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Bamford Academy
Curriculum Overview
Unit 3
built in a day?
Autumn 1 – Was Rome
Falcons – Mr Shepherd
Kestrels – Miss Kennington (temporary)
Hawks – Miss Francis
Contact Details
IMPORTANT DAYS TO REMEMBER
Should you have a query, or need to contact school, please
use the details below.
Phone: 01706 631 496
Snack Bar Days
Falcons Monday
Fax: 01706 631 663
Kestrels Thursday
Email: [email protected]
Hawks Wednesday
School Website: www.bamfordacademy.co.uk
PE Days
Falcons – Monday (outdoor), Tuesday (indoor)
Kestrels – Monday (outdoor), Wednesday (indoor)
Hawks – Monday (outdoor), Wednesday (indoor)
(May change due to specialist external coaching)
Important Dates This Half Term
Book Changing Day
Meet the parents – 18th September
School Council Elections – 19th September
IEP drop in - 24th September
School photo day – 10th October
Harvest Festival – 16th October
Halloween Disco – 23rd October
End of half term – 24th October
Back to School – 3rd November
Please ensure that your child brings their reading book to school
each day. Your child’s book will be changed on a set day each
week. Please ensure their organiser is signed after each reading
and make any notes about how s/he has read. Your child’s class
teacher will read and take account of your comments when
changing their reading book.
This term’s prime learning challenge is:
Key Skills and Knowledge
During this half term the following skills will continue to be studied:
Was Rome built in a day?
To complete this challenge we will answer the following questions:
Week 1 – Where is Italy and what is it like?
Week 2 – How are Britain and Rome similar or different?
Week 3 – How was Rome founded and how did it expand into an empire?
Week 4 - What was daily life like in Ancient Rome?
Week 5 – What did the Ancient Romans believe?
Week 6 - Can we Design and make a class Roman Mosaic?
Week 7 - What did the Ancient Romans do for entertainment and who were
the gladiators?
Reflection - Can I demonstrate my learning using ICT?
Spanish
This Term we will review basic conversation. We will also
review the time in Spanish and we will use it to find out
about and ask about arrivals and departures. We will learn
the names of different transports and link them with the
time.
PE Football:
To play competitive games [football] and apply basic principles suitable
for attacking and defending. To keep possession of the ball when moving
and standing still. To move to find a space when you are not in possession
during a game. To vary tactics & adapt skills according to what is
happening in the game.
Gymnastics:
To develop flexibility, strength, technique, control and balance on a range
of apparatus (including the floor).
Science –
Light & Shadows:
To understand that we need light in order to see things. To recognise
that when there is no light it is dark. To understand how light is
reflected from surfaces. To recognise that light from the sun can be
dangerous. To understand how shadows are formed
Geography –
To locate the Italy using maps, concentrating on their mountain ranges,
rivers and major cities (with a focus on Rome). To understand the
geographical similarities and differences between Italy and The United
Kingdom.
Art –
To plan and develop ideas in sketchbook and make inform choices about
what media you will use for a mosaic tile. To shape, form, model and
construct from observation (famous Roman mosaics) and their
imagination. To evaluate their finished product explaining what went well
and how they might improve in the future.
PE
Homework
Each week your child will be set a piece of English and a piece of Maths
Homework. These will be set on a Friday and will be due in on a Tuesday. As
well as this, your child is expected to read at least 3 times a week to you
with a record of this being made in your child’s organiser. Reading books will
not be changed if this is not recorded.
Your child will be expected to participate in two
PE sessions per week. Could you please ensure that
they have the correct kit in school (indoor and outdoor), all week as
sessions may change due to hall demands, weather
etc. In the very unlikely circumstance that your
child is unable to take part in their PE lesson, please
a written note is required in your child’s organiser.
Thank you
Core Skills
These are the skills that your child will be learning / developing this half term.
Reading
Year 3
Year 4
- To read further exception
words, noting the unusual
correspondences between
spelling and sound, and where
these occur in the word.
- To listen to and discuss a
range of myths and legends
and non-fiction explanation
texts.
- To read books that are
structured in different ways
and read for a range of
purposes
- To retrieve and record
information from non-fiction
and fiction
- To understand what they
have read by checking that it
makes sense by discussing
their
understanding
and
explaining the meaning of
words in context
Writing
Spelling:
Year 3 - To consolidate understanding of
adding suffixes and to investigate
conventions related to the spelling pattern le
Year 4 - To distinguish between the
spelling and meaning of homophones
Composition & Effect:
- To plan by discussing writing similar to
that which they are planning to write in
order to understand and learn from its
structure, vocabulary and grammar
- To compose and rehearse sentences orally
(including dialogue), progressively building a
varied and rich vocabulary and an increasing
range of sentence structures
- To use conjunctions, adverbs and
prepositions to express time and cause
To combine our reading and writing work we shall be reading and writing
myths and legends and explanation texts about Romans.
ICT
- To use search technologies
effectively
- When using search engines, to
understand how results are
selected and ranked
- To be discerning in evaluating
digital content and choose the
best site possible for the task
- To use technology safely,
respectfully and responsibly
- To use font size and colour and
effects to communicate meaning
-To use appropriate layouts
-To develop consistency across a
document (eg same fonts and
colours)
Maths
- To read, write, compare and order numbers up to
1000.
- To add and subtract numbers with up to three
digits, using formal written methods of columnar
addition and subtraction.
- To draw 2-D shapes and make 3-D shapes using
modelling materials; recognise 3-D shapes in
different orientations and describe them.
- To solve number problems and practical problems
involving these ideas.
-To read, write, compare and order numbers beyond
1000.
- To add and subtract numbers with up to four digits,
using formal written methods of columnar addition
and subtraction.
- To solve number and practical problems that involve
all of the above and with increasingly large positive
numbers
- To read Roman numerals to 100 (I to C)
- To compare and classify geometric shapes, including
quadrilaterals and triangles, based on their properties
and sizes.