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YEAR 3 CURRICULUM SUMMER TERM

Art

Style/Subject: Viking Art (linked with history topic)Bayeux Tapestry Myths and legends - God of Thunder – Thor.Techniques: Drawing in the style of the Bayeux tapestry using appropriate colours, creating own pendant or brooch and designing a Viking shield.

Literacy / English

Fiction: 1. Adventure and Mystery Stories –

Read and analyse adventure and mystery stories. Write in the first and third person (I, he, she and it). Use connectives (linking words). Explore sentence types. Write an adventure and mystery story. Use paragraphs.

2. Authors and Letters – Read a range of stories by the same author (Anthony Browne). Write book reviews and express preferences. Investigate letter writing and its features. Plan and write a letter to an author.

Poetry: 1. Language Play –

Read, discuss, analyse and perform a range of poems that play with language, e.g.puns, riddles, nonsense verse, word games, word puzzles, etc.

Write own poem based on those read.

Non-fiction: 1. Information texts –

Research a particular area of interest using books and I.T. sources. Develop skills in using the library. Consider ways of presenting information. Make a presentation using information collected. Read and explore a range of persuasive texts. Identify the features of persuasive texts and write persuasive letters about a particular

issue.

Grammar and Punctuation:1. Using speech marks in writing;

2. Widening range of conjunctions (linking words), e.g. if, so, while, though, since, etc; 3. Using time words, e.g. meanwhile, after, then, next, later, etc;4. Using commas to break up sentences.

Class Readers- The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy, Viking in School by Jeremy Strong, Charlotte’s Web by E.B. Nesbitt.

French Foundation to clothes – une robe, les chaussures, les souliers.Song – ‘ Mes Petits Souliers’Time to the hour. Apropriate greetings for the time of day.‘La maison’ and the rooms within.Ordinal numbers 1-8‘’ Adventures of Muzzy” video 3-6 (Level 1).Picture books e.g. ‘Enfin La Paix’.

Games / P.E.

Games: swimmingP.E. Ball skills - hand and eye co-ordination, fielding and striking games Relay games. Athletics: running, long jump, throwing, relay and high jump.

Geography

Weather and holidays A study of how weather varies between places. The children will look at how weather changes according to the seasons and different places. They will look at weather patterns within the vicinity of their school and in their town and on a wider scale looking at the weather of the world as a whole.

History

The Vikings - (Following B.B.C. video).Viking invasion of Britain - economic motive.Religion - conversion to Christianity.Settlement - Jorvik.Legacy - language (especially place names).Every day life, trade, navigation, technology.Introduction to the importance of archaeology in finding out about the past.

ICT

Introduction to a simple data base using ‘Information Magic’ and databases on Fronter. Using these databases to sort and filter data and to answer questions and produce bar charts to draw conclusions.

Linked to their ‘Weather around the world’ topic, children will carry out basic research using LGfL online weather stations and BBC weather websites, create a script for a weather broadcast and use USB microphones to create a simple weather forecast podcast using Microsoft Sound Recorder. This prepares the children for future lessons of sound editing and advanced podcasting.

Mathematics

Weekly maths lessons will follow Abacus Evolve’s Revised Framework spring schemes of work, as summarised below. All pupils will also be expected to complete between 45-60mins of maths tutorials (30min within school lesson time) using the online learning platform Maths Whizz (www.whizz.com).

Expected quick recall of multiplication and division facts for 10s, 5s, 2s, 3s, 4s, 6s and 8s.

Music

Year 3 will learn how to play the recorder, reading the notes B, A, G, and hopefully low E and low D, becoming familiar with the musical elements timbre (tone quality) and dynamics (loud/quiet). They will learn to play various tunes in a variety of styles and will then go on to use their recorders in class compositions based on the pentatonic scale (5 note scale). They will work on whole class and small group compositions broadly reflecting the structure of some Indian music styles.

Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE)

Children will take part in a range of activities from the ‘Changes’ theme of the Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL) resource, which will encourage them to find positive ways of dealing with the changes they face in their everyday lives. They will also look at issues relating to drug awareness using the Islington Drug, Alcohol and Tobacco Education (DATE) scheme. As part of our continuing programme of Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) the children will take part in activities that follow up the programmes in the Channel 4 ‘Living and Growing’ series. The Folen’s PSHE and Citizenship Scheme will provide supplementary activities to ensure good

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coverage of the National Curriculum Framework for PSHE. Classes will also explore links with this Framework which appear in other areas of the curriculum, and through participation in events such as school journeys and sports day.

