From Year 3 Teacher
Alyson Wolstanholme
Monday, 18th April 2015
Year 3 Summer Term Topic Letter
Dear Parents,
We hope you enjoyed the Spring break and that the children have enjoyed their first week back at
school. As you know, during the first part of this term we will be learning all about World War 2,
with the main focus being on what it was like to be an evacuee in the 1940s. We will be basing our
work around the book ‘Friend or Foe’ by Michael Morpurgo and a breakdown of the whole learning
focus for the Summer Term is detailed below for your information and reference:
Evacuees
English
We will be using the book ‘Friend or Foe’ by Michael Morpurgo as a basis of most of our English
work. Through this story the children will gain deeper understanding of the character’s feelings
and a greater insight of what it would have been like to be an evacuee during World War 2. We
will be writing descriptive poems using emotive language, creating stories linked to an evacuee
experience. Throughout extended writing activities, we will be continuing to get the children to
up-level their writing using VCOP (descriptive vocabulary, connectives, interesting sentence
openers and variety punctuation marks).
You may find these websites useful:
Punctuation marks & sentence structure http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/english/spelling_grammar/punctuation/play
Grammar and spelling - http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html
General - http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/literacy/index.htm
Improving sentence structure - http://www.alanpeat.com/resources.html
Maths
We will be continuing to build on the children’s existing knowledge in all areas of Maths. To start
with we will develop their knowledge of measurement, through using different units of
measurement, encouraging the children to make estimates and read scales. We will also be naming
and exploring the properties of 2D and 3D shapes such as lines of symmetry, number of sides/
faces and recognising whether the shape contains a right angle. Throughout the term we will
continue to develop written methods for the four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication
and division) and develop confidence when identifying which strategy to use in word problems.
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You may find these websites useful:
http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/index.html
http://nrich.maths.org/primary-upper
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/interactive.aspx?cat=20
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2numeracy.html
Computing
Swimming
Humanities
During computing
In Swimming, we will
We will be using the
lessons the children be preparing for the
book ‘Friend or Foe’ to
will be learning how forthcoming inter
recognise changes in life
to code using Kodu. house swim gala
between the 1930s and
They will also be
involving all pupils.
now. We will be looking
creating and
closely at pictorial
evaluating the
sources and using these
games that they
to help us answer our
have made.
own questions about the
past. We will be
identifying the affect the
war had on people and
how lives changed as a
result of it.
Art/ DT
MFL
PSHE
The children will be The children will
Our values will be the
designing and
continue to develop
following:
making their own
their ability to use
April – Honesty
teddy bear which
vocabulary in the
May – Courtesy
they will sew
following languages:
June - Confidence
together. We will
Oak – French
These values will be the
also be creating our
Palm - French
theme for our assemblies
own Blitz scenes
Elm – Spanish
and circle time sessions.
using oil pastels.
Maple – Spanish
Willow - Mandarin
Islamic Studies
Arabic (Native)
Arabic (Non-Native)
(Non-Native)
In the canteen:
Mohamed teaches his
‫ الصدق‬:‫القراءة‬
Recognise
some
food
Family and Friends
‫ ميرة‬- ‫منجاة‬
vocabulary.
Early Muslim suffer
‫الشجاعة – من قلب‬
Use verbs with I, he
The Boycott against
.‫الحدث‬
and she, express
Muslim
feelings (hungryThe Faithful Wife :
‫ الفعل‬:‫النحو‬
thirsty) in sentences.
Khadeejah Bintu
‫الماضي بين التذكير‬
They will also be
Khuwaylid
‫ المبني‬-‫والتأنيث‬
learning how to use
Cleanliness and purity :
‫للمعلوم والمبني‬
prepositions (to-in) in
It’s My Nature
‫ األفعال‬-‫للمجهول‬
sentences.
Cooperation : It’s My
.‫الخمسة‬
Let’s Play: Recognise
Strength
toys and activity
Respect: It’s my duty
PE
In Year 3 PE this
term, we will be
focusing on various
striking and fielding
games involving
throwing and
catching skills.
Science
The children will be
learning all about
teeth. They will learn
about the types of
teeth and how and
why they should keep
their teeth healthy.
Islamic Studies
(Native)
‫التعاون حياة المجتمع‬
‫سورة العاديات‬
‫الصوم‬
‫حسن الخلق‬
‫فضل ترتيل القرآن‬
‫األذان واإلقامة‬
‫سورة الضحى‬
‫اإليمان بالرسل‬
‫األعمال بالنيات‬
‫آداب الصوم وفضائله‬
‫سورة البينة‬
‫المسلم الحق‬
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vocabulary. Use
present verb in
sentences. Identify
beach activities. Pupils
will practise how to
‫ الالم‬:‫اإلمالء‬
talk about their
‫الشمسية والالم‬
favourite toy and
‫القمرية – اتصال‬
activity.
‫الكلمات بحروف‬
The children will
‫الجر وحرف العطف‬
continue to practise
. ‫– عالمات الترقيم‬
their letters and
sounds.
Drama
In Drama the children will be practising performance and characterisation skills in preparation for
the Year 3 performance of ‘Aesops Fables’ on Tuesday 31st May.
‫ الراعي‬:‫الشعر‬
‫ اعطف على‬-‫والذئب‬
. ‫الفقير‬
As always, many thanks for your ongoing support.
Kind regards,
Aly Wolstanholme
Brighton College Abu Dhabi | PO Box 129444, Abu Dhabi, UAE | Tel: +971 (0)2 815 6500 | Fax: +971 (0)2 815 6520
www.brightoncollege.ae | [email protected]