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Welcome to Year 3
Spring Term
Year 3 - Woodpeckers
Dear Parents,
Please find below an outline of the year three curriculum for the spring term covering a range of topics.
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Topic & Details
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English
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Fiction: Fables, myths, legends and traditional stories.
Non Fiction: Instructions, using dictionaries and thesauruses.
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Mathematics
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Properties of 3D shapes, capacity, time, fractions, data handling, calculation work: reinforcing knowledge and understanding of inverses, problem solving
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Science
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Forces: Magnets and Springs; Rocks and Soils
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I.C.T
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Introduction to Database and Simulations
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Geography
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Natural History: Prehistoric life, fossils, the Earth’s core, volcanoes and a school visit to galleries in the Natural History Museum and the Imax cinema of the Science museum.
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History
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Geography
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Local area combining our Love London topic. This will include a trip to the London Eye on Thursday 5th March 2008. A letter providing details will follow next week. We will be using public transport (trains) for this trip.
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Art & Design
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Investigating patterns where we will be using Escher’s work as the main stimulus.
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P.E.
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Swimming, gymnastics and trampolining
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R.E.
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Judaism, Moses and the ten commandments, Christianity: Easter
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PSHE
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Fingerprints and the law; developing confidence and independence; preparing to play an active role as a citizen.
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Music
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Developing music skills: Pitch, rhythm and beat
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Reading
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We ask that children still read at least three times a week to an adult and then the adult should record it in their reading record.
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Although this will be my last term with Woodpeckers, we will make the most of it and packed it with plenty of learning and enjoyment!
If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to ask.
With thanks and regards,
Miss Gill Priddy
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Welcome to Year 3
Welcome to Woodpeckers
In year three we will continue to work on improving the children’s level of independence and encourage them to make sense of everything that they do.
Throughout the year, Woodpeckers will be covering a range of interesting topics to extend their learning. We have started the year with our Ancient Egypt topic, which so far is proving to be a great success - finding out about the River Nile, Pharoahs, pyramids and daily life. The children are currently preparing their collars and head dresses for our Ancient Egyptian day on th 14th October 2008. Look out for the pictures!
In science we are finding out about teeth and eating, including the different food groups. We have also started an investigation to find out what could happen to our teeth if we have too many sugary or acidic drinks. Watch out for the results - they're quite shocking!
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