3/4 Homework and Subject Learning
Driver project: Misty mountain, winding river.
In the Misty Mountain, Winding River project, your child will learn about the characteristics and physical processes of rivers, including how they shape the landscape over time, their significance around the world and the impact of flooding. They will learn how to use the eight points of a compass, four and six-figure grid references, symbols and a key to locate and plot geographical places and features on a map, as well as how contour lines are used to show the topography of an area. They will have the opportunity to learn about the stages of the water cycle and about mountains and their different formations, studying mountain ranges in the United Kingdom and around the world. They will also learn about habitats and how human and natural influences can have an impact on the environment.
| Novel study |
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
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| Geography |
Interconnected world This essential skills and knowledge project teaches children about compass points and four and six-figure grid references. They learn about the tropics and the countries, climates and culture of North and South America. Children identify physical features in the United Kingdom and learn about the National Rail and canal networks. They conduct an enquiry to prove a hypothesis, gathering data from maps and surveys before drawing conclusions. |
| Science |
In the States of Matter project, your child will identify and classify solids, liquids and gases. They will learn the properties of solids, liquids and gases and discover that some materials have properties of more than one state. They will learn that particles make up all matter and how their arrangement determines whether the material is a solid, liquid or gas. They will find that materials can change from one state to another and learn about how materials can change state. They will use thermometers to measure the temperature of water and observe what happens when water changes state. They will investigate melting ice and record their data on graphs. They will also learn about melting and boiling points, researching various materials' melting and boiling points. |
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Art |
Vista This project teaches children about the techniques that artists use when composing landscape images, such as colour and atmosphere. |
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DT |
Functional and fancy fabric. This project teaches children about home furnishings and the significant designer William Morris. They learn techniques for decorating fabric, including block printing, hemming and embroidery and use them to design and make a fabric sample. |
| Music |
Berkshire Maestros Violin lessons Glockenspiels 1 Moonlight Sonata |
| PE |
Invasion Games - Hockey Circuit training |
| PSHE |
Dreams and Goals |
| RE |
Islam Does completing a pilgrimage make a person a better Muslim? Christianity Is forgiveness always possible for Christians? (Easter) |
| French |
Getting to know you |
| Computers |
Branching databases |
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Homework
KIRFs |
Daily reading - reading diaries will be checked each morning. Both year groups will be set regular additional assignments on DoodleSpell and DoodleMaths to complement their daily learning. There may be additional home learning activities, linked to Topic learning as required.
Year 3 - I know the multiplication and division facts for the 4 times table Year 4 - I know the multiplication and division facts for the 7 and 9 times tables |
