Numeracy and ICT
Numeracy: Block C Unit 1 – Handling
Data and Measures. Block D Unit 1 –
Calculating, measuring and
understanding shape. Problem Solving.
Literacy
Science
Rocks and Soil: The children will be examining,
exploring, comparing and categorising different types
of rocks and soil. They will develop their
understanding of the effects that weather and
erosion have on rocks and soil.
Times tables.
Myths and Legends: We will be exploring
the key features of myths and legends.
The children will create their own
characters based on a ‘weather’ theme
and write their own myth or legend.
Adventure and Mystery: We will be
focusing on a moral dilemma and conflict
ICT: We will be exploring databases.
Creating a branching database using
What’s the Weather?
resolution. The children will then adapt
their ‘myth’ story to fit this genre.
weather information.
Hook: Children to plan, research
and present a weather forecast for
a country.
Hist/Geog
The children will be exploring weather
around the world, focusing on the various
types of weather and different climates,
developing their understanding of the
relationship between weather and tourism
PE
Hockey
PSHE
Friendship- We will be
Gymnastics: They will be
developing our
creating and developing a understanding of what
characteristics/
gymnastic sequence to
qualities make a friend,
reflect different forms
changing friendships
of/reactions to the
and keeping good
weather.
friends.
Outcome: Portfolio of work
RE
We will be developing our
knowledge of Judaism.
We will explore Christmas
focusing on Advent and
the Epiphany.
French
Art/DT
Art: We will be exploring how we
can convey the atmosphere and
story of a dream. We will be using
weather as a stimulus.
DT: To design and create a
container, incorporating the theme
of weather, to keep their topic
work in.
Christmas in France –
To learn Christmas
greetings and to
appreciate that
Christmas in France is
celebrated in different
ways.
Music
We will be exploring
rhythmic patterns.
Class 3 Homework – Term 1 2012
Below are details of homework set this term for Class 3, together with hand in dates.
Subject
area
DT/Art
English/ICT
Science
French
Task
To create a container to store all of their topic work in. This
needs to be able to fit several sheets of A4 paper in. It can,
for example, be a box or a bag. It should be decorated so
that it depicts our topic of weather around the world.
To write an acrostic poem about weather around the world.
This could, for example, use topic words such as: weather,
climate, snow, sunshine, lightening or thunder. This may be
either hand written or completed on the computer. It may
also be suitably decorated again this can be hand drawn or
may incorporate graphics.
To create a fact file about a rock. Children are to pick a rock
and find out as much information about the rock as they
can. This can include what type of rock it is - sedimentary,
igneous or metamorphic. What its texture and appearance is
like. What the rock can be used for in daily life. These can be
either hand written or typed on a plain piece of A4 paper as
we would like to create a class book about rocks.
Please can you find as many different French Christmas
greetings as you can. Please only note them down as we will
be using them in class.
Hand in
date
19.11.12
26.11.12
03.12.12
10.12.12
In addition to this homework children will be expected to do the following on a weekly basis:
Mental Maths books – 1 page only per week, given out on a Thursday and handed in on a Tuesday.
Spellings – These will be given out on a Thursday and tested on a Tuesday.
Reading – Children should be reading regularly and recording this in their reading records. Reading records will be
collected and checked every Monday morning.
Times tables – Children will be regularly tested on their times tables during numeracy lessons and should practice those
that they find challenging at home.
Show and tell – Children are welcome to bring in things from home that they would like to show to the rest of the class
on a Friday. It would be fantastic if the children could share their personal successes such as achievements and awards
obtained for sports, clubs and hobbies. Please ensure that all items have their names clearly marked on them.
Useful weblinks:
Topic
www.bbc.co.uk/weather
www.worldclimate.com
www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather
www.metcheck.com
www.worldweatheronline.com
www.rocksforkids.com
www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/science/materials/rocks_soils/read/1/
General
www.Woodlands-junior.Kent.sch.uk
www.Learningalive.co.uk
www.Nrich.maths.org.uk
www.murderousmaths.co.uk
www.crickweb.co.uk
www.topmarks.co.uk
www.ictgames.co.uk
www.mathsisfun.com
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/english/