Form 3: Curriculum Overview Spring Term English
Mathematics
History/ Geography
Science
Reading
Number: Multiplication and Division
Geography: Investigating our local area and mapping
Forces and Magnets
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Reading Circles and Guided Reading focussing on key skills:
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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
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• • • • • 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
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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 • • • • • • •
Measurement: Length and Perimeter • • • • •
Following instructions Listening to others Taking turns in conversations Speaking clearly Presentations and performances Reading and reciting poetry Reading aloud
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 • • • • • • •
Spelling
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
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
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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?
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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