LKS2 – Living Things
Objectives
Year 3 Number
 Count from 0 in multiples of 4, 8, 50 and 100; find 10 or 100 more or less than a given number
 Solve problems, including missing number problems, using number facts, place value, and more complex
addition and subtraction
Year 3 Fractions and decimals
 Recognise and show, using diagrams, equivalent fractions with small denominators
Year 3 Measure
 Estimate and read time with increasing accuracy to the nearest minute; record and compare time in
terms of seconds, minutes and hours; use vocabulary such as o’clock, a.m./p.m., morning, afternoon,
noon and midnight
 Measure the perimeter of 2D shapes
Year 3 statistics
 Solve one-step and two-step questions [for example, ‘How many more?’ and ‘How many fewer?’] using
information presented in scaled bar charts and pictograms and tables.
Year 4 Number
 Find 1000 more or less than a given number
 Round any number to the nearest 10, 100 or 1000
 Recall multiplication and division facts for multiplication tables up to 12 × 12
 Use place value, known and derived facts to multiply and divide mentally, including: multiplying by 0
and 1; dividing by 1; multiplying together three numbers
 Solve addition and subtraction two step problems in context, deciding which operation and method to
use and why
Year 4 Fractions and decimals
 Find the effect of dividing a one- or two-digit number by 10 and 100, identifying the value of the digits
in the answer as ones, tenths and hundredths
 Round decimals with one decimal place to the nearest whole number
Year 4 Measure
 Estimate, compare and calculate different measures, including money in pounds and pence
 Measure and calculate the perimeter of a rectilinear figure (including squares) in centimetres and
metres
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Year 3 Plants
 Identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants: roots, stem/trunk, leaves and
flowers
 Explore the requirements of plants for life and growth (air, light, water, nutrients from soil, and room
to grow) and how they vary from plant to plant
 Investigate the way in which water is transported within plants
 Explore the part that flowers play in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seed
formation and seed dispersal.
Year 4 Living things and their habitats
 Recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways
 Explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their
local and wider environment
 Recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things.
Reading comprehension
 Discuss words and phrases that capture the reader’s interest and imagination – persuasive writing
 Identify how language, structure, and presentation contribute to meaning
 Retrieve and record information from non-fiction
 Participate in discussion about both books that are read to them and those they can read for
themselves, taking turns and listening to what others say.
Writing
 Plan writing by:
- discussing writing similar to that which they are planning to write in order to understand and learn
from its structure, vocabulary and grammar
- discussing and recording ideas
 Draft writing by:
- in non-narrative material, using simple organisational devices [for example, headings and subheadings]
- using further prefixes and suffixes and understanding how to add them
 evaluate and edit by:
- assessing the effectiveness of their own and others’ writing and suggesting improvements
- proposing changes to grammar and vocabulary to improve consistency, including the accurate use
of pronouns in sentences
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Design, write and debug programs that accomplish specific goals, including controlling or simulating
physical systems; solve problems by decomposing them into smaller parts
Use sequence, selection, and repetition in programs; work with variables and various forms of input
and output
Use logical reasoning to explain how some simple algorithms work and to detect and correct errors in
algorithms and programs
Read carefully and show understanding of words, phrases and simple writing
Appreciate stories, songs, poems and rhymes in the language
Understand basic grammar appropriate to the language being studied, including (where relevant):
feminine, masculine and neuter forms and the conjugation of high-frequency verbs; key features and
patterns of the language; how to apply these, for instance, to build sentences; and how these differ
from or are similar to English
DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY
 Understand and apply the principles of a healthy and varied diet
 Prepare and cook a variety of predominantly savoury dishes using a range of cooking techniques
 Understand seasonality, and know where and how a variety of ingredients are grown, reared, caught
and processed.
GEOGRAPHY
 Locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe (including the location of Russia) and
North and South America, concentrating on their environmental regions, key physical and human
characteristics, countries, and major cities
 Identify the position and significance of latitude, longitude, Equator, Northern Hemisphere, Southern
Hemisphere, the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic and Antarctic Circle, the Prime/Greenwich
Meridian and time zones (including day and night)
 Use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features
studied
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Use fieldwork to observe, measure, record and present the human and physical features in the local area
using a range of methods, including sketch maps, plans and graphs, and digital technologies.
PE
 Take part in outdoor and adventurous activity challenges both individually and within a team
MUSIC
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Play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing musical instruments
with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression
Improvise and compose music for a range of purposes using the inter-related dimensions of music
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