Author: Clare Talbot

Thursday 13th February
An exploration into the
Shang Dynasty

Wow Days

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Class Tanzania Curriculum

Key
Texts
Texts

The Boy Who Grew Dragons (Novel Study)
True Story of the Three Little Pigs
The Little Red Reading Hood
Goldilocks and Just the One Bear

For our Spring term in History we will be exploring the Shang Dynasty. What is the Shang Dynasty and what was life like during this time? At the end of term we will be holding a WOW day to consolidate our learning and further deepen our knowledge. Our English topic this term looks writing a recount on our Term 1 and 2 Novel Study– The Accidental Prime Minister. Writing a recount will support our learning from last term and strength our retrieval skills. Further texts in English will explore a variety of alternative traditional tales which include: True Story of the Three Little Pigs (an alternative version of the Three Little Pigs), The Little Red Reading Hood (an alternative version of Little Red Riding Hood), Goldilocks and Just the One Bear (an alternative version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears) Building upon knowledge from Year 2, we will developing our retelling skills, looking at the features, comparing the similarities and differences between the original story and the alternative version and writing our own alternative traditional tale. In Maths the children will be looking at consolidating their prior learning of past topics and introducing new topics including Roman Numerals in our Time topic. We will continue looking at multiplication and division with a keen focus on the x3, x4, x8 times tables, again whilst still revisiting the x2, x5, x10. In Science we will be learning about Light, through innovative investigations to explore how shadows are formed, looking at how light is reflected off different surfaces and the importance of protecting our eyes from direct sunlight. In Computing the children will be learning how different codes achieve different outcomes, e.g. movement and speech; developing from Term 2 on mastering algorithms. This term our PE sessions will be taken by Mrs Green and Miss Rogers. Miss Rogers will be taking netball alongside Inspire+ who will be teaching the children fundamental ball skills. This term the children are very fortunate to be taught by two amazing members of staff; Mrs Green and Mrs Dillion whilst I have preparation time to ensure your children’s lessons are creative and engaging! Mrs Green will be teaching our Music and PE topics this term. Science will be taught by Mrs Dillon.