Year 3 - Lighthouse Keeper & The Borrowers
YEAR 3 - LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER & THE BORROWERS
LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS & THE BORROWERS CLASSES.
CURRICULUM FOR SUMMER 2
As Readers
We will be reading the book, ‘Romans on the Rampage”. As part of this, we will infer meaning, explore vocabulary, make predictions, retrieve information, and summarise what we have read.
Our whole class reading sessions will be linked to the Roman Empire. We will be focussing on non-fiction texts and their features. There will be a focus on developing fluency and expression. In addition, we shall practise the skills of retrieval, skimming, scanning and dictionary work.
As writers
Our writing will be linked to our reading book, ‘Romans on the Rampage’. The first question we will answer is, why is chariot racing so important to Perilus? We will a descriptive narrative about a scene in the book.
Secondly, linking to our history topic we will produce a Biography to answer, who is Boudicca?
As Mathematicians
We will learn about time, shape, and statistics modules. We will answer questions such as… How do you show the time on a digital clock? How do you find the duration? Where can you see angles in the classroom? Where can you see horizontal and vertical lines? What are polygons? What information can you interpret from a pictogram?
Key Vocabulary: Analogue Digital Leap Year Duration Start Time End Time Units Turns Angles Acute Obtuse Horizontal Vertical Parallel Perpendicular Properties Polygons Nets Pictogram Key Interpret Represent Axis Two-way Table Rows columns.
AS SCIENTISTS
Year 3 will learn about plants. We will investigate the cycle of fruits and we will finish our plant module with an investigation. We will be experimenting with different variables that affect plant growth.
Key Vocabulary: Flower, fruit, runner, Light source, shadow, spin, Earth, Shadow, position, length, patterns.
AS HISTORIANS
Children learn about the Roman Empire and its impact on Britain at the time and the legacy it left us. Other than History, children acquire and practise skills in Art, making Roman busts and mosaics, creating a dance/drama of an invasion and of a battle, debating opposition or collaboration.
AS ARTISTS
We will be exploring the work from the Romans: shields and shapes. Also, we will introduce the Wellbeing Art where children explore drawings with music, by observation, in nature and mandalas.
Key Vocabulary: media, charcoal, line, tone, shade, pattern, texture, colour.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION:
Islam. Identify similarities and differences between creation stories. Why some questions have no simple answers?
PSHE:
Changing Me (RSE). We will learn about How babies grow, understanding a baby’s needs, outside body changes, inside body changes, family stereotypes, challenging my ideas and preparing for transition.