R.E.

Explore local outside and inside a Christian place of worship - visit St Peters Church. Familiarise with functions, furnishings, external patterns of worship, sacred writings, role of vicar - links with stages in people’s lives.

SCIENCE

Moving on – exploring forces through toys. Forces are pushes and pulls. The harder you push or pull the faster and further a toy will move. Objects fall because of a force called gravity. Friction is a force which slows moving objects, producing heat. Air resistance is a type of friction which slows objects as they fall through the air. This can be useful e.g. in kites and parachutes. In addition to this work we will also be carrying out activities under our Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) scheme which include carefully planned scientific facts from the programmes in the Channel 4 ‘Living and Growing’ series and sensitive discussions which take place in conjunction with our PSHE curriculum.

TECHNOLOGY

This term’s focus is on food technology. The children will evaluate familiar sandwich snacks and will progress to design, plan and make their own sandwich. They will think about food hygiene, the safe use of utensils and the effectiveness of their chosen filling. This project is linked to their science topic in the autumn term, which looked at healthy eating.


Art

Style/Subject: ImpressionismLooking at different artists’ work on water:- Claude Monet, William Turner, Vincent Van Gogh and Seurat with a focus on the print of ‘Regatta at Argenteuil’ by Monet Techniques: Painting - recording different water effects; interpreting ways of mixing and applying colourMarbling - investigating pattern and textureCollage – using tissue paper

Literacy / English

Fiction: 1. Stories from other cultures –

Read and discuss stories from other cultures. Identify descriptive and expressive language to describe setting. Focus on characters.

2. Stories which raise issues – Read a story which raises an issue (Journey to Jo’Burg). Summarise chapters and write alternative endings. Use drama to explore issues and characters. Write in role from a character’s point of view. Write own stories which raise issues.

Non-fiction: 1. Persuasive texts –

Read, compare and contrast a range of persuasive texts. Identify common features. Write own adverts and trailers.

Poetry: 1. Exploring form –

Listen to, read and respond to and perform a range of poems including haiku, cinquain, songs, simple rhyming forms, for example couplets, list poems, simple shape poems, alphabet and number poems, question and answer poems, monologues and free verse.

Write own poem experimenting with the use of some of those same forms.

Grammar and Punctuation:1. Word endings, e.g. changing verbs (walk – walked, walk – walking, walk – walks), plural

nouns (, etc.2. Connectives (linking words), e.g. if…then, on the other hand…, finally, so, etc.

Class Readers- The Suitcase Kid by Jacqueline Wilson, Krindlekrax by Philip Ridley, Journey to Jo’Burg by Beverley Naidoo.

French

‘Storms and Shipwrecks’ C.D.ROM – find out about Guadaloupe (Caribbean island where French is spoken).Clocks and time in more detail – describe hands – type of clock; fast and slow. ‘La maison’. – Decris la maison. Qui habite dans la maison? – La famille. ‘Ouvre la porte’ action rhyme. Dans la cuisine – le petit dejeuner. Picture books e.g. ‘Va au lit, Alfred’, ‘ Je ne veux pas aller au lit!’ Le Tunnel.Songs – ‘Frere Jacques’, ‘Mes petites mains’Day trip to Boulogne – Sur –Mer, France

Games / P.E.

Games: swimmingAthletics: running, long jump, throwing, relay and high jump.P.E. Fielding and striking skills in mini-games. Racquet skillsRounders and kwik cricket

Geography

Study of rivers and their characteristics, using the main rivers in Britain. Looking also at the water cycle and its importance.

History

Life in Tudor times. The children will look at the major events and personalities of this period in British history.The main focus is the way of life of people at different levels of society.

ICT

Children will be using our newly acquired Probotix software package to program a set of commands for the Probot cars to carry out. These commands are uploaded to the cars via USB cable to program the sequences into the car’s memory bank. Extends their knowledge and understanding of the ‘control’ topic.

Capturing, editing and uploading images. Children will learn how to capture photographs and online images for the purpose of editing and sharing via our MLE (Fronter).

Mathematics


Expected quick recall of multiplication and division facts for 10s, 5s, 2s, 3s, 4s, 6s, 8s, 9s and 7s.

