ELMBRIDGE JUNIOR SCHOOL
Working and Learning Together
Elmbridge Junior School, Elmbridge Road, Gloucester, GL2 0PE
Tel/Fax: 01452 523632
Email: admin@elmbridge-jun.gloucs.sch.uk
Term 1 and 2
In Year 3, History, Geography, Art, DT and some Science will be taught through our Creative Curriculum topic 'Invade and Conquer'. This will involve the children studying Gloucester and comparing it to Rome, through a geographical and historical perspective.
Literacy and Numeracy will continue as normal in the mornings and we will integrate themes from our topic into these lessons, where possible. Here are the topics that we will be covering in these subjects and a few others:
Literacy
- Reading
- Stories with familiar settings
- Stories with familiar settings
- Dialogue and plays
- Shape poetry
- Shape poetry
- Report writing
- Grammar (full stops, capital letters, question marks, exclamation marks)
- Nouns, verbs and adjectives
- Joined handwriting
- Spelling (weekly tests on Friday)
- Joined handwriting
- Spelling (weekly tests on Friday)
Numeracy
- Counting forwards and backwards in 1s, 10s and 100s from any number
-Times tables
- Mental maths skills
- Mental maths skills
- Numbers to 1000 (and beyond)
- 2D and 3D shapes
- Problem solving – practical use of maths
- Problem solving – practical use of maths
- Data handling
- Reading scales
- Compass directions
Science
- Light and Shadows
- Teeth and Eating
I.C.T.
- Word processing
- Finding information
P.E.
- Gymnastics/Dance
- Invasion skills and games
R.E.
- Religion in daily life/Harvest
- Advent/Christmas
P.S.H.E.
- Communication and Participation/Self Awareness
- My Relationships/Valuing Difference
Music
- Descriptive sounds
- Rhythmic patterns
