St Raphael’s Catholic Primary Half Term Overview

Year Group 3 / Autumn 2 2017
Week 1 / Week 2 / Week 3 / Week 4 / Week 5 / Week 6 / Week 7
English / Poetry / What makes a good letter? / Explore - Non-chronological reports / Create - Non-chronological reports / What makes a good letter? / Persuasive writing / Can you write a Christmas letter?
Maths / Multiplication / Time / Subtraction / Fractions / Column addition and subtraction / Division / We are problem solvers
Science
(Inside our bodies) / What is nutrition? / How does nutrition affect my body? / Why is exercise good for me? / Why do we need bones? / Do all animals need bones? / Why do we need muscles? / How does a chicken wing work?
R.E.
(Mary our Mother) / Why did God choose Mary? / Why do we say the Hail Mary? / Who is Mary to me? / What is the Annunciation? / What is Advent? / What should we do during Advent? / Why celebrate Christmas?
Geography
(Italy) / Why is the Mediterranean so popular? / Why do tourists go to Italy? / Can I draw a map of Italy? / What are human and physical features? / How does Italy compare to England? / What do we think of Italy?
Art / Iron age hill fort - Clay / Rosary bead crafts / What is an Italian landscape like? Sketch. / What is an Italian landscape like? Paint. / Christmas crafts
D & T / The Great British Bake off
P.E. / Dance and Volley ball
Computing
(video performing) / How is a TV programme made? / Can you use a video camera? / Can you shoot a video file? / How can we edit them? / Can you give feedback to someone? / Can you make changes based on feedback? / Assessment
Music / Charanga:HoHoHo – Big band, Motown, Elvis, Christmas
P.S.H.E.
(Anti-bullying) / Can you say ‘No’ to bullying? What is a bully? / What would you do if you saw someone being bullied? / Do we know how to look after our teeth? / What makes a healthy lifestyle? / Do we have a balanced diet? / What do we know about hygiene? / Assessment
Big Write / Animal poem / A letter to our Crowcroft buddies / Letter from Mary / My favourite sport report / Diary entry – a day with my buddy / Can you persuade a tourist to visit Italy? / Talking to Santa