Teacher: Mrs Burns
Teaching Assistant:
Curriculum information
Class 3
Terms 5&6
The topics that we will be covering during this term of ‘The Stroud Valleys’ are:
| English |
Imagery poetry Narrative writing based on ‘Talk for Writing’ story – “Sandy Cove.” Persuasive writing
Weekly spelling test with a new list given on a Thursday for homework
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| Maths | Fractions (Y3) Decimals (Y4)
Money and time including 24 hour clock, months and years, analogue to digital Angles, 2D shape, symmetry and movement (Y3) 3D shape, mass, capacity and volume (Y4) Multiplication and division including times tables up to 12 x 12. Practice using “Times Tables Rockstars” and 50/100 club weekly sheets
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| Science | Animals including humans – human nutrition from food, skeletons and muscles
Setting up enquiries, fair tests, making predictions, carrying out investigations, recording results and writing conclusions Rocks – comparing and grouping rocks. How fossils are formed. Recognising that soils are made from rocks and organic matter. |
| Computing
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Programming and computer control using Discover Coding |
| History/
Geography |
The Stroud Valleys:
Skills including compass points and co-ordinates Using OS maps Understanding key aspects of rivers Understanding physical and human features of the Stroud Valleys Looking at land use and settlement Comparing similarities and differences from the past to present day
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| Art / DT | Art – painting including exploring colour and texture. Study of artist: Claude Monet
DT – cooking and nutrition
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| PE
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Striking and fielding. Athletics with Atlas Sports coach – Mr Sheldrake
Swimming beginning Thursday 9th May until 20th June |
| RE | For Christians, when Jesus left, what was the impact of Pentecost?
How and why do people mark the significant events of life? |
| Music
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Music peripatetic teacher to lead whole class glockenspiel lessons for 10 weeks
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| PSHE |
Growing and changing. This unit is taught in separate year groups
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