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To begin with we will be
Figure 1 our investigative
continuing
journalist work on
Tutankhamen.
As part of our topic we will
then be looking at extreme
survival adventures and
animals in extreme climates.
We will be writing a survival
story, producing an Extreme
Survival Animal E-book and
researching facts to include
in our class Survival Guide.
Geography
We will be finding out the location of countries that have extreme
hot and cold weather, finding out about deserts and artic regions,
exploring the habitats of animals living in these extremes and their
adaption as well as researching the lives of the Inuit and Dolgan
people and how this compares to our lives.
St Oswald’s C.E. Primary School
‘Extreme Survival’
Summer 2 2015
01/05/15 to 17/06/15 7 wks
Year 3
Science
We will continue to
find out about forces
and magnets. We shall
be looking at uses of
magnets and carrying
out a scientific
enquiry. We will also
be looking at the food
chain of animals in
extreme environments
and classification.
Outdoor learning
Den building, a survival
hunt and survival skills.
Maths
We will be focusing on measures
and using different measuring
equipment to help us solve
problems. We will revisit
geometry relating to 2d and 3d
PSHCE
We will learn about the range
of changes that they and other
children will experience in their
lives.
Music
We will be exploring
music in countries of
extreme climate and
composing our own music.
shapes, angles, lines (horizontal,
perpendicular, vertical), turns
and degrees. We shall also be
further developing our problem
solving skills using money,
measures, fractions and the
four mathematical operations.
PE
Athletics and Gymnastics.
RE
Exploring how religious and
spiritual ideas are expressed.
(Christianity and Hinduism).
DT
We will be designing an
making survival shelters
and cooking up a ‘survival
stew’ using natural
ingredients.
ICT
We will continue our
learning about how to use
collaborative digital
media such as blogs and
wikis.
We will also be learning
about branching
databases and how to
create these using
Textease Branch.