Key texts Escape from Pompeii Christina Balit The

Key texts Escape from Pompeii Christina Balit The Secrets of Vesuvius Caroline Lawrence The Fatal Fire Terry Deary. What the Romans did for us Alison Hawes Maths Our aims for the Autumn term will be to gain a secure understanding of place value and the four operations (+/-/X/÷). There will be opportunities to work on position and direction. We will also look at problem-solving and reasoning activities. Friday Focus In Term 1, Y 4 will have Well. PSHE Being Warriors, Y 3 will have ICT lessons with Miss Mewett. In Term 2, Y 4 will have Farm school with Mr Shergold , Y 3 will become ‘Wellbeing Warriors’ with our Active Primary Sports coach. English – possible writing outcomes from key texts: Newspaper articles Information texts based on settings Diary entries from different characters Instructions Retelling and adapting the story. - Roman Invaders Chestnut Class Autumn Term RE – key questions: What is the good news that Jesus brings? Why does Christmas matter to Christians? PSHE – new beginnings: Developing children’s empathy, self-awareness, social skills and motivation. Science – Famous scientists Explore how scientists have made a difference. Find out about inventions and scientific discoveries. Identify how scientists have made changes to our lives Geography and History. This term will mainly cover History and the class will learn to: - Sequence events and artefacts and describe similarities and differences in artefacts - Give reasons why changes have occurred in the past Ask questions such as why, what, who, how and where about a source. Art and DT The class will design, make and evaluate products based on ideas gained from texts and topic.

Task 1: Make a fact file about one of the Emperors of Rome. W 2 – 14. 09. 2020 • Spellings Year 3. Unhappy, Unseen, Undo, Dislike, Disagree Year 4. treasure, measure, pleasure, enclosure, closure. • 5 x reads • 4 x tables including multiples of 10. W 3 – 21. 09. 2020 • Spellings Year 3. doesn’t, can’t, I’ve, I’ll, there’s. Year 4. difficult, circle, earth, eight, decide’ • 5 x reads • 3 x Tables including multiples of 10. Friday 25 th September Task 2: Create a timeline showing some of the important events during the Roman period. W 4 – 28. 09. 2020 • Spellings Year 3. ate, made, brake, male, mane. Year 4. William’s, Charlie’s, Tel’s, Alannah’s, Jerry’s. • 5 x reads • 3 x Tables including multiples of 10. W 5 – 05. 10. 2020 • Spellings Year 3. mail, sail, tail, main, wait. Year 4. peace, piece, main, mane, ate. • 5 x reads • 6 x Tables including multiples of 10. Friday 9 th October Task 3: Make a poster showing the Roman number system. W 6 – 12. 10. 2020 • Spellings Year 3. arrive, build, centre, circle, decide. Year 4. notice, often, opposite, popular, learn. • 5 x reads • 6 x Tables including multiples of 10. W 7 – 19. 10. 2020 • Spellings Year 3. break, brake, grate, great, eight. Year 4. famous, build, century, favourite, October. • 5 x reads • 5 x Tables including all multiples of 10. Friday 23 rd October Homework tasks for the term