Literacy
Music
Science
Narrative – Stories from other cultures (Africa and India), Stories set in
imaginary worlds
Compose music using graphic scores
Materials – linked to weather e.g suitable materials for an
umbrella/ what materials are best for winter clothing
Explore the sounds made by instruments
Non-Fiction – Instructions (How to make…), Information texts
(inventions)
Beat rhythm patterns
*describe the properties of materials
Poetry – Weather poems
Experimenting with music: pitch, tempo, duration and
dynamics
*investigate the properties of materials
Keeping Warm
Continue with spelling programme
RE: Focus on Judaism
Continue with cursive script for handwriting
The origins of the Jewish faith
Mathematics
Why is Moses important to believers?
Block E Unit 1 – Securing number facts, relationships and calculating
Block A Unit 2 – Counting, partitioning and calculating
The story of the Exodus
The importance of the 10 Commandments
Block B Unit 2 – Securing number facts and understanding shape
The Easter Story
Block C Unit 2 – Handling data and measures
*investigate how things stay cool and warm
*measuring and reading the temperature using a thermometer
*investigate the changes in air temperature over a period of time
*conductors and insulators
Living things in their environments
*habitats
*adaptation
Spring Term 2013
Block D Unit 2 – Calculating, measuring and understanding shape
*plants
CLIMATE AND WEATHER
Block E Unit 2 - Securing number facts, relationships and calculating
AROUND THE WORLD
D&T/Art
Geography
Map work – locate different countries around the world
Perspective in sketching
PSHE / Citizenship
ICT
Climates around the world: desert, arctic, rainforest, temperate
Changing seasons art work – David Hockney
Our community
Using digital cameras
Types of weather / weather forecasts
Henry Rosseau
Looking after our
world
Use ICT for maths / literacy games
Seasons – weather at different times of the year
Word processing
Extreme weather – focus on flooding
Using the internet to gather research
Global Warming – cause and effects. What can we do?
Design and make a musical instrument
Recycling
Design and make a device for measuring
weather
Perseverance and
persistence
Chinese New Year Dragon
Presenting information using PowerPoint
PE
Achievements
Developing ball skills - football, netball and rugby
Cross Country running
Tina Prescott Class 3
Gymnastics – Key Steps 2