The Meadows Primary School Curriculum Planning â KS2 2016 - 2017
The Meadows Primary School Curriculum Planning – KS2 2016 - 2017 Term 2 Spanish Christmas – Year 3
Week beginning Week 1 31st October (INSET DAY) FAITH WEEK
Maths
English
Additional curriculum areas
Culture, Community and Me
Fractions, Decimals, Percentages:
Children will be exploring Judaism and reflecting on their trip to the synagogue last term, before producing an information leaflet on what they have learnt.
Art (H and B pencils; oil pastels; watercolours and salt):
RE (Judaism): Key Questions: What is the purpose and value of a sacred place? How does a holy place help people worship? What different genres make up sacred texts? How do places of worship and worship practices differ within and between religions?
3.3.a.1 Recognise, find and write fractions of a discrete set of objects: unit fractions with small denominators
Non-fiction: Non-Chronological Reports
Bonfire Night What is important to people of the Jewish faith?
Reading – non-fiction: 3.2.i.1 Retrieve and record information from non-fiction
Fractions, Decimals, Percentages: Week 2 7th November Remembrance Day Where is Spain?
3.3.a.2 Recognise, find and write fractions of a discrete set of objects, non-unit fractions with small denominators 3.3.c.3 Recognise and use fractions as numbers: unit fractions and nonunit fractions with small denominators
I know how to use a sketchbook to collect information and resources to make choices about my work. I know how to adapt and improve my own work. I know how to investigate and use the qualities of different materials. I know how to sketch.
Planning and drafting: 3.2.b.1 Plan their writing by: discussing and recording ideas
French: 30 mins a week
Children will be exploring the features of non-chronological reports, before writing their own report on Christmas in Spain.
Geography:
Non-fiction: Non-Chronological Reports
PE: coached session
I know some geographical differences through human and physical study of a European country (Spain), naming the main features (e.g. rivers, seas, cities, topography, towns, coasts, tourism).
Familiarity of texts: 3.2.b.2 Develop positive attitudes to reading and understanding of what they read by: identifying and discussing themes and conventions in a wide range of writing
I know how to use maps, atlases and globes to describe features studied locate countries.
Contexts for writing: 3.2.a.1 Plan their writing by: discussing writing similar to that which they are planning to write in order to understand and learn from its structure, vocabulary, and grammar
French: 30 mins a week
I know and can describe reasons for why some physical and human features are where they are.
PE: coached session
Planning and drafting: 3.2.b.3 Draft and write by: organising paragraphs around a theme
3.2.b.5 Draft and write by: in nonnarrative material, using simple organisational devices: e.g. headings and sub-headings
Grammar: 3.3.b.1 Develop their understanding of the concepts set out in English Appendix 2 by: choosing nouns or pronouns appropriately for clarity and cohesion and to avoid repetition Statistics: Week 3 14th November How is Christmas celebrated in Spain?
3.1.1 Interpret bar charts, pictograms and tables
Non-fiction: Non-Chronological Reports Planning and drafting:
3.2.1 Present data in bar charts, pictograms and tables
3.2.b.1 Plan their writing by: discussing and recording ideas
3.3.1 Solve problems with one or two steps using scaled bar charts, pictograms and tables
3.2.b.3 Draft and write by: organising paragraphs around a theme
3.2.b.5 Draft and write by: in nonnarrative material, using simple
As part of this term’s ‘Spanish Christmas’ topic, children will be learning to effectively use search technologies to research the subject and produce their own non-chronological reports. ICT: Children will develop their understanding of computer networks, including the internet. They will learn to use search technologies effectively, appreciating how results can be selected and ranked, and be discerning in evaluating digital content.
organisational devices: e.g. headings and sub-headings
Editing writing: 3.2.c.1 Evaluate and edit by: assessing the effectiveness of their own and others’ writing and suggesting improvements
I know how to search and use information from a range of sources. I know how to make decisions about the usefulness of information.
French: 30 mins a week PE: coached session
Grammar: 3.3.b.2 Develop their understanding of the concepts set out in English Appendix 2 by: extending the range of sentences with more than one clause by using a wider range of conjunctions, including when, if, because, although Geometry: Week 4 21st November How is Christmas celebrated in Spain?
3.1.1 Draw 2-D shapes with straight sides measured in cm 3.2.2 Describe 2-D shapes using accurate language, including lengths of lines and angles greater or less than a right angle
Children will be exploring the features of play-scripts. They will read the story ‘Little Robin Red Vest’ by Jan Fearnley (in English and Spanish), and then use this story to write their own play-script.
