Ahlberg
Year 3-Ahlberg Class
Welcome to the Spring Term!
Welcome to The Spring term and our new Topic.
Over the next six weeks those of us in Ahlberg class will be following a unit of work called ‘Temples, Tombs and Treasures’ which focuses on ancient civilisations.
This unit of work is part of the International Primary Curriculum. This curriculum sets out very clearly what children will learn – the learning goals – in three different areas:
1. The subjects of the curriculum – The learning goals for each of these subjects are at least as challenging as anything taught in the UK curriculum. In many cases, the learning goals are more challenging.
2. Personal development – The characteristics which will help children become more responsible, independent learners.
3. International understanding – This will help children develop both a sense of the independence of their own country and culture and the interdependence between countries and cultures.
Each unit of work is based around speciļ¬c targets derived from the learning goals for one or more of the subjects.
During this unit we will be focusing on History, Physical Education, Music, Art and International.
In History, we’ll be finding out:
- Why rivers were important to ancient civilisations
- What daily life was like in Ancient Egypt
- How to write using Egyptian hieroglyphics
- About the different rulers of Egypt
- About Ancient Egyptian religion and burials
- How the Ancient Egyptians might have built the pyramids
- About the treasures discovered in Tutankhamun’s tomb
- How to use different sources to find out about Ancient Sumer
- How to compare life in Ancient Sumer with life in Ancient Egypt
In Music, we’ll be finding out:
- About the instruments used in Ancient Egypt and Ancient Sumer
- How to create our own music to retell a story from an ancient civilization
In Art, we’ll be finding out:
- How to plan and create our own tomb wall painting
- How to make an Ancient Egyptian headdress
In International, we’ll be finding out:
- How to plan an Ancient Egyptian celebration to share with friends and family
Teaching in a thematic way, the national curriculum requirements of English, Maths, Science, RE and Music will be interwoven with our topic learning. In English we will be looking at a range of fiction, non-fiction and poetry texts and developing our understanding of spellings, punctuation and grammar. In Numeracy, we will be developing and applying the number system, securing numerical fluency and calculating. We will also be exploring fractions, measure, statistics and understanding geometry (properties of shape).
We already know the interest you take in your child’s work. If you can, please discuss with your child the work they have done as the term progresses and let them teach you.
If your child has some work to research, please help them, but without actually doing the work. If you have the chance to further their interest in the ideas of this theme please take it, but your enthusiasm and interest is most important.
PE
PE kits (sky blue polo-top with school badge, plain royal blue shorts, trainers, royal blue track suit) should be kept in school all week in case of timetable changes. For health and safety reasons earrings and watches should be removed for all PE lessons and long hair must be tied up.
Homework
This term in Year 3 we will send a homework folder home which contains a reading record and spelling practice booklet.
Reading
Please read with your child every night for 10-15 minutes and make comments in the reading record.
Curriculum activity
Given out on Wednesday - Returned on Monday
Doodlemaths
The children will have daily questions to answer.
Spelling/ Mental Maths
Given out on Friday - Returned on Wednesday
Swimming
On a Wednesday morning the children will have their swimming lessons at Hatfield swimming centre. Their swimming kits will need to be in school every Wednesday morning and they will go home the same day for washing and drying.
If you have any concerns, or questions regarding your child, please do not hesitate to come and speak to me any day after school or make an appointment at the school office.
In Ahlberg, across the week, we have Mr Woolin, Mrs Hatchman, Mrs Bell, Mrs Donnelly, Miss Pepechkova and Mrs Bissmire helping us with our learning.
Kind regards,
Mrs Patis
