CLASS 3 AUTUMN TERM 2010
Dear Parents,
Here is an outline of this half term’s work. We hope that
you will find opportunities at home to enhance and
LONG, LONG AGO – The Ancient Greeks
consolidate the learning through research and visits.
Class 3 Layered Targets – Autumn 2010
LITERACY:
CROSS CURRICULAR LITERACY & NUMERACY:
Literacy:
• Week 1: Word and sentence work.
• Weeks 2-5: Myths and legends (Year 5 & 6 – Fables,
myths and legends). Link to Ancient Greece.
• Weeks 6-8: Explanation texts (Year 5 & 6 Persuasion).
• Weeks 9-11: Play scripts (Year 6 ext: Biography).
• Weeks 12-13: Poetry
Numeracy:
• Weeks 1 & 2: Addition, subtraction and partitioning
Hundreds, Tens and Units.
• Weeks 3 – 5: Times tables, problem solving and shape.
• Weeks 6 & 7: Handling Data.
• Weeks 8 & 9: Problem solving and measurement.
• Weeks 10 – 13: Securing number facts, relationships and
calculating.
• Introducing Pythagoras’ theory.
From the summer term the layered Literacy target will be
replaced by a personalised Literacy target. Your child will
soon receive their own personalised literacy target as
identified using their everyday Literacy work.
NUMERACY:
I MUST know my 2, 5, 10 times table.
I SHOULD know the x and ÷ facts for my 2, 5, 10 times tables.
I COULD know the x and ÷ facts for my 3, 4, 6, 7 times table.
I COULD EVEN use all facts when calculating e.g. 123 x 4,
37 x 56.
ART:
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To study and recreate the features of Greek pottery. (Year 6 to
recreate Medusa from clay).
To create drawings in the style of the Discus Thrower statue. (Link to
science)
To create Greek jewellery.
TECHNOLOGY:
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To create the buildings of Ancient Greece, particularly the Parthenon.
To know the main ingredients of the Ancient Greek diet.
To create a Greek meal, e.g. goat’s milk, olives, bread, figs, vegetables
in olive oil, satziki, vine leaves.
SCIENCE: - Moving and Growing / Solids and Liquids
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To understand what gives animals their shape.
To discuss why animals need to move.
To know how animals move.
To know where the main bones in the human skeleton are.
To compare ourselves with other skeletons.
To introduce the concept of muscle movement.
To establish what we know about solids and liquids.
To know that powders and granules are made of solid pieces.
To know that the shape of a solid does not change. To know
that the volume of a liquid does not change when the shape
does.
To know that solids and liquids can be changed and that
some of these changes are reversible.
To understand that solids can be separated.
R.E:
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P.E. -Athletics / Dance
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GEOGRAPHY:
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To know where Greece and its islands are located.
To know the climate and physical features of Greece.
To recognise some of the buildings in Ancient Greece.
HISTORY:
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To ask questions about the Ancient Greeks and know the
timeline of the Ancient Greek empire (B.C.).
To understand the importance of the Olympic games.
To understand the different people living in Ancient Greece,
particularly Spartans and Athenians.
To know about family life and learn about Ancient Greece
from an object.
To understand the life of a Greek soldier.
To know about the role of the theatre in Ancient Greece (link
to Literacy).
To know the clothing of the Greek people.
To know what we have learnt from the Ancient Greeks.
To know about the beliefs of the Greek people.
To know some of the Greek Gods and Goddesses.
To recognise the temples in Greece.
To know about the great thinkers and philosophers in
Ancient Greece, e.g. Socrates.
To retell the Christmas story.
To create and perform a dance sequence inspired by Greek
Gods and Goddesses.
To use music as inspiration for this dance sequence.
To practice the throwing, running and jumping skills needed
for the main Olympic events.
To take part as a competitor in a mini-Olympic event.
MUSIC:
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To listen to and appreciate a range of Greek music.
To compose music inspired by Ancient Greece.
To research Apollo – God of music.
To practice and perform Christmas songs.
ICT: - Learning Platform Pilot
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To undertake research on modern and Ancient Greece.
To understand Doveridge School’s Learning Platform.
To customise My Space.
Jointly create a Class 3 Interest Space (Ancient
Greece).
To create personal blogs.
To create a Wiki for Ancient Greece.