St Edward’s Year 3/4 Miss Aylett’s Class
Summer Term 2016-2017
Literacy
Pupils will cover the following ‘writing’ units of work this term:
Fiction Text: Iron Man by Ted Hughes
Fiction Focus: Adventure stories.
The children will explore and discuss key features of adventure stories. They
will then write their own story based on this popular book.
Fiction Text: Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kitamura
Fiction Focus: Stories with a historical setting.
Using the above book, and their knowledge learnt through their topic work, the
children will write a story set in the Stone Age.
Non-Fiction Focus: Instruction texts focusing on How to Wash a Woolly
Mammoth by Michelle Robinson.
In this part of the unknit, children will develop on their understanding of
instructions texts. They will know and understand the features and be able to
include these in their own writing.
Numeracy
Key learning
objectives:
Number and Place Value
 Recall multiplication facts to 12x12.
 Count back through zero using negative numbers.
 Know the place value of each digit in and four-digit number.
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Find 1000 less than a number and 1000 more than a number.
Put four digits in order using < and > symbols.
Round numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000.
Know that numbers can be written as decimals or fractions.
Solve problems with negative and large numbers.
Solve problems using fractions and rounding.
Calculations
 Add numbers with up to four digits using a written method.
 Subtract numbers with up to four digits using a written method.
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Make estimates and using inverse calculations to check answers.
Mentally multiply and divide numbers.
Recognise and use factor pairs in calculations.
Multiply two and three-digit numbers by one-digit numbers without a
calculator.
 Solve problems using addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
Fractions, Decimals and Percentages.
 Know that hundredths come from dividing 1 by 100 and dividing tenths by
10.
 Show equivalent fractions using diagrams.
 Add and subtract fractions.
 Solve problems using fractions.
 Recognise decimals and understand what they show.
 Write tenths and hundredths as decimals, and ¼, ½ and ¾ as decimals.
 Divide a one or two-digit number by 10 or 100.
 Round decimals with one decimal place to the nearest whole number.
 Compare numbers with the same number of decimal places.
Measurement
 Convert between units and compare measurements.
 Work out the perimeters of shapes
 Find the area of shapes.
 Calculate using money in pounds and pence.
 Read and write time in the 12 and 24-hour clock and convert between
digital and analogue.
 Solve problems by changing different units of time.
Geometry
 Identify 2D shapes and they lines of symmetry.
 Identify acute and obtuse angles and order them.
 Use coordinates to describe a position on a grid.
 Describe translations
 Plot coordinates and draw sides to complete shapes.
Statistics
 Interpret and present data using bar charts, time graphs and pictograms.
 Solve problems and make comparisons using data from bar charts and
time graphs.
Religion
The children will concentrate on two units of work from the Come and See RE scheme.
ENERGY
This unit will focus on Pentecost. Christians believe that the gift of the Holy Spirit
within them gives them energy and the power to live the way of Jesus. The symbols
used for the Holy Spirit – wind and fire – are symbols of power and energy. At
Pentecost, the disciples were filled by the gifts of the Holy Spirit and went out
courageously to carry the Gospel of Jesus to the whole world.
UNIVERSAL CHURCH – GOD’S PEOPLE
This unit links into the work that CAFOD carry out “Communion of Saints” is the
collective name given to all members of the Church community, whether living or dead.
Some members of the Church family are named as martyrs or saints. Martyrs are
people who have given their lives for their faith. Saints are people who have lived in
God’s way. They show us what God is like – loving, faithful, forgiving, caring for others
and God’s world.
ICT
The pupils will use Interactive Communication Technology to research the
International Primary Curriculum Topics. They will use ICT to support their learning
in Literacy & Numeracy.
ICT Skills
Pupils will learn
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how to use ICT responsibly and stay safe online
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how to find reliable information from a range of sources including the
internet
how to use ICT to present things we have found out in an exciting and
engaging way
how to write algorithms to make things happen in digital games
How to debug scripts and programs in digital games.
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French
In Year 3/4 the children will learn how to say their name and age in French and talk
about their family members. They will also learn numbers and colours in French.
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The pupils will listen attentively to spoken language and show understanding
by joining in and responding.
Explore the patterns and sounds of language through songs and rhymes and
link the spelling, sound and meaning of words
Engage in conversations; ask and answer questions; express opinions and
respond to those of others
IPC Topic
In this geography topic, the children will be able to:
United
Kingdom
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IPC Topic
Stone Age
to Iron Age
name and locate counties and cities of the United Kingdom, geographical regions and
their identifying human and physical characteristics,
name key topographical features (including hills, mountains, coasts and rivers),
understand how some of these aspects have changed over time
use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and
describe features studied
use the eight points of a compass, four and six-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
In History, we’ll be finding out:
 How fossils are made and what we can learn from them
 What our earliest ancestors might have looked like
 How our ancestors were able to survive
 How to use archaeological evidence to find out about a prehistoric hunter
 Where our ancestors settled and how they lived
 How we can learn about the past by investigating a Stone Age village
 What life was like during the Bronze Age and Iron Ages
In Art, we’ll be finding out:
 How to create our own prehistoric cave paintings
 How to make and decorate pottery, based on one of the periods we have
explored
In Technology we’ll be finding out:
 About the types of foods that the first farmers would have grown
 How we can update the dishes that the early settlers may have eaten
In International, we’ll be finding out:
 How we can work together to learn new skills and achieve our goal
P.E./Games
P.E. will be taught on Monday and Tuesday afternoons. A full P.E. kit
will be needed for these lessons.
Weekly
home
learning
Reading
 Reading scheme books will be changed every Wednesday. Please ensure your
child has their reading books and diaries with them every day.
Spelling
 Children will be given a spelling rule to learn each week (please see spelling
letter) and they will be tested on a Friday.
Multiplication Tables
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Your child should know by heart all multiplication facts to 12x12 (and division
facts). Encourage your child to develop fast recall of multiplication tables.
Literacy & Numeracy & IPC Home Learning Routines
 Homework will be set every week. The types of homework that they will receive
could be literacy, maths or topic based. Please encourage your child to complete
their homework and bring it in on time.
Diaries
Homework Diaries should be in school every day so that any messages can be passed
between home and school efficiently.