Autumn Term in Class 3

Ancient Maya

A Lost Treasure

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English

Core texts:

-Daily Life in the Maya Civilisation by Nick Hunter

-Oh Maya Gods! by Maz Evans

-Ancient Maya by David Long

We will use these texts as the focus for our whole class reading and writing. Pupils will be writing a report about the Mayans, description and newspaper report.

 

In addition to this, we will focus on two more core texts during Remembrance (beginning of November)

Core texts:

-Armistice Runner by Tom Palmer

-Peace Lily by Hilary Robinson

We will use these texts to write poems and letters.

Maths

-Place Value

Understand and represent numbers up to 10,000. Read, write, compare, order and round them to the nearest 10, 100 and 1,000. Use negative numbers and know Roman numerals.

-Addition and Subtraction

Add and subtract up to 4 digits when using column method, including exchanging. Estimate and use the inverse operation to check answers.

-Multiplication and Division (Part A)

Recap arrays and the 10, 2, 5 and 3 times tables. Begin to learn all times tables up to 12. Multiply and divide numbers by 0 and 1.

-Area

Know that area is the amount of surface covered. Measure, compare and calculate the area of different shapes.

Science

-Rocks

  • Rocks
  • Fossils
  • Soil

 

-Animals including humans

  • Nutrition
  • Diet

Know that animals, including humans, need the right types and amount of nutrition, and that they cannot make their own food; they get nutrition from what they eat.

Foundation Subjects

History

-Know about the Ancient Maya civilisation; when the Maya lived, where in the world they lived, what daily life was like, and their achievements in writing, mathematics, calendars, farming and architecture.

-Use historical sources to investigate the Mayans, develop their understanding of chronology, similarities and differences with the past and present day and how the Mayans impacted our lives in the present day.

 

Geography

-Name and locate countries using maps, atlases and globes concentrating on their key physical and human characteristics.

-Describe and understand human geography

-Use the eight points of a compass

 

Art-Sculpture and 3D Form

-Mayan Masks

 

DT-Cooking and nutrition

-Seasonal Tarts

 

Music

-Music Express

  • Ancient Worlds

     

PE

-Basketball

-Circuit training/Setting personal goals

-Cross-country

 

PSHE

-Me and My Relationships

-Valuing Difference

 

RE

-What does pilgrimage mean to individuals and communities?

 

Spanish

-Presenting Myself

-My Family

Lower Key Stage 2 Curriculum Overview

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