Mathematics
PSHE
Place Value and Decimals- (Year 3) Place 3-digit numbers on a line; order and compare
3-digit numbers; find a number between two 3-digit numbers; understand place value
in 3-digit numbers. (Year 4) Divide whole 2-digit numbers to give 1-place decimals;
multiply 1-place decimals to give whole numbers; recognise decimal and fraction forms
of tenths; place 1-place decimals on a number line; round tenths to nearest whole;
compare 1-place decimals and write one in between, e.g. say what whole number
comes between 2.1 and 1.2.
Addition and Subtraction- (Year 3) Add and subtract pairs of 2-digit numbers, including
near multiples; Add three 2-digit numbers. (Year 4) Add three 2-digit numbers using
compact addition; Add four 2-digit numbers using compact addition; Use counting up
to subtract 3-digit numbers; Find change from £5 or £10, e.g. £5 – 3.78; Find a
difference between prices, e.g. £4.24 and £3.78.
Addition and Subtraction- (Year 3) Add 3-digit numbers using expanded addition; Count
up to subtract two-digit numbers from 3-digit numbers; Use addition to check
subtraction. (Year 4) Use compact addition to add amounts of money; Subtract pairs of
3-digit numbers using decomposition; Check subtraction with addition; Choose
counting up or decomposition to solve subtractions; Identify and describe patterns.
Measure and Data (year 3 ) Measure/convert lengths in cm and m; measure/convert
weight in kg and g; estimate, measure objects and record in tables; represent and
interpret data in bar charts. (Year 4) Measure lengths in m, cm and mm, convert
between km, m, cm and mm; measure weight in kg and g to one decimal place, convert
between kg and g and make sensible estimations; measure objects and record in tables;
represent and interpret data in bar graphs.
Fractions- (Year 3) Count in 1/4s and 1/2s; understand concept of fractions; begin to
understand eighths; find fractions with a total of 1, e.g. ¾ + □ = 1. (Year 4) Identify
equivalent fractions; reduce fractions to their simplest form; identify equivalent
fractions and decimals (1/10s and 1/2s); add and subtract fractions with the same
denominators with 2 wholes.
D&T / Art
P.E.
Pupils will be designing and making a Mother’s day
present. Pupils will be encouraged to finely select
materials. Pupils will refine their work and
techniques as work progresses, continually
evaluating the product design.
Religious Education
The key question that pupils will
consider through enquiry skills is
do people need to go to church to
show they are Christians.
Geography
Pupils will focus on
locational
Knowledge, place
knowledge and will
learn about human
and physical
geography.
Looking forward:
Pupils will investigate some enterprising ways that
they can support a charity. They will know how
others can help them achieve their goals and how
they can help others. Pupils will think about the
importance of teamwork.
French
Literacy
Stories about imaginary worlds- Using ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’ by Roald Dahl,
pupils familiarise themselves with features of narrative, finding examples from
the book and through role play and hot-seating. Focus on direct speech and use
the features and format they have seen to plan and write their own fantastic
stories.
Recounts- Explore ‘The Day I Swapped my Dad for Two Goldfish’ by Neil
Gaiman and Dave McKean. Act out swap stories, learn about adverbials and
recounts using past tense and first person and chronological order. Write a new
version of ‘The Diary of a Killer Cat’, by Anne Fine, using recount features and
complex sentences. The Hamilton Group Reader, ‘The Diary of a Lively
Labrador’, is used to stretch more confident readers.
Traditional poems- Explore the poems of Robert Louis Stevenson, (‘A Child’s
Garden of Verses’ by Robert Louis Stevenson) and write a class poem using
rhyming couplets. Revise verb tenses and learn about prepositions. Explore the
poem ‘Windy Nights’ and learn it by heart. Produce a class book containing
poems written by the children.
History
Skylark
Class
Spring 1
Our topic for the spring term is the Roman Empire and its impact on
Britain. Pupils will learn about the legend of the founding of Rome and
place events and objects into the correct periods of time. Pupils will
understand the benefits and impact of the Roman Ruling System and
recognise that the past is represented in different ways. Pupils will go
on to examine how the Roman Empire changed areas over time and
begin to ask why. They will understand key terms relating to the Celtic
period and gain knowledge of the way of life in an Iron Age settlement
as well as understanding how the Roman Empire emerged and
expanded in the three centuries before the Common Era.
Science
Our science focus will be on forces
and magnets. By the end of the unit
pupils will be able to identify pushes
& pulls as forces & explore how
things move on different surfaces.
They will find out about attraction &
repulsion by magnetic forces &
which materials are magnetic. Pupils
will look at compasses & uses of
magnets and will carry out some
enquiries using magnets
.
I.C.T
This half term the I.C.T unit is called We are Musicians. Pupils
will use one or more programs to edit music. Pupils will create
and develop a musical composition, refining their ideas through
reflection and discussion and develop collaboration skills.
Pupils will go on to develop an awareness of how their
composition can enhance work in other media.
Music
Pupils will continue their weekly music lessons with Music
Specialist Mark Walker. They will develop their current skills
even further in reading music, singing and performing.