Learning Map for Year 3 : Autumn 2018 Theme: Home Sweet Home Please encourage your child to read each day Transportation Dance - Movement of machines - Choreographing routines. Poetry Exploring the different poetry techniques e.g. rhyme, similes, metaphors and alliteration. Looking at performance poetry and ho to effectively preform a poem. DON’T EAT THE TEACHER Looking at the features of a story and how to use them in our own writing . Hockey Internet research and communication. Learning responsible uses of online resources and communication. Newspaper reports Looking at the features of a newspaper. Writing interviews and linking it to the Christmas story. Christmas Crafts. DT PE English Computing Class 3 Home Sweet Home Science Rocks Identifying the different types of rocks and how they are formed. Practicing a fair test by testing rocks permeability. -Learning to accept difference Christmas carols and performances Geography Art Naming and locating the countries and cities of the UK using eight compass points Music PSHE The Four Number Operations -Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division Maths British Art and Artists Exploring illustrations and portraits History Data Handling -Collecting, presenting and analysing data Fractions -Recognising fractions of numbers and shapes -Adding fractions Working with money -Making a profit -Analysing costs -Keeping to budget Advent What is advent and why is it important? What is an advent wreath? What do each of the candles represent? How does this relate to Jesus’ birth? RE Identify how London and the UK have changed over time. Christmas Gifts -Exploring the gifts of Biblical characters at Christmas -Linking to important gifts in our own lives