Autumn term 2

Reading

We will be reading “Stig of the Dump” by Clive King as we begin the second half of the autumn term.  We are going to use “echo reading” to encourage the children to consider their use of expression when they read.  Children will also practise retrieval skills and consider the development of characters throughout a narrative.  Later in the term, we will read a non-fiction text and again practise skills of retrieval.

To help your child at home, please continue to encourage them to read daily and record their progress in their planners for the teachers to see.

Writing

During each half-term, the children will produce one piece of fiction and one piece of non-fiction writing. Throughout these learning journeys, they will acquire new skills, practise their application, and develop extended pieces of writing.

Immediately after the half term break, children will learn about time adverbials and paragraphs before writing a narrative about travelling in time to an imaginary world.  Next, the children will learn about subordinating conjunctions and the features of an information text.  They will have the chance to apply these skills when they write a guide to surviving the 21^st century. 

Maths

During the second term, learning will focus on the following units:

• Multiplication: representations of the 2, 4 and 8 times tables, the links between them and how known facts can be used when calculating.
• Length and perimeter: measuring, comparing and adding lengths in meters, centimetres and millimetres) and measuring the perimeter of simple 2D shapes.

Science

During this half term,  children will complete a physics unit on magnets.  They will observe how magnets attract or repel each other and attract some materials but not others. They will investigate the strengths of different magnets and learn which materials are magnetic.

History

This half term children will continue learning about Britain from the Stone Age through to the Iron Age.  Our learning this half term will focus on the Bronze Age.

Geography

In Geography, children will learn about the physical and human features of our local area, with a focus on the city of Southampton.

Languages

In Spanish this half-term, the children will revisit communicating using basic conversational phrases, such as: hello, my name is, I am good/ bad and goodbye.  They will also revisit the corresponding questions.

Later, children will learn numbers up to 20.

Computing

The children are learning that not everyone is who they claim to be online and some of the risks involved with communicating with strangers online, as part of their e-safety learning.

They will also be exploring different media to support them with creating an animated flip book.

RSHE

Year 3 will complete RSHE learning this half term during their time at Forest School.  The Forest School programme encourages holistic development, allowing individuals to explore and discover while building essential life skills in a natural, engaging context. The Forest School programme fosters creativity, resilience, and a deep connection to the environment.

RE

In RE this half-term, we will study the Christmas story; the role of Mary and her significance to Christians.

Music

Children will continue learning to play the recorder, learning pieces of music which use the notes B, A and G.  They will also begin to learn formal notation and compose their own music using B, A and G.

PE

This half-term, we will be utilising the Real PE scheme to complete Real PE and Real Gym units.  We will focus on the social cog; finding ways to support and encourage their peers.