YEAR 3CURRICULUM INFORMATION

FOCUS VALUE: Celebrating Differences

AUTUMN TERM 22014/15

GEOGRAPHY/INTERNATIONAL:Children will learn about how chocolate is made and where its raw ingredients come from. This will be linked to issues surrounding fair trade,

focusing on our host nation of Ghana.REMINDERS:

Children will be given homework tasks related to our topic, Maths and Literacy. Homework is given

out every Thursday and must be returned by Tuesday the following week. Any problems or

questions, please speak to the Year 3 team: Mrs Powell (3A), Mr Arroyo (3D), Miss Abwooli (3B)

and Mrs Gwaje (3C)Eastbury Primary School

Dawson Avenue, Barking, IG119QQ02082704077 www.eastburyprimary.com

Chocolate HOST NATION: Ghana

SCIENCE:Children will be learning about the science behind

how chocolate is made, exploring melting and cooling points and different states. They will conduct different experiments exploring what

happens when they change one factor.

HISTORY:Children will be learning about the history of

chocolate, its invention and how the manufacture of it has changed over time.

MATHS:Multiplication & Division – recall and use

multiplication and division facts for x6, x7, x8 and x9 tables. Write multiplication sentences involving 6,7,8 and 9. Find division facts by

recalling multiplication facts. Multiply a 2 or 3-digit number by a 1-digit number with regrouping in ones, tens, hundreds and

thousands. Divide a 1 or 2-digit number by a 1-digit number with and without remainder.

Word Problems – solve 2-step word problems on multiplication. Write 2 step word problems.Mental calculations – add a 2-digit number close to 100 to another 2-digit using the “add 100 and subtract the a number strategy”. Use commutative property as a pattern to find a

multiplication fact.

Chocolate ENTRY POINT: W/C 02.11.15EXIT POINT: W/C 18.12.15

ENGLISH:As part of our IPC Topic, ‘Chocolate’, we will be

reading and discussing ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ by Roald Dahl

Non-chronological texts – Understanding and using the features of these texts to create an

information booklet about chocolate.Recipes – Exploring the features of recipes and

writing a recipe for making chocolate.Adverts – looking at different advertising of chocolate and using this to create their own

advertisement for the chocolate bar they have made

ICT:Children will use ICT this term to support their

learning in other subjects and their IPC Topic. They will use computers to carry out research on the

history of chocolate, where the ingredients come from and for researching their favourite chocolate

bars.ART/TECHNOLOGY:

As part of their IPC topic, children will use Art to create posters to advertise chocolate bars they have made and for creating their own chocolate

bar wrappers. They may choose to use different mediums for this, including computer

software. PE: We will be playing various games indoors and outdoors this term such as Court, net and

wall games like netball, football, tennis and basketball.

RE:Children will be exploring the theme of Christmas and how we celebrate it today in comparison with

the original biblical story of the birth of Jesus. They will focus on how chocolate is used as part of a

symbol of Christmas.