Key Stage 2 - Year 3
Amazing Amazon!
Summer Term
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EPR (PSED, SEAL, PSHE, Citizenship)
Religious Education
• Theme 1 – Energy
• Theme 2 – Choices
• Theme 3 – Special places
Our themes for the Summer Term are surprises
and fears and how to deal with these, to
understand what makes a good friend,
understanding personal space and why this is
important, how I make and keep friend and how
to look after others and myself.
Understanding English, Communication and Languages
This term we will be focusing on our new class text, The Minpins by Roald Dahl! We will be using talk
for writing to learn and examine the text and then be creating our own rainforest stories. We will be
looking at information texts about the Rainforest as well as writing shape poems. We will also write
dialogues and play scripts for our Amazon Adventure! We will also have regular guided reading,
grammar punctuation and spelling and handwriting lessons.
Mathematical Understanding
In maths this term the children will learning to: use the formal column method of addition and
subtraction, interpret data using charts, pictograms and tables, solve multiplication and division
problems both written and mental, recognise and compare fractions, measure perimeter, identify
perpendicular and parallel lines in shapes, measure volume and capacity.
Mental Maths: consolidate x2, x3, x4, x5, x10, x8. Learning x6. Number bonds to 100. Mental
addition, subtraction, division and multiplication and place value.
Historical, Geographical and Social Understanding
Children will be asking and answering questions such as; What are rainforests? Where are they located? What is the weather/climate like?
We will be learning about the different eco-systems in the different layers in the rainforest and how animals have adapted to their
environment. Throughout the topic, the children will learn using a range of skills such as map-reading, using secondary sources such as
library books, atlases and the internet to research the different aspects of rainforests. This will have cross curricular links with our English
when writing information texts.
Scientific and Technological Understanding
We will be learning about plants, trees and growth, what makes things grow and what plants need to stay healthy. We will be learning
about photosynthesis, investigating plant growth and learning about the functions of the parts of a plant as well as understanding seed
dispersal. The children will learn how to be more effective scientists, building on their investigative skills already gained and developed in
Year 3 so far including planning, predicting, observing and evaluating their own investigations.
Our other Science topic is magnets. We will be compare how things move on different surfaces, describe how magnets have two poles and
will predict how magnets attract and repel each other and work out which materials are magnetic.
Understanding the Arts We will be exploring and developing drawing and painting skills on the theme of landscape, exploring the work of
various artists. We will be looking at mark-making skills as well as using a variety of paint and mixed media to create rainforest landscapes,
not forgetting the rainforest animals! During this term we will be also having Arts week!
Understanding Physical Development, Health and Well Being
For one half of the term, your child will be swimming. Throughout the term, the children will be learning athletics skills in
preparation for Sports day. In PE after half term we will be focussing on gymnastics and using the equipment.
Enhancement All children are required to give in one completed home learning task for each half term. This will be based on the theme of
the rainforest. We will be going to church for Mass.
We will also visit Drusillas on 14th June for an exciting trip to get up close to the animals we are learning about!