lks2 Curriculum
Below you will find more information and detail about what will be covering over this half term.
English
We will immerse ourselves into a world of imagination using a text called ‘Varmints’ where we will write a diary, instructions and an explanation.
Some grammar elements will include:
- Expressing time and place and extending sentences using conjunctions
- Use paragraphs to group ideas & sub-headings to aid presentation
- Use nouns & pronouns appropriately for cohesion
Reading:
Our class text will be The Midnight Panda. We will start by looking at the reading domain of retrieve.
Spellings and Reading
Please help your child to learn their spellings each week. The children have access to Spelling Shed to help them with their learning.
Please ensure you read with your child each night. Remember you can read other books separate from their reading book at home also.
Maths
Year 3 will be learning the following:
- Reviewing the strategies for adding and subtracting across 10
- Securing place value to 100 and applying to addition and subtraction
- Bridging 100: counting on and back in 10’s, adding/subtracting multiples of 10
- Measuring length and recording in tables
Year 4 will be learning the following:
- Reviewing column addition and subtraction
- Secure place value to 1000: apply to addition and subtraction: multiples of 100
- Calculation and conversions of measure
- Comparing, ordering and rounding 4-digit numbers
- Column addition and subtraction with 4-digit numbers
Take a look at these knowledge organisers to help support your year 3 child at home
-multiplication-and-division.pdf
Take a look at these knowledge organisers to help support your year 4 child at home
multiplication-and-division.pdf
YEAR 4 Times Table Check
The purpose of the check is to determine whether your child can fluently recall their times tables up to 12, which is essential for future success in mathematics. It will also help your child’s school to identify if your child may need additional support.
What is the multiplication tables check?
It is an on-screen check consisting of 25 times table questions. Your child will be able to answer 3 practice questions before taking the actual check. They will then have 6 seconds to answer each question. On average, the check should take no longer than 5 minutes to complete.
Please find below some links for advice and support to help your child learn their times tables at home.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-tables
https://www.timestables.co.uk/
https://www.maths-games.org/times-tables-games.html
https://www.multiplication.com/games/all-games
Use the SOUND CHECK option on Times Table Rockstars to help also.
If you would like further resources to help your child at home don't hesitate to send me an email or ask at the door before or after school.
Science-
Living Things and their Habitats.
The children will be identifying and naming a variety of plants and animals in the local and wider environment, using classification keys to assign them to groups. They will then be looking at how environments can change and how this can sometimes pose dangers to living things.
Theme (Geography)
Raucous Rainforests
During this theme the children will be locating where rainforests are, the different layers of the rainforest, climate in the rainforest, deforestation and finding out all about the different animal and plant species that can be found there.
Computing
Computing systems and networks
Children will develop their understanding of digital devices, with an initial focus on inputs, processes, and outputs. They will also compare digital and non-digital devices and be introduced to computer networks, including devices that make up a network’s infrastructure, such as wireless access points and switches
Art
During our lessons, we will be looking at the artist Georgia O’Keefe and have a go at creating rainforest paintings inspired by her style.
RE
Our first R.E. unit is based on Christianity and a study of what it means to be a Christian. This will include ways of life, belief systems and understanding how Christians around the world may differ.
Music
In our first term we will look at;
- Feeling the pulse and copying rhythmic patterns
- Exploring call and response
- Performing a simple rhythmic ostinato
PE
Our Beyond the Physical units will be “look, run avoid” (focus on competitive games and the principles of attacking and defending) and also “react, roll, retrieve” (application and development of a range of sporting skills.)
PSHE
We will begin with a focus on ‘Me and My Relationships’. We will also be doing some transition work and activities relating to our CARE values.
Spanish
In Spanish we will be looking at the days of the week, the months of the year as well as some Bonfire night related vocabulary.
DT
Our first DT Day will focus on the mechanism aspect of DT where the children will be making moving animals linked to the rainforest.
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