Over the next two weeks, children will be working in groups to design and create their own ‘portal de Belén’ or ‘Christmas Nativity Scene’, a typical feature found in Spanish homes during the Christmas period. Art (Sculpture): I know how to communicate my ideas and meanings.
Fiction: Play-Scripts Contexts for writing: 3.2.a.1 Plan their writing by: discussing writing similar to that which they are planning to write in order to understand and learn from its structure, vocabulary, and grammar Planning and drafting: 3.2.b.2 Draft and write by: composing and rehearsing sentences orally (including dialogue), progressively building a varied and rich vocabulary and an increasing range of sentence structures (English Appendix 2)
I know how to describe the work of others commenting on ideas and purpose. I know how to use a sketchbook to collect information and resources in order to make choices about my work. I know how to investigate and use the qualities of different materials. I know how to add materials to create texture, feeling and movement. ICT: Children will learn to share information that they have found out about Christmas in Spain.
Grammar: 3.3.c.1 Inverted commas to punctuate direct speech
I know how to use communication tools to share and exchange ideas with others.
French: 30 mins a week PE: coached session
Week 5 28th November How is Christmas celebrated in Spain?
Geometry:
Fiction: Play-Scripts
3.2.1 Identify horizontal and vertical lines and pairs of perpendicular and parallel lines
Planning and drafting: 3.2.b.2 Draft and write by: composing and rehearsing sentences orally (including dialogue), progressively building a varied and rich vocabulary and an increasing range of sentence structures (English Appendix 2)
3.3.1 Identify right angles, recognise that two right angles make a halfturn, three make three quarters of a turn and four a complete turn 3.3.2 Identify whether angles are greater than or less than a right angle
Performing writing: 3.2.d.1 Read aloud their own writing, to a group or the whole class, using appropriate intonation and controlling the tone and volume so that the meaning is clear
Children will have researched typical Spanish Christmas foods; this week they will have a go at making some of them. D&T: I know how to generate ideas. I understand seasonality. I know how to prepare a variety of ingredients to produce predominantly savoury dishes. French: 30 mins a week PE: coached session
Editing writing: 3.2.c.2 Evaluate and edit by: proposing changes to grammar and vocabulary to improve consistency, including the accurate use of pronouns in sentences
Week 6 5th December How does Christmas in Spain differ to how we celebrate in Britain?
Number, place value and rounding, approximation and estimation:
3.1.a.3 Count from 0 in multiples of 4, 8 and 50 3.1.b.2 Read and write numbers up to 1000 in numerals and in words
Grammar: 3.3.b.5 Use the correct form of ‘a’ or ‘an’ Children will explore the features of an explanatory text, before creating a booklet / poster which answers the question ‘What is un portal de Belén?’
Children will be learning a Spanish Christmas carol, which will be performed at the end-of-term carol concert.
Non-fiction: Explanatory Texts
I know how to control my voice.
Contexts for writing:
Music:
3.1.b.3 Identify, represent and estimate numbers to 1000 using different representations and partitioning in different ways
3.2.a.1 Plan their writing by: discussing writing similar to that which they are planning to write in order to understand and learn from its structure, vocabulary, and grammar Planning and drafting:
I know how to sing in tune with expression. I know how to perform with control and awareness of what others in the group are singing or playing. French: 30 mins a week PE: coached session
3.2.b.3 Draft and write by: organising paragraphs around a theme
3.2.b.5 Draft and write by: in nonnarrative material, using simple organisational devices: e.g. headings and sub-headings
Grammar: 3.3.b.3 Develop their understanding of the concepts set out in English Appendix 2 by: using conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions to express time and cause
Week 7 12th December How does Christmas in Spain differ to how we celebrate in Britain?
Addition:
Non-fiction: Explanatory Texts
Music:
3.2.a.1 Use understanding of place value and partitioning to develop methods for addition with larger numbers
Planning and drafting:
I know how to control my voice.
3.2.b.1 Plan their writing by: discussing and recording ideas
I know how to sing in tune with expression.
3.2.c.1 Solve problems including missing number problems, using place value and more complex addition 3.2.e.1 Add and subtract numbers with up to three digits, using formal columnar methods of addition
3.2.b.3 Draft and write by: organising paragraphs around a theme
3.2.b.5 Draft and write by: in nonnarrative material, using simple organisational devices: e.g. headings and sub-headings
Editing writing: 3.2.c.1 Evaluate and edit by: assessing the effectiveness of their own and others’ writing and suggesting improvements
Grammar: 3.3.b.3 Develop their understanding of the concepts set out in English Appendix 2 by: using conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions to express time and cause
I know how to perform with control and awareness of what others in the group are singing or playing. French: 30 mins a week PE: coached session
KS2 Christmas Carol Concert
Week beginning Week 1 31st October (INSET DAY) FAITH WEEK
Maths
English
Additional curriculum areas
Culture, Community and Me
Fractions, Decimals, Percentages:
Children will be exploring Judaism and reflecting on their trip to the synagogue last term, before producing an information leaflet on what they have learnt.
