Form 3 Curriculum Overview

Form 3: Curriculum Overview Spring Term

English Mathematics History/ Geography Science

Reading

• Reading Circles and Guided Reading focussing on key skills:

• To ask and answer questions about a text

• To make links between texts, the wider world and our own lives

• To clarify vocabulary

• To comment on author’s choice of language and structure

• To make inferences and deductions

• To make predictions

• To read aloud and independently

Writing

• Children will be writing diaries, narratives and poems focussing on showing an understanding of the audience and purpose for writing.

• Teaching will focus on relevant grammar and punctuation for the genre of writing:

• A range of openers including fronted adverbials

• Ways to extend sentences using different conjunctions

• Punctuation including commas, capital letters, full stops, exclamation marks, question marks, brackets and speech marks

• Word classes including verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions and prepositions

• Handwriting is taught weekly and embedded in all written lessons

Spelling

• Children will focus on learning spelling rules and patterns

• We will continue to revise high frequency words

• Children will continue to learn a range of affixes and their impact on root words

• Common homophones (e.g. there, they're and their) will be taught in writing lessons and feedback

Speaking and Listening

• Following instructions

• Listening to others

• Taking turns in conversations

• Speaking clearly

• Presentations and performances

• Reading and reciting poetry

• Reading aloud

Number: Multiplication and Division

• To know and use multiples of 10

• Multiply a 2-digit number by a 1-digit number with and without exchanging

• Divide a 2-digit number by a 1-digit number with and without exchanging and remainders

Measurement: Length and Perimeter

• Measure in metres, centimetres and millimetres

• Find equivalent lengths (metres and centimetres and millimetres)

• Compare lengths

• Add and subtract lengths

• Measure and calculate perimeter

Number: Fractions

• To identify numerators and denominators

• Compare and order unit and non-unit fractions

• Count in fractions on a number line

• Find equivalent fractions using a variety of models

Measurement: Mass and Capacity

• Use and read different scales

• Measure and compare mass in grams and kilograms and find equivalent measurements

• Add and subtract mass

• Measure capacity and volume in millilitres and litres

• Equivalent capacities and volumes (litres and millilitres)

• Compare capacity and volume

• Add and subtract capacity and volume

Geography: Investigating our local area and mapping

• What is a plan?

• What is a map?

• Where is our locality?

• What are the landmarks in our local area - can we create a sketch map?

• Can we use compass directions to describe a route around the building?

• Can we use scale and direction to describe a route?

History: Ancient Greeks

• Who were the Ancient Greeks, and when did they live?

• How do we know about the Ancient Greeks?

• How are Sparta and Athens different from each other?

• Who were the Ancient Greek Gods and Goddesses?

• Can we learn anything from Greek myths and legends?

• Who was Alexander The Great?

• What is the Ancient Greek legacy?

Forces and Magnets

• Explore contact and non-contact forces

• Compare how things move on different surfaces

• Explore different types of magnets

• Explore the properties of magnets and everyday objects that are magnetic

• Understand that magnetic forces can act at a distance

• Explore the everyday uses of magnets

Light

• Identify the difference between light sources and nonlight sources

• Explore the light that comes from the sun and how to stay safe

• Explore materials which are reflective

• Discover how shadows are formed

• Investigate how shadows change throughout the day

• Investigate how you can change the size of a shadow

• Debate

• Orally rehearsing written work

• Re-telling WAGOLLs to partners/class

Ideas for home:

• Reading a range of texts including child friendly newspapers and magazines (see links below) o https://www.firstnews.co.uk/ o https://theweekjunior.co.uk/ o https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/

• Ask questions about the plot, character and settingschildren’s homework diary has a fantastic list of question prompts to support you

• Use a video or picture as a stimulus for creating and/or descriptive writing

• Spelling games o https://www.spellzone.com/

• Practising High Frequency Words and words from the Y3/4 spelling list - these can be found in the children’s homework diary

Ideas for home:

• Regular times tables and division practise

• These are some websites children could use to practise their mental arithmetic

o https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/cat egory/22/most-popular o https://www.topmarks.co.uk/mathsgames/7-11-years/problem-solving o https://www.topmarks.co.uk/mathsgames/daily10 o https://www.topmarks.co.uk/mathsgames/hit-the-button o https://www.mathletics.com/uk/ o https://www.mathplayground.com/index_m ultiplication_division.html o https://atomlearning.co.uk/

• Fractions gameshttps://www.mathlearningcenter.org/apps/fractions

• The best way to improve measuring skills is to take part in practical activities such as baking and cooking. Try to use a variety of different measuring tools with a range of scales. You could try estimating, measuring, ordering and comparing mass, length and capacity of different objects/items

Ideas for home:

• Reading around the topic

• Allowing children to use a map on a car journey or when planning a journey to plot the route with you

• Locating where they live on OS maps and a globe

• Visiting museums such as the British Museum and looking at the Ancient Greek exhibits

• Watching shows about the topic o https://horriblehistoriestv.wixsite.com/horrib lehistoriestv/groovy-greeks

• Try Greek food and make comparisons to what you eat at home

Ideas for home:

• Take a trip to the Science Museum

• Reuse, recycle and up-cycle. How can you be an ecowarrior?

