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 – Summer 2
Topic |
Our whole school topic this half term is, ‘Our Planet.’ We will be learning about ways to protect our planet on Earth and under water. We will explore rainforest reduction, how species across the world are affected and are becoming or are already endangered. We will explore is already happening to contribute to reversing or reducing the negative impact to our world, including what WE can do to help. We will become familiar with global goals set in 2015 by The United Nations. |
English |
Within English, we will study the novel, The Firework-Maker’s daughter by Philip Pullman. 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 continuing to enhance our curriculum further by ensuring oracy is at the heart of our curriculum, particularly within English. The children are loving to talk about our texts, challenge one another and to build on ideas using the talking techniques that we will be refining across the curriculum. Spelling tests will be on Mondays to give the weekend as additional time to practise. |
Maths |
We will start the new half term by exploring addition and subtraction. This time we will be applying our calculations more frequently through reasoning. We will be sharpening up on exchanging within the hundreds and tens columns ready for year 4. We will recap multiplication and division, before moving onto measures and also assessment week. We will use the lovely summer month of July to apply our measurement and perimeter learning, within context, and hopefully get outside lots to do this. |
Science |
Year 3 will finish their science unit, Plants. We will be conducting the fair tests that we have planned: children have decided to test the growth of plants using vacuum bags and the school freezer! We will then move onto the unit, ‘Rocks and Soils’ which will give opportunities to explore different rock uses and their functions. We will explore soils, uses of soils and learn how soils and rocks are formed. |
Other Curriculum Areas |
RE – We will be studying,’ What can we learn about right and wrong through religion?’ DT – Digital Wearable Technology Music – Charanga unit PE – Cricket (Tuesday) Games (Wednesday and Friday and Daily Mile PSHCE – See School Website for More Information about our RSE curriculum. Lesson plans are updated. Computing – Branching Databases French – Ice Cream (with some tasting thrown in) *Handwriting lessons and spelling lessons will continue throughout. |
Important Dates |
1st June: Return to School 8th June: Fieldwork Week 15th June: Longford Park Trip 16th June: Sports Day Time TBC 26th June: Year 3 class assembly 9am 2nd July: Transition Morning (Visit Year 4 for 2 hours) 14th July: Barlowfest 17th July: Break up for summer holidays at 2pm |
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