Art (H and B pencils; oil pastels; watercolours and salt):
RE (Judaism): Key Questions: What is the purpose and value of a sacred place? How does a holy place help people worship? What different genres make up sacred texts? How do places of worship and worship practices differ within and between religions?
3.3.a.1 Recognise, find and write fractions of a discrete set of objects: unit fractions with small denominators
Non-fiction: Non-Chronological Reports
Bonfire Night What is important to people of the Jewish faith?
Reading – non-fiction: 3.2.i.1 Retrieve and record information from non-fiction
Fractions, Decimals, Percentages: Week 2 7th November Remembrance Day Where is Spain?
3.3.a.2 Recognise, find and write fractions of a discrete set of objects, non-unit fractions with small denominators 3.3.c.3 Recognise and use fractions as numbers: unit fractions and nonunit fractions with small denominators
I know how to use a sketchbook to collect information and resources to make choices about my work. I know how to adapt and improve my own work. I know how to investigate and use the qualities of different materials. I know how to sketch.
Planning and drafting: 3.2.b.1 Plan their writing by: discussing and recording ideas
French: 30 mins a week
Children will be exploring the features of non-chronological reports, before writing their own report on Christmas in Spain.
Geography:
Non-fiction: Non-Chronological Reports
PE: coached session
I know some geographical differences through human and physical study of a European country (Spain), naming the main features (e.g. rivers, seas, cities, topography, towns, coasts, tourism).
Familiarity of texts: 3.2.b.2 Develop positive attitudes to reading and understanding of what they read by: identifying and discussing themes and conventions in a wide range of writing
I know how to use maps, atlases and globes to describe features studied locate countries.
Contexts for writing: 3.2.a.1 Plan their writing by: discussing writing similar to that which they are planning to write in order to understand and learn from its structure, vocabulary, and grammar
French: 30 mins a week
I know and can describe reasons for why some physical and human features are where they are.
PE: coached session
Planning and drafting: 3.2.b.3 Draft and write by: organising paragraphs around a theme
3.2.b.5 Draft and write by: in nonnarrative material, using simple organisational devices: e.g. headings and sub-headings
Grammar: 3.3.b.1 Develop their understanding of the concepts set out in English Appendix 2 by: choosing nouns or pronouns appropriately for clarity and cohesion and to avoid repetition Statistics: Week 3 14th November How is Christmas celebrated in Spain?
3.1.1 Interpret bar charts, pictograms and tables
Non-fiction: Non-Chronological Reports Planning and drafting:
3.2.1 Present data in bar charts, pictograms and tables
3.2.b.1 Plan their writing by: discussing and recording ideas
3.3.1 Solve problems with one or two steps using scaled bar charts, pictograms and tables
3.2.b.3 Draft and write by: organising paragraphs around a theme
3.2.b.5 Draft and write by: in nonnarrative material, using simple
As part of this term’s ‘Spanish Christmas’ topic, children will be learning to effectively use search technologies to research the subject and produce their own non-chronological reports. ICT: Children will develop their understanding of computer networks, including the internet. They will learn to use search technologies effectively, appreciating how results can be selected and ranked, and be discerning in evaluating digital content.
organisational devices: e.g. headings and sub-headings
Editing writing: 3.2.c.1 Evaluate and edit by: assessing the effectiveness of their own and others’ writing and suggesting improvements
I know how to search and use information from a range of sources. I know how to make decisions about the usefulness of information.
French: 30 mins a week PE: coached session
Grammar: 3.3.b.2 Develop their understanding of the concepts set out in English Appendix 2 by: extending the range of sentences with more than one clause by using a wider range of conjunctions, including when, if, because, although Geometry: Week 4 21st November How is Christmas celebrated in Spain?
3.1.1 Draw 2-D shapes with straight sides measured in cm 3.2.2 Describe 2-D shapes using accurate language, including lengths of lines and angles greater or less than a right angle
Children will be exploring the features of play-scripts. They will read the story ‘Little Robin Red Vest’ by Jan Fearnley (in English and Spanish), and then use this story to write their own play-script.
Over the next two weeks, children will be working in groups to design and create their own ‘portal de Belén’ or ‘Christmas Nativity Scene’, a typical feature found in Spanish homes during the Christmas period. Art (Sculpture): I know how to communicate my ideas and meanings.
