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Calverley Parkside Primary School

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Spring 2

This is what we will be learning about during the second half term in Year 3. More information about the different subjects can be found in the 'Curriculum' section of the school website.

 

Reading- This half term we will be reading Ottoline and the Yellow Cat- Chris Riddell . We will focus on specific chapters each week and take part in daily lessons that will help to develop key reading skills. We will be focusing on our retrieval and inference skills in particular.

English- During our writing lessons, we will be using Ottoline and the Yellow Cat as inspiration for a narrative. We will also be writing a newspaper report which will be based on being stuck in the stone age era.

Maths-

This half term in maths we will be learning about the following:

Science-

This half term we will be learning about Lights and Shadows. We will be looking for patterns in what happens to shadows when the light source moves or the distance between the light source and object changes. We will also look at how shadows are formed when the light from a light source is blocked by an opaque object.

Science knowledge organiser

History-

We will continue learning about Stone Age to Iron Age during this term. Children will understand that significant changes occurred within this period such as developing settlements and the making of tools for farming. We will also be visiting Herd farm for a Stone Age workshop children will see a fire lit using ancient technology and take part in a tool and artefact talk with
their archaeologist, Ian. We may take part in Forest School type activities including shelter building and fire-lighting.

Religious Education (RE)-

In RE, we will explore the concept of spirituality and focuses on creative ways in which spirituality may be demonstrated. 

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