Welcome to Year Three!
Welcome to Year 3!
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Whole class reading – We will use the contemporary short story ‘Cave Baby’ by Julia Donaldson to help us work on developing our comprehension skills as well as focusing on fluently reading excerpts from the texts. Following this, we will introduce ‘Voices in the Park’ and finally ‘The Hodgeheg’ book to complete our first half term of reading.
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Religious Education (R.E.) – We will start the year by learning about our school patron saint – St. Joseph and go on to learn about our class saints St. Theresa of Avila and Saint Carlo Acutis. Our first half term’s learning will be focussed on ‘Creation and Covenant’ – this will lead us through a journey of discovery, learning about how God created the world, that He created and loves every person and that God wants us to have a relationship with us all.
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Writing – Following the Summer holiday, the children will focus on key grammatical skills in the opening two weeks of the term, these include nouns, verbs, adjectives, capital letters and full stops, conjunctions and sentence starters. We will begin the year using the book Cave Baby by Julia Donaldson. The children will develop a stronger understanding of some of the key writing features we will be using throughout the year, including nouns, verbs, adjectives, capital letters and full stops, conjunctions and sentence openers. Our second focus book the half term will be ‘Voices in the Park’. We will be creating a play script from the point of view focussing on one of the main characters in the book. We will then create our own free write with a focus on a different character within the book. We will complete the half term with our third focus book for our writing, ‘The Hodgeheg’. The writing will focus on using skills learned from two different characters within the book; the main character, Max, and then our free write will be from the perspective of Max’s worried father. Maths – In this busy first half term in maths we will focus on: Adding and subtracting across 10 and work to become fluent in these, understanding the facts the bridge 10. We will then shift our focus to numbers up to 1,000, this will include the understanding of place value in 3-digit numbers, understanding the next multiple of 10 and 100 and divide 100 into 2, 4, 5 and 10. Key to all of this mathematical understanding is the fluent and deep knowledge of the components of numbers up to 1,000.
Our grammar focus will be – During the first half term, we will focus on the basics of quality and engaging written work, as mentioned, these are nouns, verbs, adjectives, capital letters and full stops, conjunctions and sentence starters.
Mental Maths - This half term we will looking at:
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History - In history our topic is: Prehistoric Britain – Stone age. The children will learn:
Science – In science this half term the children will learn about rocks, from their appearance, what we can use them for and their properties. We will also investigate the erosion of rocks as well as how fossils are formed.
Physical Education (P.E.) This half term the children will have PE on Mondays this half term and they will be developing their skills in invasion games, concentrating on football and basketball. Children will need their PE kit in school on Mondays – as most of these lessons will take place outdoors you may wish to provide navy jogging trousers, sweatshirt and trainers for the children to wear if the weather starts to get colder. ON TUESDAYS Year 3 will be attending swimming lessons off site. All children will need their swimming kits every week from Tuesday 15th September this half term.
Drama – we welcome a new area of the curriculum this year, using drama to develop confidence, performance and overall oracy in the children using a variety of activities to support these crucial skills in school. The aim is to become more confident in using our voice in different ways and in a variety of contexts.
Personal, Social & Health Education (PSHE) – In this unit of work in PSHE, we will be learning about positive health (both mental, physical and emotional). We will deepen this learning by exploring the consequences of these behaviours as well as how we can improve our reaction to different situations. Linked to our physical health, we will receive a visit from the school nurse and partake in a workshop involving the need for a good diet, healthy eating and having a positive self-image. Finally, we will be exploring how the pressures of the modern world can affect our idea of right and wrong, appropriate and inappropriate behaviours. Art - This term we will be working with charcoal to create artwork and explore the use of light and darker shades in our own work. Within the topic, we will explore two artists who have used these methods successfully in their careers; contemporary British artist Laura McKendry and 19th century French impressionist artist Edgar Degas, learning about them and their art work throughout the lessons.
Computing – The children will develop their understanding of computer systems and how information is transferred between systems and devices. The children will learn:
Music – In our music lessons, we will be listening to recorded music and will decide which instruments are our favourites. We will also continue to develop our Ensemble skills through practical performance using a range of instruments including: keyboards, glockenspiels, drums and steel pans.
Additional important information
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