Fiction: Play-Scripts Contexts for writing: 3.2.a.1 Plan their writing by: discussing writing similar to that which they are planning to write in order to understand and learn from its structure, vocabulary, and grammar Planning and drafting: 3.2.b.2 Draft and write by: composing and rehearsing sentences orally (including dialogue), progressively building a varied and rich vocabulary and an increasing range of sentence structures (English Appendix 2)
I know how to describe the work of others commenting on ideas and purpose. I know how to use a sketchbook to collect information and resources in order to make choices about my work. I know how to investigate and use the qualities of different materials. I know how to add materials to create texture, feeling and movement. ICT: Children will learn to share information that they have found out about Christmas in Spain.
Grammar: 3.3.c.1 Inverted commas to punctuate direct speech
I know how to use communication tools to share and exchange ideas with others.
French: 30 mins a week PE: coached session
Week 5 28th November How is Christmas celebrated in Spain?
Geometry:
Fiction: Play-Scripts
3.2.1 Identify horizontal and vertical lines and pairs of perpendicular and parallel lines
Planning and drafting: 3.2.b.2 Draft and write by: composing and rehearsing sentences orally (including dialogue), progressively building a varied and rich vocabulary and an increasing range of sentence structures (English Appendix 2)
3.3.1 Identify right angles, recognise that two right angles make a halfturn, three make three quarters of a turn and four a complete turn 3.3.2 Identify whether angles are greater than or less than a right angle
Performing writing: 3.2.d.1 Read aloud their own writing, to a group or the whole class, using appropriate intonation and controlling the tone and volume so that the meaning is clear
Children will have researched typical Spanish Christmas foods; this week they will have a go at making some of them. D&T: I know how to generate ideas. I understand seasonality. I know how to prepare a variety of ingredients to produce predominantly savoury dishes. French: 30 mins a week PE: coached session
Editing writing: 3.2.c.2 Evaluate and edit by: proposing changes to grammar and vocabulary to improve consistency, including the accurate use of pronouns in sentences
Week 6 5th December How does Christmas in Spain differ to how we celebrate in Britain?
Number, place value and rounding, approximation and estimation:
3.1.a.3 Count from 0 in multiples of 4, 8 and 50 3.1.b.2 Read and write numbers up to 1000 in numerals and in words
Grammar: 3.3.b.5 Use the correct form of ‘a’ or ‘an’ Children will explore the features of an explanatory text, before creating a booklet / poster which answers the question ‘What is un portal de Belén?’
Children will be learning a Spanish Christmas carol, which will be performed at the end-of-term carol concert.
Non-fiction: Explanatory Texts
I know how to control my voice.
Contexts for writing:
Music:
3.1.b.3 Identify, represent and estimate numbers to 1000 using different representations and partitioning in different ways
3.2.a.1 Plan their writing by: discussing writing similar to that which they are planning to write in order to understand and learn from its structure, vocabulary, and grammar Planning and drafting:
I know how to sing in tune with expression. I know how to perform with control and awareness of what others in the group are singing or playing. French: 30 mins a week PE: coached session
3.2.b.3 Draft and write by: organising paragraphs around a theme
3.2.b.5 Draft and write by: in nonnarrative material, using simple organisational devices: e.g. headings and sub-headings
Grammar: 3.3.b.3 Develop their understanding of the concepts set out in English Appendix 2 by: using conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions to express time and cause
Week 7 12th December How does Christmas in Spain differ to how we celebrate in Britain?
Addition:
Non-fiction: Explanatory Texts
Music:
3.2.a.1 Use understanding of place value and partitioning to develop methods for addition with larger numbers
Planning and drafting:
I know how to control my voice.
3.2.b.1 Plan their writing by: discussing and recording ideas
I know how to sing in tune with expression.
3.2.c.1 Solve problems including missing number problems, using place value and more complex addition 3.2.e.1 Add and subtract numbers with up to three digits, using formal columnar methods of addition
3.2.b.3 Draft and write by: organising paragraphs around a theme
3.2.b.5 Draft and write by: in nonnarrative material, using simple organisational devices: e.g. headings and sub-headings
Editing writing: 3.2.c.1 Evaluate and edit by: assessing the effectiveness of their own and others’ writing and suggesting improvements
Grammar: 3.3.b.3 Develop their understanding of the concepts set out in English Appendix 2 by: using conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions to express time and cause
I know how to perform with control and awareness of what others in the group are singing or playing. French: 30 mins a week PE: coached session
KS2 Christmas Carol Concert
