Key Stage 3

Autumn Term 2017

3T

Miss Treska

CURRICULUM INFORMATIONSubject: EnglishTopic: Macbeth

Instructor or Teacher: Miss Gosha TreskaClass: 3T

Skills students will be developing: Fine motor skills and handwriting. Matching skills including matching picture to picture, picture to symbol and picture/symbol to word. Reading skills, including comprehension Speaking and listening skills, including role play. Communication skills Working as part of a group / in pairs / turn-taking.

Brief description of activities: Reading simplified versions of Macbeth, supported by visuals and signing. visual storybooks and tactile stories Recreate the stories through role play. Ordering events in the stories. Creating artwork related to the stories Completing simple reading comprehension activities Handwriting and name formation activities personalised according to the students’ needs Independent reading activities supported by phonics, functional reading, letter recognition, Communication activities including speech development activities and supporting the students’ existing

communication systems.

Subject vocabulary: Play, man, woman, boy, girl, king, queen, items of clothing, colours, dagger, blood, murder, witch, spell,

curse.

CURRICULUM INFORMATIONSubject: Maths

Topic: time Instructor or Teacher: Miss Gosha Treska

Class: 3T

Skills students will be developing: Students will develop matching and sorting skills. Students will develop fine motor skills necessary to complete puzzle, stacking up and peg tasks. Students will develop understanding of terminology used in Maths lessons including very simple concepts,

i.e. in and out or more. Students will develop number formation skills. Students will develop their numeracy skills including number sequencing, counting and counting out

amounts, simple addition, subtraction and fractions. Students will develop their awareness of time and ability to sequence activities and routines, will develop

understanding of the passing time Students will develop skills to repeat and continue a repeating pattern Students will sort and compare objects by height, length and weight

Students will develop understanding of the process of buying and money exchange, they will learn how to choose the right change

Students will develop simple problem solving skills

Brief Description of Activities:Our topics this term is number, time, measurement, problem solving and sequence, position and movement.

Students will have weekly sessions focusing on individually differentiated numeracy work, Developing understanding of time where students will sequence activities and daily routines. session continuing on developing numeracy skills including counting and using money comparing a range of objects using terms heavy, light, heavier, lighter, grams, kilograms Students will use a range of objects to copy and continue repeating patterns. Students will solve simple solving skills to promote their independence Students will solve simple problem solving skills improving their understanding of position and movement

Subject vocabulary: Prepositions of place, first, next, last, long, short, tall, big, little, heavy, light, more, less, one, lots, pattern,

time, clock, before, after, numbers and colours, up, down, on, next to, in, under, gram, kilogram,

CURRICULUM INFORMATIONSubject: Computing

Topic: Multimedia Presentations or Mouse and Keyboard skillsTeacher: Mr Adrian Pascu

Class: 3T

Skills students will be developing: Mouse skills using 2Simple draw, purple mash and help kidz learn. Problem solving Communication skills Technical skills

Brief Description of Activities: Learning about the basic computer system. Researching about computer systems With support, creating presentations about preferred electronic device. Taking part in quizzes Saving and storing work to the school network

Subject vocabulary: Computer system, inputs, outputs, storage, save, safety, network, drag and drop, viruses.

CURRICULUM INFORMATIONSubject: RE

Topic: domestic church, myself, families

Teacher: Miss Gosha TreskaClass: 3T

Skills students will be developing: Their understanding of the concepts family, myself and church Their knowledge about different types of families and families around the world Knowledge how to be kind to others Skills helping students to be come

Brief Description of Activities:Our topic this term is domestic church, myself, families

Students will learn about families, church as a big family and different family units Students will participate in sensory meditation and calming activities Students will be encouraged to be kind and help each other Students will participate in activities helping them become more active members of their community

Subject vocabulary: Family members, love, care, kind, church, calm, myself, me, I,

CURRICULUM INFORMATIONSubject: PSHE/C

Topic: people who help usMobility

Staying safeTeacher: Miss Gosha Treska

Class: 3T

Skills students will be developing: Their knowledge of safety at home and at school Their knowledge of safety outside and on public transport The understanding of how to say no and stating their preference An awareness of traffic when crossing the road. Basic self-help skills Independence skills Understanding people who can help in the community and at school

Brief Description of Activities:Our topic this term is people who help us.

