Class 3M
Welcome to class 3M.
Our year group theme for Spring term is ‘Back in Time to the Stone Age’. There will be lots of engaging and exciting learning happening in our classrooms this term:
History – We will be learning all about life in the Stone Age- Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age), Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age) and Neolithic (New Stone Age).
Science – We will be learning about how rocks are formed- Sedimentary, Igneous and metamorphic. We will also be learning about fossils and how we can learn about the past from them.
Art –We will be exploring and learning about cave art, what they used for paints in the Stone Age and making our own paints from natural materials to create our very own cave art.
DT –The children will be designing and creating Stone Age settlements.
Computing- The children will be learning how to use coding to create an app.
English-
In English, much of our writing will be based around the story of ‘The Twits’ in Spring 1
In Spring 2 we will focus on the book ‘Stone Age Boy’ by Satoshi Kitamura.
Through the writing opportunities that we provide this half term the children will learn to:
- Use a range of sentence starters including- subordinating conjunctions and subordinate clauses, expanded noun phrases, verb starters and fronted adverbials.
- To form a complex sentence.
- To use powerful verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
- To write a letter to inform.
- To write a retell of a story.
- To write a non-chronological report
Maths-
The children will learn:
Spring 1
The children will learn
To multiply using equal groups
To use arrays
To count in multiples of 2, 5 and 10
About sharing and grouping
To multiply and divide by 3
To multiply and divide by 4
To multiply and divide by 8
Spring 2
To learn what a unit and non unit fraction is.
To learn to find a fraction of an amount of objects.
To learn how to record fractions on a number line.
To recognise one whole
To learn to add and subtract fractions with a common denominator.
To use my knowledge of fractions to solve problems.
To find unit fractions of numbers and quantities.
To learn to find a fraction of part of a number/set.
To use what we know about fractions to solve real life problems.
To learn to find non unit fraction of an amount.
To begin to understand that fractions can be equivalent.
To begin to be able to find equivalent fractions.
To learn how to calculate equivalent fractions.
Reading
Even though your child is now in KS2 and has developed their fluency in reading, it is still extremely important that they continue to read at home each night with an adult. When your child has read to you, please record the pages they have read and sign in their homework diary. The homework diaries are checked each Friday and raffle tickets are awarded to children who have read at least four times during that week. At this stage, it is of even more importance to ask your child questions about what they have read each time they read to ensure that their comprehension skills develop well.
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Useful Links
Useful Websites
Oxford Owl – read a book or listen to an audio version of chapter books. https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/
Times tables:
As children are required to know their multiplication tables up to 12×12 by the end of Year 4, a key area of focus is to develop our multiplication tables knowledge and become times table superstars! Strong multiplication table knowledge is crucial in many areas of maths and children should be able to recall these quickly and confidently. On top of your child’s weekly mathematics homework, children should spend some time each week practising their times tables. Please enjoy exploring the times table activities below:
Safety & Wellbeing
- NSPCC’s Childline 0800 1111
- http://www.childline.org.uk
- http://www.youngminds.org.uk