Music

Year 4 will learn to choose the most appropriate sounds for a composition and will create a miniature piece of music (approximately 20 seconds long) based on a Haiku poem. They will need to think carefully about the musical elements dynamics and timbre in order to achieve the highest quality of work. Each group will have to show self-control and discipline in playing very quietly, choosing the most appropriate sounds to reflect the ideas of the poem. In the second half of the term, the children will look at the structure of Balinese music and learn about the Gamelan orchestra, taking part in a visiting Gamelan workshop playing on beautiful bronze tuned percussion.


Children will take part in a range of activities from the ‘Changes’ theme of the Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL) resource, which will encourage them to find positive ways of dealing with the changes they face in their everyday lives. They will also look at issues relating to drug awareness using the Islington Drug, Alcohol and Tobacco Education (DATE) scheme. As part of our continuing programme of Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) the children will take part in activities that follow up the programmes in the Channel 4 ‘Living and Growing’ series. The Folen’s PSHE and Citizenship Scheme will provide supplementary activities to ensure good


coverage of the National Curriculum Framework for PSHE. Classes will also explore links with this Framework which appear in other areas of the curriculum, and through participation in events such as school journeys and sports day.

R.E.

Growing in care. Religious figures of the past who have shown care and leadership. Explore expressions of caring in local and world wide community; organisations such as Christian Aid, Red Cross, Oxfam, Greenpeace and individuals such as Bob Geldof and Martin Luther King. Appreciate value of all people. Recognition that some people see God as providing strength and support.

SCIENCE

Plants – investigation of factors affecting the survival of plants. Learn that there are life processes, including growth, nutrition and reproduction common to plants. That plant growth is affected by the availability of light, water and temperature. That plants need light to produce food for growth, and the importance of the leaf in this process. That the root anchors the plant, and that water and nutrients are taken in through the root and transported through the stem to other parts of the plant. Also, learn about the flower and its role in the life cycle of a plant, including pollination, seed production, seed dispersal and germination. In addition to this work we will also be carrying out activities under our continuing Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) scheme which include carefully planned scientific facts from the programmes in the Channel 4 ‘Living and Growing’ series and sensitive discussions which take place in conjunction with our PSHE curriculum.

Technology

This term’s focus is on control technology – ‘Lighting it Up’. The children will look at how objects such as toys and torches are illuminated and will design and plan to make their own object that is illuminated via a circuit and then will use control boxes to create a sequence of instructions to make the object light up. They will then evaluate the object using the list of criteria they set up during the planning process.


Art Style/Subject: Asian Art - pattern, design and colour in traditional fabricsTechniques: Working in Textile– making sewn designs for a wallhanging or toran, based on Asian designs Literacy / EnglishFiction:

1. Stories from other cultures – Read examples of stories from other cultures and traditions Deduce differences in patterns of relationships, customs and attitudes with particular

reference to the way characters act and interact. Consider use of literal and figurative language. Identify the point of view from which a story is told. Use drama and role-play to explore from character’s point of view. Plan and retell a story from a different point of view.

2. Dramatic conventions (plays) – Explore scripts for TV, film and other media. Watch and explore broadcast information to identify features. Use playwriting skills to write other types of scripts. Perform or record own scripts.

Poetry: 1. Choral and performance –

Read, hear, watch and experience a range of performance poetry. Explore features such as well-chosen words, powerful verbs, adjectives, adverbs and

precise nouns; use of detail and sense impressions; surprising and illuminating combinations of words; repetition, alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhythm and rhyme.

Write own poems and perform.

Non-fiction: 1. Persuasive writing –

Read and evaluate letters, e.g. from newspapers or magazines, intended to inform, protest, complain, persuade, considering (i) how they are set out, and (ii) how language is used.

Read and evaluate a range of texts for persuasiveness and consider bias, ambiguity, fact and opinion.

Write persuasive letters for real purposes, construct and present arguments giving points of view.

Grammar and Punctuation:1. Identify and classify prepositions, e.g. back, up, down, through, under, etc;2. Develop accurate use of punctuation in writing;3. Develop understanding of clauses in sentences;4. Develop use of connectives (linking words) in writing.

Class Readers- Scribbleboy by Philip Ridley, Cirque du Freak by Darren Shan.

French

Numbers to 100. Revise time / date / seasons. Transport for trips / holidays. Countries of Europe – departments in France. Some customs / festivals. “House for Sale” – descriptions – styles of homes in France. Picture books e.g. “Max et les Maximonstres”.

Games / P.E.