Students will learn about safety at home and how to make the environment safe Students will learn about safety when out and possible dangers and how to avoid them Students will learn about who can help them in various situations. Students will engage in a range of sensory activities to help reinforce learning. Students will use our mobility bike track on school premises to practise crossing the road and using the road

safely

Subject vocabulary: Danger, safe, hot, cold, fire, careful, bus, train, plane, slowly, careful, help, home, school, road, stop, look,

listen, car, safe, community workers

.CURRICULUM INFORMATION

Subject: scienceTopic: electricity

Instructor or Teacher: Miss Gosha TreskaClass: 3T

Skills students will be developing: Their understanding of how electricity works How to use electricity safely Knowledge about dangers when using electricity Independence skills when using household appliances Independence skills when turning appliances and battery-operated toys on and off Practical skills when using household appliances, i.e. changing a battery in a remote control

Brief Description of Activities:Our topic this term is electricity

Students will learn about safety at home and how to make the environment safe Students will learn about safety when out and possible dangers and how to avoid them Students will learn about who can help them in various situations. Students will engage in a range of sensory activities to help reinforce learning. Students will use our mobility bike track on school premises to practise crossing the road and using the road

safely

Subject vocabulary: Plug, socket, switch, electricity, safe, dangerous, battery, wire, names of various household appliances, on,

off, broken

CURRICULUM INFORMATIONSubject: ART

Teacher: Mrs NayyarClass: 3T

Skills students will be developing: To identify different colours in the environment. To discover natural and man-made colours.

To identify colours used in works of art. To analyse works of art. To take part in classroom discussions. Will contribute to class room routines by setting up and putting away materials.

To work both independently and collaboratively. To mix secondary and tertiary colours using primary. To understand the difference between warm and cool colours. To discover the difference between colour and tones. To learn to make light and dark shades. To increase their proficiency in the handling of different materials. To analyse and evaluate their own work, and that of others, in order to strengthen the visual impact or

applications of their work.

Brief Description of Activities: To observe primary colours in the environment. To match, label, name different colours. To analyse works of art- look at Picasso’s blue period and Van Gogh’s use of warm and cool colours. To paint examples of secondary and tertiary colours using primary colours. Will use water to make light shades of black. To look at works of art and answer questions about the colours they can observe. To paint a colour wheel using primary, secondary and tertiary colours. To paint a monochrome bar.

Subject vocabulary: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, colour wheel, warm and cool colours, Picasso, Van Gogh, artists, colours,

monochrome, light, dark, tones, monochrome, water, watercolours, paint brush.

CURRICULUM INFORMATION Subject: DT

Teacher: Mrs Nayyar Class: 3T

Skills students will be developing: To analyse different products. To take part in classroom discussions. Will contribute in class room routines by setting up and putting away materials. To work both independently and collaboratively. To design and create a product to meet ‘needs’ and ‘wants’. Develop an understanding of ways to critique, evaluate and test their ideas and products and the work of

others. Use research and exploration, such as the study of different cultures, to identify and understand user needs. To discover ways of modify products. To meet the demands of a brief. To discover different types of jewellery and art from Egypt. To respond to an artist’s exhibition.

To test, evaluate and refine their ideas and products against a specification, taking into account the views of intended users and other interested groups.

Brief Description of Activities: To design create a robot wall hanging for the Science Museum shop. To cut shapes and join them together to

create parts of a robot. To tie together pieces of wood to create a wall hanging. Will cut and combine shapes to create a 2d paper robot. To cut and assemble various sponges shapes to create a bath toy shaped like a robot.

To join lollipop sticks together to create different parts of a robot. To print on a canvas bag, to create a printing block by cutting and sticking pieces of string on a cardboard

block. To print geometric patterns on a on a scarf. To model their creations: jewellery and scarves. To look at various jewellery from Egypt and join various materials such as paper, sequins, cardboard and

string together to create a choker necklace and bracelet.

Subject vocabulary: Robot, design, product, museum, wood, colour, testing, British Museum, Tate museum, exhibition, artists,

canvas bags, pencil case, jewellery, Egypt.

CURRICULUM INFORMATIONSubject: History

Topic: Making of the United Kingdom 1500 – 1750Teacher: Mr Tomasz Kacperski

Class: 3T

Skills students will be developing: Chronological understanding; using dates, vocabulary and conventions that describes historical periods and

the passage of time. Historical inquiry; asking questioning about the past. An understanding of experiences, ideas, beliefs and attitudes of men, women and children in past societies

and how this have shape the world. Use a range of sources to communicate about the past and present. Visual recognition of people and events in the past. Reading skills including use of symbols and picture cues to identify events and people in the past.

Brief Description of Activities: Use images/CD ROMs/Role-play/discussions to investigate major events and personalities e.g. Henry VIII. Use images/CD ROM/Role-play/discussions to explore the way of life of people at different levels of society

e.g. Rich and poor people in 1500. Use images/CD ROMs/Role-play/discussions to explore some of the major political, social and religious

changes that shaped the history of Britain e.g. Civil War, formation of the United Kingdom, different groups in society and the religious tension between Catholics and Protestants.

Subject vocabulary: words associated with time, e.g. old, new, leading to older, oldest, newer, newest, today, a long time ago,

ancient, history, next, before, after, now, then, the past, the present, key words associated with the United Kingdom 1500-1750, e.g. King, Queen, beheaded, Henry 8, Charles 1,

rich, poor, Catholic, Protestant, Civil War, Parliament, ruffle, corset, executioner, royalist, parliamentarians, roundheads, Cavaliers.

