Year 3 and 4 Summer Term

The Mighty Vikings!

Independence

This term we will be supporting the Year 3s in particular as they learn the new routines and systems of

KS2, while our Year 4s will be continuing to improve their

independence through roles, responsibilities and greater self

reliance.

Self-Belief

This term we will be promoting self belief by celebrating success both in class and as a school. Specific

rewards include Star Writer, Star of the Day and Golden Book child.

Curiosity

Using a ‘creative curriculum’ approach, we will be finding

out about robots this term, and encouraging the children to ask

and answer questions about the benefits and drawbacks of relying on machines to do our

work for us. We will also be exploring ‘family trees’ in RE; both our own family and the

family of Jesus.

Perseverance

Through carefully planned tasks and challenges, we will be

providing opportunities for the children to build resilience and

perseverance, as well as looking for opportunities to celebrate success when children find things difficult

but still keep trying.

Aspiration

As ever, we will be encouraging our children to do their very best

in all that they do, keeping expectations high and sharing

stories of people who have reached for the stars and achieved

their goals, for example, Elvis Presley - our musician of the term.

Communication

Over the next half term we will continue to develop our

communication skills through initiatives such as R-Time,

talking partners, envoy-ing, group work and show and tell.

We will centre our work around the narratives ‘How to Train your Dragon’ and ‘Viking Myths’ by looking at the language and features that the author has used in order to create our descriptive writing and making up our own myths. We will also be creating a non chronological report on Viking Longships.

We will continue to develop our English skills in separate sessions focussing mainly on using a range of fronted adverbials, correct punctuation and grammar and developing the use of vocabulary.

During our reading for meaning sessions, we will continue to think deeply about a range of different text types including; ‘You wouldn’t want to be a Viking Explorer,’ ‘Leon and the Place Between,’ ‘The Man who Walked Between the Two Towers,’ ‘The Eiffel Tower’ and a essay about E-Saftey.

Literacy

The children will be able to ask

questions about what they and others

wonder about how choices are made

and realise that some of these

questions are difficult to answer. They

will be able to compare these to other

people’s ideas to see how they differ.

They will be able to make links to show

how feelings and beliefs affect their

and others’ decisions about choices

and their consequences.

We will look at the story of the ‘Two Sons

and the Prodigal Son,’ use religious words

and phrases to describe saying sorry and

ask forgiveness and the Sacrament of

Reconciliation and a simple examination

of conscience and to write/say a sorry

prayer.

Children will be able to describe some

ways in which followers of Jesus live,

make links between religious stories and

the belief in a loving and forgiving God.

Children will be able to use a developing

religious vocabulary to give reasons for

what happens in the Sacrament of

Reconciliation and will be able to give

reasons why particular Christians make

good choices and follow Jesus.

Children will be able to ask and

respond to questions about their

own and others’ experiences of

Good News bringing life and

wonder about how good news

brings life and happiness. They

will be able to make links to

show how feelings of sadness

and joy, and the belief in the

goodness of others, affects their

own and others’ behaviour.

They will be able to show how

their own and others’ decisions

about receiving and giving good

news are informed by beliefs and

values.

Sound: The children will explore and identify the way sound is made through vibration in a range of different musical instruments focussing on how the Vikings communicated using different instruments. They will discover how the pitch and volume of sounds can be changed in a variety of ways and work scientifically by finding patterns in the sounds that are made by different objects such as saucepan lids of different sizes or elastic bands of different thicknesses. They will also investigate which material provides the best insulation against sound.

Children will collect information about the Vikings using internet searches and apps. They will select the most reliable information and use PowerPoint Presentations and Pic Collage to present their information.

The children will learn and re-call the Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England to the time of Edward the Confessor. This will include learning about Viking raids and invasions. The children will focus on map skills to learn where in Britain the Vikings settled.

Each class will carry out R- Time sessions developing their communication and social skills.

This term, with Mr Karia,

the children will be learning

the rules and playing

Badminton. They will also

improve their flexibility and

core strength in

Gymnastics & Dance.

This term we will look in detail at

a Viking long ship and sketch a

Viking long ship’s prow. As well

as this, we will look at a range of

Viking Patterns and create our

own.

The children will learn a range of

musical pieces in order to learn

to control pitch, volume and

tempo. This will compliment their

science work on how sound

travels and how to create

different tones and pitch. They

will also focus on a famous

musical artist in class and listen

and appraise their music. As well

as this, weekly hymn practise

sessions will take place every

Wednesday afternoon.

The children will learn how to

tell the time in French.

Social

We carry out peer assessment in all subjects. We create opportunities for each child’s voice

and use fair, democratic systems within our classes.

Moral

We have a weekly Bible story reading as a key stage and talk about lessons to be learned from the life of Jesus and other people in the Bible.

Two members of each class are part of the school council.

Spiritual

Our R.E curriculum allows children to explore their own and other beliefs and values and develop an awe and wonder.

Cultural

We will be looking at and how their culture differs from ours. We will also be listening to and

appraising music by Elvis Presley.

SMSC