Summer 1:Out and about

Our focus will be:

To name and locate counties and cities of the United Kingdom, geographical regions and their identifying human and physical characteristics, key topographical features (including hills, mountains, coasts, rivers), and understand how some of these aspects have changed over time

To know and use the eight points of a compass, four-figure grid references, symbols and key (including the use of Ordnance Survey maps) to build their knowledge of the United Kingdom and the wider world.

 To recognise how and why places are similar to and different from other places in the same country and elsewhere in the world

 To use fieldwork to observe, measure and record human and physical features in the local area using a range of methods, including sketch maps, plans and graphs, and digital technologies

Out and About -WhISK sheet

 

Spring 2: our first LMTW unit will be Athens v Sparta.

“Athens v Sparta” is a  unit based on Ancient Greece, with a key focus on history. Learning is centred on how the Greeks used to live, including the key aspect of mythology, especially highlighting the conflicts that characterised Ancient Greece.

Curriculum Newsletter- Athens V Sparta

WhISK Sheet- Athens V Sparta

Spring 1:

LMTW unit- Cry Freedom

“Cry Freedom” is a unit based around slavery. It looks at the history and origins of slavery around the world, before moving on to learning about some key figures involved in the abolition of slavery. Pupils will also learn about modern-day slavery, including child labour.

Whisk Sheet -Cry Freedom

Curriculum Newsletter - Cry Freedom

LMTW unit -Lindow Man

‘Lindow Man’ is a unit with a history focus, telling the story of prehistoric Britain, from the Stone Age to the Celts.

Lindow Man Knowledge organiser

The Boy Who Grew Dragons 

In 3B we are reading The boy who grew dragons. We are using our reading toolkit to develop our reading skills. We are learning strategies to support our comprehension.

Word reading

Clarify

Summarise

Select and retrieve

Respond and explain

Inference

Language for effect

Themes and conventions

 

The Wild Robot

 

When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island. Why is she there? Where did she come from? And, most important, how will she survive in her harsh surroundings?

Roz’s only hope is to learn from the island’s hostile animal inhabitants. When she tries to care for an orphaned gosling, the other animals finally decide to help, and the island starts to feel like home. Until one day, the robot’s mysterious past comes back to haunt her…

We are using our reading toolkit to develop our reading skills. We are learning strategies to support our comprehension. We will be focusing on our inference and select and retrieve skills.

Summer 1

3.9 Multiplication and division with fractions.

3.10 Addition and subtraction with statistics measurement: volume, capacity, scales.

Spring 2

Maths Units

3.7 Addition and Subtraction

3.8 Measurement and time

Fluency focus

Times table Rockstars: https://ttrockstars.com/

Number sense focus - Doubles and 5 timetables

     

Spring 1

Winchester Science Centre and Planetarium

What a day! The children and staff have had the most incredible day, filled with practical experiments, live talks, explorative play and wonderful experiments!

A visit from Isle of Wight Council’s Waste and Recycling Team.                                                Mrs Cooke gave a talk about the importance of recycling and the best way to sort our rubbish. We learnt about recycling safety and played lots of games.

 

Instruction writing - How to care for a dragon

Through our exploration of language, oracy and immersion, 3B are writing wonderful instructions because, just like Thomas from The Boy Who grew dragons, you never know when a dragon fruit might fall at your feet...