Rooks Nest - Half Termly Information
Home learning to be handed in on
Thursday.
Weekly spellings quiz on Friday.
This half-term’s topic is: Ancient Egypt
Maths
English
Science
History
Art
ICT
P.S.H.E. / RE
Year 3
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Read and write
numbers up to 1000
and beyond
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Mentally add and
subtract 2 digit and
3 digit numbers with
units, tens and
hundreds
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Add and subtract 3
digit numbers using
written methods
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Name and identify
properties of 2D and
3D shapes
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Identify different
lines in 2D shapes
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Add and subtract 3
digit and 4 digit
numbers using
written methods
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Measurements
(length, weight,
capacity). Perimeter
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Multiplication and
division
We will focus on core skills
(reading, grammar and
writing) through a range of
different writing genres:
Instructional Texts
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Recognising features
of instructions
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Giving and following
oral instructions
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Writing a range of
instructions with
emphasis on core
features and detail
Myths
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Reading and discussing
a range of ancient
Egyptian myths – what
are the common
features?
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Mapping out myths on a
range of story planners
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Planning own myth
based on ancient Egypt
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Re-drafting stories to
make a ‘best version’.
Light
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Identify light sources
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Know how to make
shadows
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Explain what happens
to make a shadow
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Know what happens to
shadows as the object
changes position and to
describe this using
scientific terms

Find patterns in the
way that the size of
shadows changes
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Make systematic and
careful observations
and measurements
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Make predictions for
further values

Find patterns in the
way that the size of
shadows change
Topic study on the
achievements of the
earliest civilizations.
Focusing on where and
when the first
civilizations appeared
Art study from the
past - Ancient Egypt
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What was ancient
Egyptian art like?
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What were
hieroglyphics?
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What did
Hieroglyphics tell
us about the
Ancient
Egyptians?
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Can you write
your own message
in Hieroglyphics?
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Write
instructions in
Hieroglyphics on
material like clay
or papyrus
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Write
instructions in
Hieroglyphics on
material like clay
or papyrus
Continuing with our
Autumn term unit on
‘Keeping Informed’
Continuing with our
school values in whole
school assemblies –
looking at the SEAL
theme ‘Getting on and
Falling Out’.
Values:
Safety,
Remembrance
Friendship
Tolerance
Creativity
Patience
Caring
Sharing
RE
Following the agreed
syllabus for teaching RE
in Hertfordshire
Unit:

Ways of describing
God

What does
Christmas mean to
Christians
Asking and answering
a range of questions
linked to our Ancient
Egypt topic

Who were the
Egyptians?
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What was life like
an Egyptian?
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What were
Mummies?
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How did Egyptians
write?

Who did the
Egyptians
worship?
Developing a growing
sense of chronology
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Understand
branching
databases
Sort and classify
objects
Evaluate questions
Show that
selection is used
in these
databases
Develop high level
questioning based
on characteristics
of objects
Design, create,
test and improve
a branching
database