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 1
Topic |
Our whole school topic this half term is, ‘Achievement and Innovation’. We will be exploring the lives of the Ancient Egyptians including the important contributions they made so early on that have impacted civilisation today. We will explore artefacts, secondary sources and learn all about daily life in the Ancient Egyptian times. The children will love learning about mummification and the many gods that the ancient Egyptians believed. |
English |
Within English, we will study the novel, The Nothing to See Here Hotel, by Steven Butler. 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 texts, challenge one another and to build on ideas using the talking techniques that have practised. Spelling tests will be on Mondays to give the weekend as additional time to practise. |
Maths |
We will start the new term by exploring addition and subtraction as well as then multiplication and division. Time tables knowledge is integral to these lessons and will aid your child massively. We will deepen our knowledge by exploring a range of reasoning questions about sharing, grouping – linked to real-life contexts. We will also revisit fractions and begin to look at angles this half term. |
Science |
Year 3 will begin the science unit, Plants. Within this, your child will explore the school quad, grounds, local area and take a trip to the waterpark to explore the organisms and plants that we have around us. We will investigate xylems and how materials are transported within plants. We will look at reproduction in plants and plant our own range of plants to observe. |
Other Curriculum Areas |
RE – What do different people believe about God? Art – Exploring Still LifeMusic – Charanga unit PE – Yoga (Wednesday) PE (Friday) and Daily Mile French – Fruit PSHCE – See School Website for More Information Computing – Stop Frame Animation continued Handwriting lessons and spelling lessons will continue throughout |
Important Dates |
Year 3 Waterpark Trip – details to follow Monday 4th May – Bank Holiday Thursday 7th May – School closed – Polling Day Friday 22tnd May – Break Up – 3pm |
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
