Summer Term 2
Here is an overview of our exciting learning experiences for the second half of the Summer Term. Amongst lots of other fun activities, we are looking forward to our workshop with Bollywood Belles where we will learn all about Indian dancing,
Week |
Maths |
English |
Science |
Topic |
1 |
Time |
Play Script |
Rocks and Soil |
Stone Age |
2 |
Time |
Story from another culture |
Forces and Magnets |
India |
3 |
Geometry |
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4 |
Geometry |
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5 |
Mass and Capacity |
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6 |
Mass and Capacity |
Grammar and transition |
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7 |
Mass and Capacity |
'Souper' instruction writing
In English, we have produced an excellent set of instructions for the soup that we made.
Soup Making
In Design and Technology, we learnt all about seasonality and how different foods are grown and produced. In groups, we then made soup and learnt the correct techniques for using knives safely.
Stone Age Tools
We had lots of fun making cave tools in the forest school.
Summer Term
Welcome to the summer term. In Year 3 for the first half term we are excited to be learning all about the Stone Age. Here is a brief overview of the main curriculum content for this half term.
Week |
Maths |
English |
Science |
Topic |
1 |
Fractions |
Instructions
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Rocks And Soil |
Stone Age |
2 |
Fractions |
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3 |
Fractions |
Play Script
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4 |
Time |
Art
In Art, we studied and sketched Tutankhamun's death mask. Then using mod roc we created our own death mask.
Howard Carter's Diary discovering Tutankhamun
In topic, we loved learning all about the discovery of Tutankhamun. For our English writing, we put ourselves in Howard Carter's shoes and published diary entries about the exciting discovery.
Egyptian Topic Day
Professor McGinty and his amazing time travelling machine came to visit us this half term. He brought some incredible artefacts for us to handle including a cat mummy, papyrus, a sarcophagus, scarab beetles and canopic jars. We also made Saboob — an Egyptian flat bread, papyrus and clay shabti dolls. We all looked wonderful in our Egyptian costumes.
Spring 2
Spring 2 continues with our exciting topic of Ancient Egypt. We are really looking forward to our topic day with Professor McGinty and our sharing assembly the week after. Please find our songs for the assembly below for your children to practise.
Week |
Maths |
English |
Science |
Topic |
Week 1
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Length and Perimeter |
Newspaper Recount and Grammar |
My Amazing Body
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Ancient Egyptians |
Week 2 |
Length and Perimeter |
Newspaper Recount and Grammar |
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Week 3 |
Multiplication—8 times tables |
Newspaper Recount and Grammar |
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Week 4 |
Fractions |
Newspaper Recount and Grammar |
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Week 5 |
Fractions |
Grammar |
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Week 6 |
Fractions |
Grammar |
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Week 7 |
Time |
Performing Poetry |
Egyptian Topic Day
In maths we used our problem solving skills to make pyramids and tried to spot and predict patterns. We learned that Egyptians wrote on hieroglyphs and had a go at writing our own names. For fun we used our teamwork skills to make the best mummy using toilet roll! In the afternoon we were archaeologist, digging up Ancient Egyptian artefacts and making deductions abut what they might be. We also used our art and observation skills to make collars in the style of those worn by wealthy Ancient Egyptians.
Spring Term
This term we are starting with an exciting topic day to kick off our new topic 'Ancient Egyptians'. Below is a weekly break down of the main subjects we will be covering. We appreciate your continued support with reading, spellings and homework as this is really beneficial to your child's progress. Watch this space for updates and photos as we travel back to the Ancient Egyptians.
