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Base 3 Learning Journey
Autumn 2020

Maths
We will follow the National Curriculum for year 3 and 4. This term will focus on reviewing key facts from previous years, understanding place value and times tables facts from year 2 and 3.

RE
“She can hear the slish! slosh! of water against its sides.”
This term, we will be learning about water and it place in religion.

English
“She lives in a kind of barge called a narrowboat on a kind of river called a canal. ”
This term, we will use our focus on canals and waterways to write a range of different texts, including:
Non-chronological reports linked to canals and Thomas Telford
Retelling a story
Lyrics for our own folk music
Our focus this will be on our reading skills, eading a wide range of texts and reviewing spelling, punctuation, handwriting and presentation of written work.

History and geography
“She plod, plod, plods along the towpath...and Beetlejuice floats along the canal like a painted swan..”
This term, we will be studying our local history, focussing on the Llangollen canal. We will learn about how and why they were built focussing on the north-west canal systems, how their use has changed over the years and looking for evidence on our field trip. We will also try to answer the question, “Is there any future benefit of the canal system in the UK
We will use field work to identify human geography and record our findings using digital devices and sketch maps. We will also locate and learn about other canals around the world and how their use might be similar and different from the one in our village.

Computing
“She rested her head against her soft white side, and cried.”
Our focus will be on digital literacy and how to use technology safely and respectfully .

Music
“Some of them were playing banjos and mouth-organs.”
We will study folk music and its links to places, stories and people. We will use basic notation to record, compose and play our own folk songs.

Art
“The best thing about living on a boat, better than the rocking at night, better than the castles and roses, better than the splish! splash! of the water on its sides, is Snowy.”
Focussing on a sense of place; a sense of belonging, we will look at various different portraits by artists. We will then use charcoal and rubbers to create our own self-portraits to create light and shade. We will combine these with collage of things which are important to us to celebrate our selves within our classroom.

PE
“her long rope stretches behind her, and Beetle Juice floats along the canal like a painted swan.”
Like Snowy using strength to pull Beetle Juice, in PE the children will be building up their strength and flexibility. We will also learn hockey, dance and netball/basketball.

Science/Design and Technology
“...some of them were just enjoying the sunshine.”
We will be learning about light and dark, how we see, reflection and shadows.
We will also use our learning about canal systems to learn about famous engineers like Thomas Telford and learn about forces.

PSHE
“Mum smiled down at Rachel and held her hand tight and warm.”
We will use The Colour Monster as a basis to focus on emotions and how we are feeling being back in school. We will reinforce our “we all matter” school motto by learning how to make sure there are no outsiders in our school.

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