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Summer 1 2024 - 2025

Y3 Seals
Summer 1 2024/2025

English
This half term we will be reading and responding to 'Mr Penguin and the Lost Treasure' by Alex T. Smith.  We will be writing setting descriptions, dialogue, action scenes an an extended fantasy narrative linked to the book 'The Mysteries of Harris Burdick' by Chris Van Allsberg.  To help build your child's fluency and confidence in reading, please read with them at least 4 times a week using their scheme book or library book and sign their reading record.  We continue to reward good reading habits with books and bookmarks.  Please also practise your 30 half termly spellings in your homework book.
Science
This half term we will be learning about plants.  We will be explaining how plants reproduce in the context of the life cycle of a flowering plant, gathering data on plant growth and investigating the structure and function of the parts of a flowering plant.

Geography
This half term we will be travelling to Florida, USA and answering the question 'Beyond the Magic Kingdom - what is the sunshine state really like?' This enquiry is designed to enable pupils to gain an understanding of the physical and human geographical features of a region in North America with which they can begin to compare and contrast the characteristics of a region of the United Kingdom. It begins by focusing on aspects of leisure and tourism with which pupils may be familiar both in the United Kingdom and overseas. The objective of the investigation is to take the pupils beyond that with which they may be familiar and introduce them to different aspects of Florida’s physical and human geography.
 
Design and Technology
In Design and Technology this half term we will be building on our sewing skills and our knowledge of how to join materials to design and make our own cushions.  We will learn to sew a cross stitch and how to use applique to add embellishments.
P.E.
In P.E. this half term we will be developing our skills in Games through playing handball and hockey.  We will be learning skills including passing, receiving and keeping possession of a ball and dribbling to keep control.  P.E. will continue to be on a Friday afternoon and Swimming on a Wednesday afternoon.
French
Our French unit this half term will focus on speaking, listening, reading and writing French words linked to the topic of 'Shapes'.
 
 
 
 
 
 
P.S.H.E.
Our Jigsaw unit 'Relationships' explores ideas with the children such as roles and responsibilities within families, identifying friendship skills and putting them into practice and staying safe online.
History
This half term we will investigate the question 'How do artefacts help us to understand the lives of people in Iron age Britain?'  We will identify the common features of hill forts and then investigate their likely function, not only as a defensive structure but also as a trading, meeting and ceremonial place. Another important focus of this enquiry is to support pupils to reflect on why the Iron age was the most violent period of prehistory in Britain.
 
 
 
Maths
This half term we will be concentrating on mastering our 8 times table; saying it by rote and answering spot questions as well as knowing related division facts.  We will be further developing our understanding of fractions which will involve calculating fractions of an amount, comparing, ordering, adding and subtracting fractions  You can keep your skills sharp by accessing Doodle Maths for 10 minutes daily.  Please also practise your 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 10 times tables as these should be mastered ready for starting Y4 in September.
Art
Our focus for the summer term is drawing.  The children will learn about texture by using hatching and cross hatching.  We will look at the work of artists who use these techniques and consider the effect this creates.  The children will also be learning about botanical art as a genre of art and putting these skills into practise.  
 
 
Music
We will be continuing with our music lessons using the Oak Academy scheme, focusing on the texture of different pieces of music.  We will continue to learn the various musical elements through enjoying playing our ocarinas.
 
R.E.
This half term we will focus on the stories of Creation and the Fall as two parts of the ‘Big Story’ of the Bible. The children will familiarise themselves with the first Creation story from Genesis and key messages within it for many Christians about the world being good and how Christians are called to look after God’s world. They move on to think about the story of Adam and Eve and how the Fall fits into the ‘Big Story’ of the Bible.
 
Computing

The children will develop their understanding of what a branching database is and how to create one. They will use yes/no questions to gain an understanding of what attributes are and how to use them to sort groups of objects. We will create physical and on-screen branching databases. To conclude the unit, they will create an identification tool using a branching database, which they will test by using it. They will also consider real-world applications for branching databases.