AUTUMN TERM Y3 FESTIVALS

1. ESDGC Importance of festivals / cultures of different countries MUSIC Singing – learning songs for assembly, harvest and Christmas • R.E. • Fast and Festivals • Why are festivals important to Muslims? – Ramadan / Id-ul-Fitr • Why are festivals important to Christians? – Christmas • Why are festivals important to Jewish people? – Hanukkah, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kipur • Secular and Religious festivals including Caerphilly Cheese festival and Bonfire Night • PE • Gymnastics incorporating balancing, jumping, travelling and rolls • Dance – movements from a range of different cultures around Europe i.e. Wales, Austria, Greece, Spain, Germany and Italy • ICT • To use the internet to research Welsh festivals • Make a slide show (how to make a Sukkah) using PowerPoint • Make a calendar using key skills taught this term i.e.changing font, colour, size, cutting and pasting AUTUMN TERM Y3FESTIVALS • GEOGRAPHY • Festivals around the World • Identify where Wales is in relation to the world • Research festivals linked with RE and English • HISTORY • To identify and understand the significance of the lives of the UK patron saints • To understand the history of the Welsh National Eisteddfod • PSE • Friendships / working together • Differences – likes and dislikes and cultures • MATHS • Follow Collins Maths Scheme • Read and write whole numbers • Estimating • Add/subtract mentally • Problem solving • Classifying shapes • Graphs • ENGLISH • Assessing children in reading and putting them into appropriate groups • Festivals to be covered: • Chinese Kite Festival - Independent storytelling • Chinese Moon Festival - Retelling of the story and Moon Shape poems • Poems linked with Rosh Hashanah • Planning a Sukkah information sheet and play script • Bonfire Night – story with familiar setting • Rama and Sita – retelling story using a storyboard • Information poster for Hanukah • The Christmas story - organisation of text into relevant chapters • Letts scheme for grammar word and sentence • Storm Boy • WELSH • Food related to parties and celebrations • Describing themselves and others • Expressing likes and dislikes • ART & DESIGN • How to draw a portrait and people using observation drawings • What ‘Celebration’ means with regards to clothes, food, decorations and family gatherings • Looking at ‘The Banquet’ by Jose Pinto and Renoir’s ‘The Luncheon of the Boating Party’ produce their own drawings of a banquet • SEAL • New beginnings • Getting on and falling out • Saying no to bullying • SCIENCE • Identifying living and non living things by using Mrs GREEN criteria • Organising materials into groups considering their properties • Classifying rocks • DT • Design and make a festival cake and evaluate the finished product