Transcript Spring Forum 2003

Summer
Forum
2016
Mrs Fairnington
Year 3
Literacy – Reading and Writing
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Pie Corbett:
Story Writing: using different openers for their sentences
: following the ‘Story Mountain’ format
: describing their characters and settings
Play script: layout
: stage directions
: narrator
Formal letter writing: how to set out a formal letter
: language used
In handwriting ensure consistency in size and proportions of letters and the
spacing between letters and words.
ERIC sessions every day.
Literacy – Grammar and Punctuation
 To use awareness of grammar
and phonics to
decipher new or unfamiliar words
 To use speech marks and other dialogue punctuation
 To join sentences in more complex ways through
using a widening range of conjunctions
 To be able to use commas
 Understand apostrophes
 Understand prepositions
Literacy – Spelling
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To identify mis-spelt words in own writing.
To use their knowledge of prefixes to generate new words from root
words.
To explore homonyms which have the same spelling but multiple
meaning.
To learn weekly spelling list at home.
Daily spelling sessions following Read , Write Inc scheme.
Numeracy – Main Objectives
 Place-value, ordering, rounding:
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Round a 3-digit or 4-digit number to its nearest 100 or 1000.
To locate the position of a 3-digit number on a number line.
To become familiar with four digit numbers.
 Understanding + and -, Money and real life problems
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To recognise that addition can be done in any order.
To subtract 2/3-digit numbers using known facts
To find the difference between numbers.
 Measure, shape and space
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To recognise and use kilograms and grams
To recognise the relationship between grams and kilograms
To rehearse clockwise and anti-clockwise, degrees, angles etc.
To understand symmetry.
Numeracy Objectives continued.
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To multiply a two digit number by a one digit number
e.g. 27 x 3 using the column method.
To continue to learn times tables
To divide using ‘the bus stop method’.
To understand concept of a remainder when dividing
Doubling and halving
 Fractions
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To introduce sets of simple equivalent fractions
To locate fractions on a number line
Topic – Ancient Greece
 Geographical location of Greece
 Who the ancient Greeks were.
 Greek Gods
 Greek Myths
 Origins of the Olympics.
 Greek art, paying particular attention to 3D models of pots and
vases.
Rocks and Soils
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T be able to group together different kinds of rocks on the
basis of their appearance and simple physical properties
To describe in simple terms how fossils are formed
To recognize that soils are made from rocks and organic
matter.
To describe the rock cycle and explain how different types of
rocks were formed ( sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic).
To understand why some rocks are porous and some are not.
Volcanoes
P.E.
 This Term:
 Cricket with Mr Nutt
 Dance with Cheryl Stewart
 Next Term:
Sports Day
Athletics
There will be NO swimming
after half term.
for Year 3
Trips and Workshops
Countryside Day (Glendale Show
Field , 9th June)
Samba ensemble (Lowick First School,
8th July)
Beach Day (Whole School TBC)
Other Information
Transition to Year 4
Preparation for Year 4
Reports due out in
July