Newhey Community Primary School

The children will be reading and studying  the following texts:

Escape from Pompeii

Little Leaders

Using this text as a focus the children will be writing a narrative, a diary entry, a fact file, a letter to the future self and a continuation of a story. 

In English lessons, the children will develop an understanding of a variety of grammatical features :

Grammar Refresh

Noun phrases

Paragraphs

Commas in a list

Headings / Sub-headings

Fronted adverbials

Adverbs

Expanded noun sentences

Similes

Adjectives

Inverted commas

Short sentences

Report

Semi-colon

This term the children will learn all about rocks and soils. The class will learn about different types of rocks and how they were formed. They will carry out investigations to test the physical properties of rocks. The children will learn about the formation of fossils. They will develop their scientific enquiry skills, making observations, predictions and conclusions about soil drainage.  After half term, children will use models to describe the function of key organs in the digestive system, identify types of human teeth, investigate factors affecting dental health and compare human and animal teeth.

Year 3 

Multiplication and division

Length and perimeter

Fractions

Mass and capacity

Year 4 

Multiplication and division

Length and perimeter

Fractions

Decimals

Year 4

Preparation for the Year 4 Multiplication test in June

History 

We will be learning all about the Anglo-Saxons. We will be finding out who they were and what an Anglo – Saxon settlement looked like. We will be finding out about Sutton Hoo and discussing what we can learn from it. We will find out how Christianity arrived in Britain and the beliefs of the Anglo – Saxons.  We will look at King Alfred’s rule during this period and find out how Anglo – Saxon rule came to an end.

Geography

Why are rainforests important to us?

We will be learning, why rainforests are important to us and finding out some key features of the Amazon rainforest.  We will find out the names, descriptions of the four layers of tropical rainforests, as well as identifying its biome and give examples. We will look at, how humans are having a negative impact on the Amazon and what action can be taken to help.

Art

Children will develop skills in colour mixing, focusing on using tints and shades to create a 3D effect in their painting. They will experiment with composition and applying painting techniques to a personal still life piece.

Computing

Year 3 – Computer systems & networks, online safety

Year 4 – Creating media, online safety

Music

We will be looking at the Japanese festival of “Hanami” which celebrates Cherry Blossom and create our own musical Haiku’s to emulate this and develop our performance skills.

Design & Technology

Electrical Torches

In Design and Technology, we will be learning about the discovery of electric light bulbs and evaluating a range of exiting torches. Children will then design and make their own working torch using electrical circuits.