• Set up ramps with different textures and send toy cars down. Use lots of questions to guide children to extend their exploration

• https://www.teachjunkie.com/sciences/force-andmotion-experiments/ - do some of these experiments to explore force, gravity, motion and friction

• Look at some of these simple light experiments https://handsonaswegrow.com/simple-lightexperiments-for-kids/

Art/ DT Drama Music Computing

• To learn about line drawing, recreate ancient Greek vases in a geometric style

• To learn how to draw the Ancient Greek orders - Architecture (Doric, Ionic, Corinthian) and set them on a Mediterranean Landscape

• To learn about Paul Cezanne - to create Still Life paintings inspired by the French artist. These lessons involve knowledge about colour, value and space

Drama skills

• To build on drama techniques

• To explore character and narrative through mime and freeze frames

• To work collaboratively as a group to devise short scenes

Public Speaking

• To develop public speaking skills

• To learn how to plan a short engaging presentation

• To self-evaluate public speaking skills and highlight areas of strength and areas for continued development

Introduction to Recorder

• Learning about the history of the recorder and its origins in classical music

• Developing skills in ensemble and solo performance

• Learning a variety of pieces using the pentatonic scale on the recorder

• Performing with an awareness of tone, timbre, dynamics and pulse

• Developing skills in reading musical notation

Creating a video

• Be able to plan a video advert for their travel agents using green screen technology

• Create a video advert as a whole class group considering the purpose of the advert

• Evaluate their product and suggest improvements

Micro:bits

• To be able to program the physical Micro:bit

• Use sequencing in code to make desired results occur

• Be able to transfer information from the computer to the Micro:bit

Buddhism: Buddha’s teachings

• Could the Buddha’s teaching make the world a better place?

• To appreciate the importance of the world we live in

• To understand who the Buddha is and his two main beliefs

• To reflect on Buddha’s truth that everything changes, thinking of examples from their own lives

• To understand how according to the Buddha that selfishness leads to suffering

• To understand the eightfold path and how this helps Buddhists lead a better life

• To understand the importance of the Buddha’s teachings

Christianity: Jesus’ miracles

• Could Jesus heal people? Were these miracles, or is there some other explanation?

• To understand the story of the blind man

• To understand why the miracles Jesus performed were important

• To reflect on the importance of Jesus' miracles

• To understand how miracles can make a difference to people’s lives

Christianity: Easter – Forgiveness

• What is ‘good’ about Good Friday?

• To understand that when things go wrong, they can be fixed

• To understand the importance of wine and bread at the Last Supper

• To understand the events of Jesus crucifixion

• To understand why Good Friday is both a sad and good day

• To learn about the festival of the Three Kings

• To read an authentic story ‘Petit ours brun et la galette des rois’

• To use “j’ai” and “je n’ai pas”

• To learn vocabulary about family members and describing my family in speaking

• To learn about the festival of La Chandeleur and names of the different flavours of crêpes

• To learn numbers 11 to 20

• To express my age in speaking and in writing

• To talk about animal pets in speaking and in writing

PE Gymnastics

• To learn and practise a wide range of gymnastics skills including; cartwheels, handstands, rolls, balances

• To put these skills into routines and sequences

Ball Sports

• To improve hand-eye coordination skills throughout immersion into a variety of team games

Games

Girls Hockey

• To practise and improve passing skills including a push pass

• Dribbling technique and reverse stick

• Attacking and defending principles

• Basic rules

• To play games against other schools

Girls Football

• To practise ball mastery skills, including dribbling, kicking, stopping and shooting

• To demonstrate attacking and defending in football

• To practise shooting

• To play a small sided and larger games

Boys Tag Rugby

• Passing skills

• Movement and attacking drills

• Defensive line

• Principles and rules of tag rugby

• To play games against other schools

Dreams and Goals

• Staying motivated when doing something challenging

• How to keep trying even when it is difficult - identifying my ambitions

• Working well with a partner or in a group

• Having a positive attitude to stay motivated to achieve my ambitions

• Helping others to achieve their goals and recognising how to get around/over obstacles in my way

• Working hard to achieve my own dreams and goals and evaluating how I can improve to make things even better next time

Healthy Me

• Understanding how exercise affects my body and knowing why my heart and lungs are such important organs

• Knowing the amount of calories, fat and sugar I put into my body will affect my health

• Drugs - medicines and dosages, illegal drugs

• Keeping safe - knowing how to keep myself safe, and who to go to for help including emergency services

• Identifying if things are safe or unsafe

• Knowing how to take care of my body