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