ENGLISH
This term we will be recapping the grammar from Y2 and getting the children ready to write in Y3.
We will be looking at story settings and openings, descriptive writing including poetry, instructions, non-chronological reports and many other cross curricular writing tasks.
Cross curricular texts: Stig of the Dump, Ug, The Wild Way Home, Stone Age Boy, How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth.
MATHS
PLACE VALUE
Identify, represent and estimate numbers using different representations.
Find 10 or 100 more or less than a given number.
Recognise the place value of each digit in a three digit number (hundreds, tens, ones).
Compare and order numbers up to 1000. Read and write numbers up to 1000 in numerals and in words.
Solve number problems and practical problems involving these ideas.
Count from 0 in multiples of 50 and 100
ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION
Add and subtract numbers mentally, including: a three-digit number and ones; a three-digit number and tens; a three digit number and hundreds.
STONE AGE TO IRON AGE
This is our theme for the Autumn term. Many of the foundation subjects (Art, DT, History, Geography) will be focused on this theme.
SCIENCE - ROCKS AND SOIL
See below
MUSIC
Theme: Rhythm and blues
RnB is a mixture of Soul, Hip Hop and Gospel music. Other RnB singers include Beyoncé, Usher, Rihanna and Stevie Wonder. Listen to some rhythm and blues at home. Can you find any other groups or singers?
Vocabulary for this half term: Structure, introduction, verse, chorus, improvise, compose, pulse, rhythm, pitch, tempo, dynamics bass, drums, guitar, keyboard, synthesizer, hook, melody.
ICT
Online and Internet safety -
To use technology safely, respectfully and responsibly; to recognise acceptable/unacceptable behaviour; identify a range of ways to report concerns about content and contact.