Curriculum Overview for Term 3
English
Art & Design
Computing
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Persuasive writing
 Posters – the building of
Stonehenge
Fairy Stories, Illustrated by Jan
Pienkowski
 Using and punctuating direct
speech
 Retelling stories orally
Instruction writing
Traditional Balinese Tales
 Writing instructions for how to
 Writing and performing play
make shadow puppets
scripts
Guided Reading Texts
 I was a Rat by Philip
Pullman
 The Pea and the Princess
by Mini Grey
 The Frog Prince
Continued by Jon
Scieszka
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Mathematics
Creating silhouette illustrations based on those
of Jan Pienkowski
Marbling
Observational drawings of stained glass
Design & Technology
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Designing and making shadow puppets
Designing and making props for shadow dance
Designing a stained glass window
Geography
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Addition and subtraction
 Column addition
 Solving word problems
Using money
 Buying materials to build
Stonehenge
Measuring in m/cm/mm
 How shadows change
Science
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Modern
Languages
French
 Countries of the UK
 Dictionary skills
 Yes / no questions
Animals (including humans)
A healthy diet
(continued from term 2)
Light
Investigating reflection
Investigating shadows
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Religious
History
Changes in Britain between the Stone Age and Iron Age
 Neolithic Stone Circles
 Flint, copper and bronze
 The Bronze Age
Music
Indonesian Gamelan
 Practising music to perform during a shadow
puppet show
 Composing
Naming and locating the counties and cities of
the UK
Identifying the geographical features of the UK
and how they have changed over time.
(continued from term 2)
Recording data
 Using tables
Telling the Time
 Shadow clock
TBC in week 2
Education
Physical
Education
Belonging to a Community
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Dance
Choreographing and practising a
shadow dance for the North
Somerset Dance Festival
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