CURRICULUM INFORMATIONSubject: Music

Topic: African Music and ChristmasTeacher: Petra Voniatis

Class: 3T

Skills students will be developing: Instrument specific skills – African drums and other tuned/unturned percussions, Piano keyboards. Singing and signing - Social skills, promote self-expression, develop communication skills. Develop rhythmic ability. Listening and recognising salient features in music. Performance skills – develop self - confidence, role of the audience. Learning how to read a simple graphic score using letters and colours – literacy skills. Improvisational and compositional skills.

Brief Description of Activities: Rhythmic circle activities using percussions and African drums, incorporating, call and response, creating

their own rhythms, revising the musical elements, tempo, dynamics, pitch, timbre. Listening/watching extracts of African traditional music and identifying instruments through choices of

pictures. Singing traditional African songs and dancing/ making movement to African music. Play African percussions and drums – keeping a beat, call and response, dynamics and tempo. Performing and rehearsing as a group using tuned and un-tuned percussion, following simple music notation

using colours and letters to represent different notes and keys and following a leader.

Subject vocabulary: Instruments: African Percussions- Djembe drum, Piano keyboards, Xylophone - Balafon, Glockenspiel,

Maracas (shakers), claves, guiro (scraper). Musical elements: Pitch (high/low), tempo (fast/slow), dynamics (loud/quiet), melody (tune), call and

response (copy), rhythm, performance. Master drummer, A cappella, gospel, Musical instruments: Djembe, Sakara, Talking drum, Double bells, Shekere

CURRICULUM INFORMATIONSubject: Cookery

Topic: Making breakfastMs Yasmine Bouabdallah

Class: 3T

Skills students will be developing: Knowledge of ingredients used to make breakfast Awareness of techniques used to make porridge boiled eggs and omelette Measuring oats using a table spoon Awareness of basic hygiene

Listening and communication skills when working in the kitchen Count to 3 when measuring oats Awareness of the use of utensils and electrical equipment Take turns when measuring ingredients Team work when clearing up and washing up utensils Develop fine motor skills when cracking up eggs

Brief Description of Activities: Mixing milk with oats Wash hands and use of apron before manipulating ingredients Follow health and safety when making breakfast Follow visual and verbal instructions when following recipes Chop and slice fruits to make smoothie Use the blender with an adult Use the hob or cooker safely with an adult Mix ingredients using a wooden spoon Use the timer to boil an egg Manipulate the cook or hob safely Clear out and tidy up after cooking Experience and taste various ingredients Peel and chop fruits in small pieces

Subject vocabulary: Health and safety, healthy snacks Preparing, ingredients, chopping, washing, juicing, squeezing, cutting, tasting, blending, smoothie, fruit kebabs, chopping boards, aprons, wash hands

CURRICULUM INFORMATION Subject: Personal Care

Topic: Personal Hygiene Ms Yasmine Bouabdallah

Class: 3T

Skills students will be developing: Awareness of ways to enhance ourselves Awareness of skincare products available for them to use Awareness of looking after skin, hair and part of face Understanding of ways to look after our body Experience ways to look after hair, skin and part of face such as eyes and ears Awareness of good appearance from a bad appearance Communication skills and vocabulary related to toiletries products Take turns when experiencing products Pair work when using toiletry products

Brief Description of Activities: Match and label face features Take part in role plays and demonstrations when using products Cut and paste features of the face into the correct place Experience use of products to enhance our face Match letter to pictures Copy letters to pictures using captions Take part in lotto and matching activities Explore products used to treat skincare conditions

Select products used to treat skin conditions from a small selection

Subject vocabulary: Skincare, face , cotton buds, cotton wool, water, soap, wipes, flannel , cream, face mask, brush, comb

CURRICULUM INFORMATIONSubject: PE

Topic: Touch Rugby Skills and SwimmingTeacher: Ms Donaldson

Class: 3T

Skills students will be developing: Ability to play and interact with the group and be part of a team. Ability to wait, share and take turns. Explore and use basic ball skills individually and in combination. An ability to recognise and describe how their bodies feel during exercise. An ability to recognise good performance. The ability to respond to instructions and commands. Water confidence and safety in the pool. Stroke technique on front and back.

Brief Description of Activities: Individual ball skills and practices. A range of ball handling and kicking activities to develop technique. Passing skill practices individually, in pairs and small groups. Relays, competitions to develop speed and control. Conditioned games to help learn the rules of touch rugby. Observing others performance and thinking about their own. Water confidence activities. Activities to develop the use of arms & legs to propel themselves.

Work on technique to on their front & back developing correct strokes.

Subject vocabulary: Key words associated with rugby, e.g. Team, try, kick, tackle, ball. Key words associated with swimming, e.g. float, under water, on water, in water, kick, push & pull with arms,

front, back.