Dobcroft Junior School
Learning challenge overview
Date: Spring 2016
Wk 3
18.1.16
Wk4
25.1.16
Wk 5
1.2.16
Wk 6
Wk 7
15.2.16
22.2.16
Language play: poetry
Prefix – ‘in’ or ‘im’
SPaG
Direct speech and inverted commas
Prefix – ‘re’ (again/back)
‘sub’ (under)
‘inter’ (between/among)
‘ch’ to spell the ‘k’ sound
add using expanded
written method , begin
to move 10s and 100s
moving towards formal
written addition
split 3-digit numbers
into 100s, 10s, and 1s.
vertical written
addition (expanded)
Place value of 3
digit numbers.
subtract pounds
and pence
Recognising
angles, begin to
understand the
term perimeter
Identify 1/2s, 1/3s,
1/4,s 1/6s, and 1/8s,
find equivalent
fractions
Add 2 or 3 digit
numbers using
partitioning
Multiples of 2, 3, 4, 5,
and 10
place value in 3digit numbers
multiply and
divide by 10
Maths
Unit
‘u’ sound spelt ‘ou’
Paragraphs to group related material
Headings and sub-headings to aid presentation
Vowel letter and consonant letter – using ‘a’ or ‘an’ accordingly
Clauses and subordinate clauses
Learning
Challenge
Wk 10
14.3.16
Non Chronological reports on plants
Tell the time to the nearest
minute on analogue and
digital clocks, calculate
time intervals; solve word
problems involving time
‘i’ sound spelt y
elsewhere than at end of
words (myth, Egypt)
Wk 9
7.3.16
Reports
Greek Myths
Spelling
Subjects
linked with
Learning
Challenge
Wk 8
29.2.16
Double and halve,
English
Unit
Wk 2
11.12.15
Class:
multiply using the grid
method, divide multiples
of 10 by 1-digit numbers
Wk 1
4.1.16
Teacher: LO HS RC &RW
choose to solve a given
subtraction by counting
up or counting back
Year: 3
What did the Ancient Greeks do for us? (6weeks)
Pre-learning – Jason and the Argonauts
WOW – Greek Workshop
Outcome – Museum
Reflection – Complete ‘Learning Pie’ to show how learning has
taken place.
(1) “How does your garden grow?” (4 wks)
Pre-learning – BBC science clips
Geography – Revisit Mediterranean maps
Art – Draw and paint Greek vases. Make Greek coil pots using clay.
History – Links to historical eruptions – recount about this event, e.g. Pompeii
Maths – Measuring plants and amounts of water accurately.
Art – William Morris printing (linked to plants)
Maths - Measuring lines and shape work – Parthenon
English – Alphabet and Greek prefix origins
WOW – visit woods to Identify woodland plants
Outcome – Non-chronological report
Reflection – Complete ‘Learning Pie’ to show how learning has taken place.
Independent
Subjects
ICT –. ‘We are bug fixers’.
PSHE – ‘‘Going for Goals’ – Identifying strengths & areas to develop whilst taking
responsibility for own learning and behaviour.
Rights of the child – article 19 (PSHE), article 28, article 31 (Ancient Greece),
French – La salle de classe – My school bag and classroom language.
Music for the whole term – Knowledge of rhythmic notation, Awareness of how
pitch changes, Combining the above IRDs (Inter related dimensions) to compose
their own music about the Greeks.
PE – Indoor - ‘Penguin Small’ dance. Outdoor - skipping.
RE – Jesus as a boy.
ICT – ‘We are presenters’
PSHE – Personal hygiene, what happens when we get ill? Managing worries.
Right of the child – article 6 and article 24 (PSHE).
French – Les animaux – a survey, talking and reading about pets,
stories and simple sentence building.
PE – Indoor - Symmetrical & Asymmetric Gymnastic. Outdoor – orienteering.
RE – Easter story