Swimming - on going. Developing confidence of non-swimmers, incorporating Pool Frog I and some tasks from Pool Frog 2. More able swimmers working on Angel Fish 1, including style diving and distance swimming. Athletics: running, long jump, throwing, relay, hurdles and high jump.P.E. : racquet skills, relay games, mini-games involving ball skills.Games : Rounders and kwik cricket.

YR.5 Geography

WalesWith their impending trip to Wales in mind Year 5 children will be focussing on Wales. They will be looking at map work and information about Wales that can be obtained from reading maps. They will be comparing and contrasting Wales to Croydon.

The study of a distant location – St.Lucia. The children learn about the island and compare it to Croydon looking at imports and exports, school life and the types of jobs available. This topic culminates in a St. Lucia day at school.

ICT

Windows MovieMaker. Children are to take part in this new topic of video and audio capture, then editing using movie-making software to create an advertisement which links to their Microsociety topic.

Email – Children learn more about the positive and negatives involved with using electronic means of communication. Children are taught how to add attachments, create contact lists, group mails, carbon-copies etc.

Mathematics


Expected quick recall of all multiplication and division facts including 11s and 12s.

MusicYear 5 will develop their understanding of lyrics and melodies during the first half of the term. They will analyse the structure and lyrics of certain songs, learning about how certain songs are particular to the time and place in which they were written. This will lead to composing and performing their own song. In the second half of the term the children will listen to a variety of Caribbean music and then learn more about Reggae and Calypso, playing in both styles. Children learning a SoundStart instrument will perform to parents to show what they have been working on.


Children will take part in a range of activities from the ‘Changes’ theme of the Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL) resource, which will encourage them to find positive ways of dealing with the changes they face in their everyday lives. They will also look at issues relating to drug awareness using the Islington Drug, Alcohol and Tobacco Education (DATE) scheme. As part of our continuing programme of Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) the children will take part in activities that follow up the programmes in the Channel 4 ‘Living and Growing’ series. The Folen’s PSHE and Citizenship Scheme will provide supplementary activities to ensure good coverage of the National Curriculum Framework for PSHE. Classes will also explore links with this


Framework which appear in other areas of the curriculum, and through participation in events such as school journeys and sports day.

R.E.

Victorians - the importance of the Bible and Christian morals in Victorian life. Exploration of the Bible - history, format, contents.Re-telling into modern form of selected parables (look for moral). Exploration of symbolism in Holman Hunt’s painting ‘Jesus the Light’. Research Associations which began in Victorian era to help, e.g. homeless children – Barnados, Salvation Army, Quaker movement with the help of invited speakers..SCIENCE

Environment – learn to appreciate the local environment through a study of the school grounds. How locally occurring animals and plants can be identified and assigned to groups using keys. That different plants and animals are found in different habitats. How animals and plants in two different habitats are suited to their environment. Investigate feeding relationships to appreciate that food chains show feeding relationships in an eco system and that nearly all food chains start with a green plant. Learn that micro organisms exist, and that many may be beneficial, e.g. in the breakdown of waste and while others may be harmful, e.g. in causing disease. Revise the structure of the plant to ensure understanding that the root anchors the plant and that water and nutrients are taken in through the root and transported through the stem to other parts of the plant, plus the role of the flower. In addition to this work we will also be carrying out activities under our continuing Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) scheme which include carefully planned scientific facts from the programmes in the Channel 4 ‘Living and Growing’ series and sensitive discussions which take place in conjunction with our PSHE curriculum.

Technology

Pupils will experience a new exciting and relevant programme to Park Hill Junior School. MicroSociety is a twelve-week programme of work for primary school pupils. It involves children in creating their own society within the classroom and in setting up the institutions required by that society – government, a civil service, businesses, a legal system and an economy. The programme is based around a number of economic concepts, which are introduced, explained and then incorporated into the children’s own society. These concepts include scarcity, currency, enterprise, profit, taxation and supply and demand. Visiting speakers will be invited to take part in the programme and the children make their own decisions about how much to base their society on the real world and how much to invent. MicroSociety includes many elements of DT throughout the twelve week programme.

Towards the end of the Summer term Year 5 will also be making Bread. The children will taste different types of bread and analyse what the bread contains. They will design and plan to make their own bread focussing on hygiene, safety and healthy factors. They will evaluate their bread according to the criteria they established in the original plan.


ArtStyle/Subject: The Environment looking at the work of Henri Rousseau 1844 - 1910 Focus in particular on ‘Tropical storm with a Tiger’. Study a variety of illustrations of wild animals and birds and camouflage patterns. Techniques: Collage Using a range of media for a jungle collage scene.

