Hello and welcome to the Year 3 webpage!

Staff
 

3 Spruce Mrs McDade (Year Group Leader and Teacher) Miss Murphy

3 Yew Mrs Myers (Teacher) Mrs Dobson and Miss Best

Reading

Reading at home is very important. Please encourage your child to read aloud on an evening and discuss what they have read. You can support your child by asking them questions about what they have read, help them to make predictions and explore what a character is thinking and feeling. 

Please add a brief note (in the reading record) detailing the date and the page they have reached. 

Homework

Spellings are set each Friday and should be practised at home for the test the following week.

It is really important that pupils work on their multiplication facts (times tables) at home. When working with your child, please remember that each fact must be learnt – For example:  3x5=15, 4x5=20.

We will be continuing to practise our recall of these times table facts in our Maths lessons. It would be really helpful if your child could practise the 2, 5 and 10 times tables at home to support their learning in class. 

Please note: Each child has an account on ‘Times Tables Rockstars’ (login details can be found in the front of your child’s reading diary) that they can access at home - there is also a 'Times tables Rockstars' app that you can download to your phone or tablet https://www.ttrockstars.com. It is part of your child's weekly homework to engage with Times Table Rockstars.

PE

Wednesday (Indoor), Thursday (Outdoor)

Please note: Children should come to school in their PE kits on PE days and will spend all day in these. Children must take their earrings out for PE lessons.

Spring 1 

Curriculum

English

In English, we will be reading The Egyptian Cinderella. We will be writing a non-chronological report about Tutankhamun and then moving onto writing an explanation text about healthy eating. We will finish the half term by looking at some poetry.

Maths

In Maths, we will be revising our knowledge and understanding of the four operations and practise our rapid recall of times tables facts. We will learn how to use written methods for multiplication and division. We will learn about measuring length using centimetres and millimetres and understand how to calculate the perimeter of shapes.

Science

In Science, we will be learning about forces and magnets. We will be comparing how objects move on different surfaces, notice that some forces need contact between two objects, but magnetic forces can act at a distance, observe how magnets attract or repel each other and attract some materials and not others  and compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of whether they are attracted to a magnet, and identify some magnetic materials  

Humanities

In History, we will be learning about Ancient Egypt. We will be learning about the beliefs and religions that were followed by the ancient Egyptians, the importance of mummification and the pyramids, the significance of King Tutankhamun and Howard Carter and we will also compare and contract ancient Egypt with modern times.

Art / Design technology

In art, we will be creating our own versions of an Egyptian death mask. We will be looking at using papier-mâché to build layered, durable 3D forms, using colour to create patterns that express mood or personality and making choices in art projects that reduce waste. 

PE

In indoor PE, we will be learning about Egyptian dance. We will practise a variety of techniques and choreograph some of our own dances. In outdoor PE, we will be learning how to play tennis. This will include understanding different hits, balls skills, racket skills and playing games.

PE Kit

INDOOR: Plain white t-shirt and black shorts. 
OUTDOOR: Plain white t-shirt, plain black or grey tracksuit bottoms/ joggers, plain black or grey tracksuit top/ sweatshirt and trainers. No earrings for PE.

Computing

In Computing, we will be looking at touch typing. This unit is designed to help the children learn the basics of quick and efficient typing.

Other -

In music, we will be looking at Ancient Egyptian music. The children will continue to look at written notation and will begin to compose some of their own music. They will also continue to learn how to play the recorder.  

In Spanish, we will be recapping our learning from the autumn term and also begin to learn how to say what our name and age is before moving onto learning how to say where we are from.

In PSHE, we will learn about careers. We will learn what influences people’s choices about spending money and saving money, how people keep track of their money and about the world of work.

In Religious Education, we will be learning about Christianity. We will be focusing on the importance of the Bible for Christians – what it is and how it helps Christians to live their lives. We will also learn about explore Jesus’ teachings about rules and behaviour in relation to a variety of Bible stories and parables. Throughout the unit the children will be encouraged to reflect on the influence of Bible stories on individuals and communities.

Spelling (from the Emile Scheme)

Group 1

Group 2

 

Maths Curriculum