Teacher/s: Mrs Burn
KS2 Teaching Assistants: Mrs Yorke/Miss Bingle
Additional Teaching Assistant: Miss Walkley
Volunteer/s: Mrs Thomas
Curriculum information
Class 3
Terms 1&2 Autumn 2024
The topics that we will be covering during this term of ‘Anglo-Saxons and Vikings’ are:
| English |
Letters to Kenya (establishing new pen friends with Langalanga School) Narrative writing based on ‘Talk for Writing’ story – “King of the Fishes.” Non-Chronological report Narrative poetry
Weekly spelling test with a new list given on a Thursday for homework
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| Maths | Place value
Addition and subtraction including formal written methods using columns Solving addition and subtraction two-step problems 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 | Forces and magnets – how things move on different surfaces. How magnets attract or repel each other
Setting up enquiries, fair tests, making predictions, carrying out investigations, recording results and writing conclusions States of matter – solids, liquids and gases. How materials change state when heated or cooled. Understanding evaporation and condensation in the water cycle. |
| Computing
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Online safety and digital literacy
What is a computer? |
| History/
Geography |
The Anglo-Saxons and Vikings:
Placing dates on a timeline and understanding chronology Finding out about Alfred the Great, King Canute and Edward the Confessor Houses, home life, jobs and crafts Exploring Sutton Hoo Religion and the importance of Bede
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| Art / DT | Art – study of Hepworth’s sculpture techniques. Design and make an Anglo-Saxon pot from clay to show 3D sculpture and form
DT – construction model with mechanical parts
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| PE
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Netball
Rugby with Atlas Sports coach – Mr Sheldrake |
| RE | What do Christians learn from the Creation story?
What is it like for someone to follow God? |
| Music
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Singing/Performing
Charanga music unit – “Mamma Mia” Christmas performance
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| PSHE |
Values/Five ways of well being Me and my relationships
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