Year 3-4 Autumn Term 2012
Topic: Weather
Dear Parent/Guardian,
We would like to welcome your son and daughter into Year 3
and Year 4. We are sure that they will have an enjoyable year ahead with us as
we have lots of fun and interesting lessons planned.
Below, we have put together a grid highlighting the work
that your child will be covering over the next half term. Year 3 and 4 will be
covering the same topic, the skills taught will be differentiated appropriately
to each child’s ability. We hope that it provides all the information that you
require. To keep you informed on what your child is doing over the coming weeks
please visit our class blog at: www.pontyclunpri3.blogspot.com
www.pontyclunpri4.blogspot.com
In addition to the blog your child has (year 4), or will
(year3) be given a moodle account. Over the year homework, links to educational
sites and information will be put on the moodle for your child to access. If
you do not have internet access at home your child will be given additional
opportunities to access the internet in school, or will be given alternative
paper based homework.
Your child has been given a reading day when they need to
bring their school reading book and reading record to school. As far as we can,
we will make every effort to listen to your child read on that day. At
Pontyclun Primary School we encourage our parents to read daily with their
children in order to develop their reading skills. Please sign your child’s
reading book if they have completed a book and we will be delighted to change
the book on any day of the week.
Your child has also been given a small yellow book to keep spelling
words in. These words are given out each Monday and we encourage the children
to learn them to the best of their ability by Friday. On a Friday we will carry
out a short spelling challenge. Please encourage your child to learn the words
each week, and return the yellow book on a Friday.
Yours sincerely,
Mr. Llewellyn, Miss Wools, Mrs.Gardiner Miss Davies, Mr Bevan, and Miss Morgan
Half Term Overview
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Numeracy
Counting on and back in 1’s, 10’s, 100’s, 1000’s
Place value of 3,4 and 5 digit numbers
Grouping in 5’s and 10’s and multiplying by 3, 4 and 5
Dividing by 2,3,4 and 5
Making 10, 20, 100 and 1000
Names of shapes including quadrilaterals and polygons
Symmetry and different types of triangles
Centimetres and Metres
How many centimetres in a metre
Area
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Literacy
Reporting
and newspaper recounts:
Weather
reporting on the television
Have a
secure understanding of the purpose and organisation of the dictionary.
Begin to use library classification
to find reference materials and scan indexes, directories and IT sources to
locate information quickly and accurately.
Identify how paragraphs are used to organise and sequence
information.
Read a wide variety of newspapers.
Write an introduction, develop a series of ideas and a
conclusion.
Creating
images:
Weather
poetry
Focus on development of verb use, with appropriate adverbs
with poetry.
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Geography
• Weather around the world • Weather in Wales and comparisons • Recording and measuring weather • Extreme weather conditions
Welsh
To talk about
myself and what I can do.
To express an opinion and give a brief reason.
To talk about myself in role.
To describe another person.
Who are you? Where do you live?
RE
Introduction to Islam as the religion of Muslims
Begin to understand the importance of the prophet Muhammad.
Understand that the Qu’ran is the holy book and should be respected. Begin to
look at ‘Al Hijrah’ and understand why this is a special time of the year for
Muslims.
PE Swimming
Indoor – Dance
‘Singing in the rain’, creating and performing dance in
pairs that communicates ideas and emotions in response to a range of stimuli
that demonstrates mirroring and a variety of dance actions.
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Science
Keeping Warm
What is temperature?
How do we measure temperature?
Scientific enquiry,
What is the best
insulator/conductor for a drinks bottle?
INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY – ICT
Use a variety of written and visual effects
Change the style, colour and size of font of my writing to
change the emphasis of words
Use ‘cut and paste’ to move and change the order of a
piece of text
Edit text, to delete unwanted words, insert new words or
overtype to change words, to improve the content of my writing
Proof read my own work to identify ways of improving it,
including the use of the spell checker
Use ‘find and replace’ to alter the same word though a
piece of text. Able to explain
possible problems with it
Save and retrieve work
Import images from a variety of sources
Present and share ideas, using feedback to help refine and
improve work for the intended audience
Art
Weather symbols. colour mixing and still life drawings.
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Homework
Some homework will be set via the moodle (access via blog)
Spelling words will be given out on a Monday for the
following Friday’s challenge.
Reading – We expect each pupil to be reading at home on a
daily basis. Please update your child’s reading diary weekly.
Literacy – literacy work will be sent home as and when the
teacher feels that it is appropriate.
Numeracy – Numeracy work covering the topics above will be
sent home as and when the teacher feels that it is appropriate.
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