Literacy / English

1. Revision: reading and writing narrative and plays –

Practise reading and answering questions about fiction and play texts; Revisit and revise the features of a good short story and playscript; Practise writing a short story or play; Revise, explore and extend their previous knowledge of various sentence structures

(including complex sentences) and paragraphs; Practise writing a different story or play using different genre features.

Non-Fiction:1. Revision: reading and writing non-fiction -

Revisit and revise all the main non-fiction text-types (recount, instructions, explanations, information reports, persuasive);

Practise reading and answering questions about non-fiction texts; Explore texts which combine elements of different text-types and formats Practise writing a non-fiction text, drawing on language and organisational features relevant

to the purpose and audience.

Poetry:1. Revision: reading poetry –

Recall and understand how to go about reading a poetry text, Develop understanding of a range of questions and how to answer them, Consider how to improve own answers.

Grammar and Punctuation:1. Revise the language conventions and grammatical features of different text types.

Class Readers- Clockwork by Philip Pullman, Way Home by Libby Hawthorn

French

Geography of France (departments) especially Brittany – maps and aerial views of Dinard, Dinan and St. Malo. Route to ports and “La Manche’. Packing for ‘Les vacances’ or trip. Numbers to 100. The Euro and conversions. Shopping ‘au café’ and ‘au marche’. Trip to Dinard. (Those pupils not going on school journey will hopefully visit the French market in Croydon and make purchases for “Un Pique-Nique”).

Games / P.E.

Swimming - Aiming to achieve progressive awards S.T.A. Programme. Pool Frog 2, 3. Angel Fish 2, Seal 1. Personal Survival Awards. To become safe and competent swimmers. Help personal survival in different situations. Introduction to rescue procedures. Early stages of diving, ensuring all the necessary skills are perfected before moving on where hazards could be encountered. The most important aspects of safety in whole award scheme. Games: kwik cricket to introduce batting technique. More advanced move on to cricket. Rounders and other field gamesAthletics: running, long jump, throwing, relay, hurdles and high jump.P.E. : large and small ball games; mini-games. Racquet skills and target practice.

Geography

The Environment - RainforestsYear 6 will be taking an in depth look at the rainforests of South America. They will be looking at the villages and settlements that exist there and the ways in which settlements move around from place to place according to the need to fell trees for local, and more commonly, world usage. They will also be looking at the effects of the disappearing rainforests on the wildlife and the inhabitants and will be looking at ways in which they can help to be a part of conserving the rainforests in terms of recycling.

ICT

Children focus on a range of short topics to build their confidence in a range of areas. Some of the likely themes that will covered will link to their end of year production; such as creating a Fronter Blog.

Opportunities to link to their Geography/Science work on endangered species take place in a Movie Making topic, whilst all children have the opportunity to contribute to the Leavers’ Yearbook.

Mathematics


PREPARATION FOR END OF KS2 SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT.

Music

Year 6 will work on developing their performing skills and confidence in singing. They will practise singing in harmony, singing in large and small groups and possibly solo. They will learn the songs ready for their end of term musical, some of which are written in challenging time signatures.



Children will take part in a range of activities from the ‘Changes’ theme of the Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL) resource, which will encourage them to find positive ways of dealing with the changes they face in their everyday lives. They will also look at issues relating to drug awareness using the Islington Drug, Alcohol and Tobacco Education (DATE) scheme. As part of our continuing programme of Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) the children will take part in activities that follow up the programmes in the Channel 4 ‘Living and Growing’ series. The Folen’s PSHE and Citizenship Scheme will provide supplementary activities to ensure good coverage of the National Curriculum Framework for PSHE. Classes will also explore links with this Framework which appear in other areas of the curriculum, and through participation in events such as school journeys and sports day.

R.E.

Continuation of Rites of Passage. Initiation.Marriage ceremonies and customs. Death - funerals - meaning of life - after life.Visit Sikh Gurdwara.

Science

Revising the topics covered earlier to ensure a sound knowledge of the Key Stage 2 Science National Curriculum programmes of study. In addition to this work we will also be carrying out activities under our continuing Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) scheme which include carefully planned scientific facts and sensitive discussions which take place in conjunction with our PSHE curriculum.

Technology

Slippers – the children will analyse existing slippers including how they are made, the materials used and their appeal to different people. They will design and plan their own pair of slippers using textiles and will use joining techniques including sewing and gluing. They will evaluate their own slippers using the list of criteria in their plan.

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