Bell Class - Year 3
Term 4 - Why do tourists visit the UK?
What Pupils will be Learning About
Geography – Know the names of at least five European countries and their capital cities including the vast ways of living.
Science - Plants
DT - Textiles - 2-D shape to 3-D product
PSHE –'Healthy Me'
Music - Recorders.
RE – Why are festivals important to religious communities?
Computing – Creating media - animation
Modern Foreign Languages – French – Comptines et Chansons (Nursery Rhymes).
PE, for Reeve – Swimming and Multi-skills
for Bell – Multi-skills and Tag rugby.
Mathematics
Length and perimeter
Fractions
Reading
•Listen to and discuss their class text.
•Discuss, explore and clarify the meanings of words
•Discuss words and phrases that capture the reader’s interest and imagination
•Develop comprehension of a range of text including: poetry, fiction and non –fiction
Writing
A walk in London – 'Faction' text
Writing a diary entry.
Key Vocabulary
world map
Atlas
Globe
Mapping
locate
Place
Continent
climate
Tourism
Politics
Things you could do at home
•Reading with your child everyday; this could be comics, sports pages, magazines, it doesn’t have to be just books.
•Ensure children practice their times tables. This could be using Times table Rockstars.
•Pupils will be bringing spellings home this term; practicing these with your children it could really benefit your child in improving their spelling.
•Use the discussion point images to create a conversation about the topic.
Year 3 Term 3, Why do tourists visit the UK?
What Pupils will be Learning About
Discussion points
Geography – Why do tourists visit the U.K?
Science - Plants
Art - Telling stories through drawing and marking
Drawing, sculpture, sketchbooks
PSHE - Dreams and Goals
Music -
RE – Why do people pray?
Christianity and Islam
Computing – Branching Databases.
Create a branching database.
Explain why it is helpful for a database to be well structured.
Modern Foreign Languages – Les Couleurs et le numbres.
This term PE, for Bell class – They will need their swimming kits for Monday afternoon.
Reeve - Monday and Thursdays - Dance (Unit 1) & Tag Rugby.
Key Vocabulary
Human Geography
Physical Geography
Rivers
Mountains
Counties
Cities
North
South
East
West
Mathematics
Multiplication and division
(3 weeks)
Length and perimeter
(3 weeks)
Fractions
(2 weeks)
Reading
Leon and the place between by Angela McAllister
The Boy who grew dragons by Andy Shepherd
•Listen to and discuss their class text.
•Discuss, explore and clarify the meanings of words
•Discuss words and phrases that capture the reader’s interest and imagination
•Develop comprehension of a range of text including: poetry, fiction and non –fiction
Writing
Poetry – haiku/cinquain/shape
Write a narrative based on George and the Dragon
Things you could do at home
•Reading with your child everyday; this could be comics, sports pages, magazines, it doesn’t have to be just books.
•Ensure children practice their times tables. This could be using Times table Rockstars.
•Pupils will be bringing spellings home this term; practicing these with your children it could really benefit your child in improving their spelling.
•Access Times Tables Rockstars!
•Use the discussion point images to create a conversation about the topic.