Rooks Nest - Half Termly Information
Weekly spellings and
home learning are
given out on a Friday.
This half-term’s topic is: The Olympics
Maths
English
Science
Year 3
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Measure, compare, add
and subtract: lengths.
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Add and subtract
amounts of money to
give change, using both
£ and p in practical
contexts.
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Interpret and present
data using bar charts,
pictograms and tables.
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Solve one-step and twostep questions
Year 4
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Convert between
different units of
measure.
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Calculate different
measures including
money in pounds and
pence.
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Interpret and present
discrete data using
graphs.
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Add and subtract
numbers with up to 4
digits (including
decimal tenths and
hundredths)
We will focus on core skills
(reading, grammar and writing)
through a range of different
writing genres:
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Limericks and Kennings
Read a variety of
different limerick and
kennings.
Identify the different
poem structures.
Write our own Limericks
and Kennings.
Myths and Legends
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Read a variety of Greek
Myths.
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Explore the different
themes within the stories.
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Create character
descriptions based on
showing not telling.
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Write our own myths
using the myth format
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Check and edit work.
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Identify that animals,
including humans, need
the right types and
amount of nutrition; they
get nutrition from what
they eat.
Identify that humans and
some other animals have
skeletons and muscles for
support, protection and
movement.
Animals / Humans
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What is a food chain?
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Why is the skeleton so
important?
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What do our muscles do?
Olympians
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What do Olympic athletes
need to eat to help them
compete?
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How does the food
compare to a normal
persons food?
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Why do Olympians
protect their muscles?
How do they train their
muscles to be stronger?
History/
Geography
Art
History focus on The
Greek Olympics and how
the Olympics are
different today
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Geography focus on the
different countries
around the world taking
part in the Olympics.
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What, when and
where were the
first Olympics?
Who started the
modern Olympic
games?
Why do we have
Olympic rings
Importance of the
Olympic torch?
What is the
difference between
the Paralympics and
Olympics?
Where has the
Olympics taken
place?
Where could future
Olympics take place
and why?
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Research into Greek
pottery with a focus
of the Olympics.
Observe Greek
pottery and make
sketches of the
different aspects of
the pottery.
Use books to record
sketches and use
them to revisit
ideas.
Use clay to create a
piece of Greek
pottery.
Use tools to
manipulate a design
into the pottery.
(Olympic theme)
Paint and decorate
the Greek pottery.
ICT - using
scratch.
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Understand that a
program is an
instruction sequence
written in a
programming language
designed to perform a
specific task.
Know that
problems/tasks can be
solved efficiently by
decomposition.
Know that program
instructions can be
refined to improve
both accuracy and
efficiency of the
program.
Understand that
named procedures can
be included within
other sets of
instructions,
Know that
programming
languages are needed
to create games and
simulations of physical
systems.
P.S.H.E. / RE
The
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5 R’s
Risk-taker
Resilient
Responsible
Resourceful
Reflective
Whole school values
RE
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What is the sacred
book for Sikhs and
Hindus?
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How is the Guru
Granth Sahib
handled and
regarded by Skihs?
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How does the
Bhagavah Gita help
Hindus in their daily
lives?
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What can we learn
from Hindu stories?