people? RE – Why is Jesus so inspiring to some people? Including a trip to Christ Church to take part in the fabulous and interactive,’ Easter Experience.’ DT – Constructing a Castle Design Music – Charanga unit PE – Yoga (Wednesday) Games (Friday) Daily Mile PSHCE – See School Website for More Information Computing – Stop frame animation French – Instruments *Handwriting lessons and spellings lessons will continue throughout. |
Important Dates |
Empowering learning skills
Self manager
- Organise themselves and work out goals and priorities
- Show personal responsibility, initiative, creativity and enterprise
- Anticipate, take and manage risks
- Commit themselves to learning and self-improvement
- Respond positively to change
Effective participator
- Engage actively with issues that affect them and those around them.
- Play a full part in the life of the school
- Take responsible action to bring improvement for others as well as themselves
- Discuss issues of concern, seeking resolution
- Present a persuasive case for action
- Propose practical ways forward
- Try to influence others, negotiating and balancing diverse views
Resourceful thinker
- Think creatively by generating and exploring relevant ideas, and making original connections
- Find links and see relationships
- Explore & experiment with resources and materials
- Ask ‘why’, ‘how’ and ‘what if’ questions
- Apply imaginative thinking to solve a problem
- Try different ways to tackle a problem
- Work with others to find imaginative solutions and outcomes that are of value
Reflective learner
- Evaluate their strengths and limitations as learners
- Review their work and act on outcomes
- Set themselves realistic goals and criteria for success
- Monitor their own performance and progress
- Invite feedback and deal positively with praise, setbacks & criticism.
- Make changes to improve their learning
- Communicate their learning in relevant ways to different audiences
Independent enquirer
- Gather, process and evaluate information in their investigations
- Plan what to do and how to go about it
- Draw conclusions and evaluate outcomes
- Take informed and well-reasoned decisions, recognising that other have different beliefs and attitudes
- Use range of techniques to collect and organise information
Team worker
- Work confidently with others, adapting to different contexts and taking responsibility for their own role
- Listen and take account of others’ views
- Form collaborative relationships, resolving issues and reaching agreed outcomes
- Adapt behaviours to suit different roles and situations
- Show fairness and consideration towards others
