Year 3 – Spring Term – First Half

05/01/14BUTSER FRI

12/01/14 19/01/14 26/01/14 02/02/14 9/02/14INSET FRIDAY

13/02/12HALF-TERM

English Skilful Authors-Roger Hargreaves, Mr MenLooking in depth at the Mr Men characters and stories; using our skills to create our own Mr Men characters and stories around them.

Playscripts (Mr Men)Creating play scriptsusing Mr Mencharacters.

Grammar/Punctuation

Clauses and connectivesFronted adverbials

SpeechBrackets

DashesParagraphs

First/third personUse of present, perfectform of verbs eg He hasgone out to play/Hewent out to play.

Prepositions – before,after, during, becauseof.

Colons

Phonics/Spellings

Words with y in thatmake ‘I’ soundEG myth, mystery, gym,Egypt, pyramid.

Words with y in thatmake ‘I’ soundEG myth, mystery, gym,Egypt, pyramid.

Short ‘u’ sound spelt‘ou’ EG young, touch,double, trouble,country.

Short ‘u’ sound spelt‘ou’ EG young, touch,double, trouble,country.

Adding the suffix –lyRoot word +lyEG sadly, finally

Adding the suffix –lyRoot word – y +ilyHappy = happily

GRPunctuation/ Grammarfocus

Possessive apostrophes Fronted adverbials(SpeechLA: commas betweentwo adjectives)

DashesLA: Speech practise

MA/Core: Complexsentences/starting withconnectives. (MA withcommas)LA: compoundsentences

Prepositions BracketsLA: commas betweentwo adjectives

Maths Block A – Place Value Block B – Addition andSubtraction

Block B – Addition andSubtraction

Block C – Multiplicationand Division

Block C – Multiplicationand Division

Block D - Fractions

Topic What we think we knowabout the RomanInvasion and peopleliving in BritainHill Forts

In the Roundhouse Other Invaders –timeline

Why Britain was InvadedRoman Soldiers

Boudicca Roman Artefacts

RE Journeys - Introduction Journeys – EarlyChristians

Journeys – Monks &Friars

Journeys - Missionaries Journeys - Pilgrimage Journeys – My Life

ICT Scratch Programming Scratch Programming Scratch Programming Scratch Programming

Music Singing Songs withactions

Understanding phrasingin songs

Pitch changes in songs Two part songs as wellas combining singingand chanting in a song

Art Celtic Art –comparedwith modern art

Celtic Art – differentuses

Celtic Art – sketching aCeltic design

Celtic Art – painting andevaluating my Celticdesign

DTScience-Shadows

Light sources How light travels Opaque, transparentand translucent

Shadows investigation Assessment

Year 3 – Spring Term – Second Half

23/02/14BOOK Week

02/03/14 9/03/14DOD Fri

16/03/14 23/03/1423-25 Hooke Court

English Playscripts (Mr Men)performances!See last half term

LettersWrite a letter to RogerHargreaves Associationtelling him about ournewly invented Mr Mencharacters.

ASSESSMENT PoetryLook at different formsof poetry using differentpoetic skills and styles.

Grammar Paragraphs in letters Alliteration

Phonics/Spellings

Adding the suffix –lyRoot word –le +lyGentle - gently

Adding the suffix –lyRoot words for nextweek EG Basic, Frantic,Dramatic etc

Adding the suffix –lyRoot word Ic +allyBasic - basically

Adding the suffix –lyAll the rules mixed up.

GRPunctuation/Grammarfocus

Speech Colons Pronouns

Maths Block D - Fractions Block E - Geometry Block F – Measurementand Statistics

Block F – Measurementand Statistics

Topic Roman Roads and Cities Stick Books Together Evaluation

ICT Scratch Programming Scratch Programming

Music Listening to music –visualise music

Listening to music –describing dynamics

Listening to music –describing tempo

ArtDT Roman Shields - research Roman Shields - design Roman Shields - paint Roman Shields – paint

finish and evaluateScienceRE Prayer – Introduction

Our FatherPrayer – Music & Song

Prayer - DancePrayer – Group Prayer

Prayer – Peer LedPrayer/assessment