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ENGLISH |
MATHS |
SCIENCE |
TOPIC |
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Week 1
07/01/19
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Diary Writing Cold Write - diary vocabulary check Grammar; a or an
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Multiplication & Division |
Electricity conductors & insulators |
Egyptian Immersion Day: Pyramids building, mummy making, archaeological dig, jewellery making
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Week 2
14/01/19 |
Diary Writing Imitation phase; Diary (Hare & Tortoise) Grammar –present & past progressive tense. |
Multiplication & Division |
Making a switch |
Egyptian Timeline |
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Week 3
21/01/19 |
Diary Writing Innovation phase; Diary based on Egyptian immersion day. Grammar- conjunctions
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Multiplication & Division |
Humans Food & Nutrition To know that we need an adequate and varied diet to be healthy |
LEGO Day |
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Week 4
28/01/19 |
Diary Writing & Adventure Story Hot write, diary of Howard Carter and the discovery of Tutankhamen’s tomb.
Cold Write & imitation phase - Adventure Story
Spag – adverbial phrases |
Money |
To be able to recognise common food groups
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Howard Carter & the discovery of Tutankhamen’s tomb. |
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Week 5 04/02/19
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Adventure Story innovation phase – adventure based in a different settings grammar; Setting out speech correctly. |
Statistics |
Human Skeleton
To learn that the human skeleton is made up of many different bones.
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Mummification & The Afterlife |
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Week 6
11/02/19 |
Adventure Story Invention phase; planning own Egyptian adventure story.
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Statistics |
To know that some animals do not have an internal skeleton but still need to support their own weight.
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Afterlife – weighing of the heart ceremony. |
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WWF Biscuit Sale Success.
For part of our Rainforest topic we have had lots of fun raising funds for the World Wildlife Fund! We worked in groups to make and decorate animal biscuits and sold them after school. We raised £174 and have adopted a leopard and panda, which we are looking forward to hearing all about soon.
Autumn Term 2 Overview
Here is a brief overview for the second half of the Autumn Term. We are continuing to learn about the rainforest and have lots of exciting projects for the children, including raising money for the WWF and making pneumatic animals in D & T. In addition to this we will be starting our Taking Care Project in PSHE and continuing to work on team games and ball skills within PE which links with our School Value of the term, Team Work.
Week |
Maths |
English |
Science |
Topic |
1 |
Addition – written method |
Persuasive letter writing |
Electricity |
Rainforests |
2 |
Subtraction – written method |
Persuasive letter writing |
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3 |
Multiplication &Division – 3 Times table |
Persuasive letter writing |
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4 |
Multiplication &Division – Dividing and 4 times table |
Persuasive letter writing |
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5 |
Multiplication &Division - 4 Times table |
Kennings Poem |
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6 |
Multiplication – 8 Times tables |
Kennings Poem |
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7 |
Multiplication – consolidation |
Grammar and Christmas activities |
Brandon Marsh Trip
We had a fantastic day today at Brandon Marsh in the sunshine. We took part in pond dipping, bird watching, mini beast hunting and learnt all about food chains. All the children thoroughly enjoyed it and behaved impeccably and were great ambassadors for Bridgetown Primary School. We are looking forward to seeing their homework where they will create posters to promote Brandon Marsh.
Assembly Song Words
Here are the songs for our harvest assembly. Please listen to them and practise as often as you can.
Welcome to the year 3 page.
During the Autumn term our topic is The Rainforest. Here is a brief overview of the topics that we will be covering throughout the first half term.
Week |
Maths |
English |
Science |
Topic |
1 |
Place Value – hundreds, tens & ones |
Recounts |
Habitats |
Rainforests |
2 |
Place Value – hundreds, tens & ones |
Non-chronological reports |
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3 |
Place Value – hundreds, tens & ones |
Non-chronological reports |
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4 |
Place Value – hundreds, tens & ones |
Non-chronological reports |
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5 |
Addition – adding mentally |
Story from a familiar setting |
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6 |
Addition – adding mentally |
Story from a familiar setting |
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7 |
Subtraction – subtracting mentally |
Story from a familiar setting |
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8
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Subtraction – subtracting mentally |
Story from a familiar setting |
In addition to the above, we will also be covering ball skills in PE, believing and belonging unit in PSHE, and learning all about Festivals and Harvest through RE.
We are really looking forward to our school trip to Brandon Marsh on Thursday 4th October and sharing our Harvest Assembly on Friday 19th October.