Year 3

Create

Welcome back to the SUMMER TERM in Year 3. Hope you have all had a lovely and restful Easter break. This term is our CREATE TERM. Our focus for this term is ART and MUSIC, alongside Maths, English, Science, IT, RE and PE.

Below is a brief outline of this term’s learning and what we will be learning throughout the year.

Autumn Term

The EXPLORE term – focusing on geography and science

Spring term

The DISCOVER term – focusing on history and DT

Summer term

The CREATE term – focusing on art and music

Scroll down below to have a look at our Summer Term plan

I can’t believe it is the summer term already! The time has passed by so quickly. I am hoping to get the children out into the sunshine as much as possible this term. Our swimming days are every Thursday’s from 2:00-2:30pm. We will be walking down to Hartham Leisure Centre straight after lunch and we will be back to school in time for home time. Children with long hair must have a swimming hat. Our two focused subjects for this term are Art and Music.

In Art, we will be searching for the artist within us; exploring and developing our drawing skills. We will be exploring line and tone with charcoal and pencils, still life drawing and how to create texture and exploring light and shadows within our drawings. After May Half Term, we will be walking down to Hertford Common and drawing what we can see in front of us. We will be looking at a range of artist and using their drawings/painting to create our own. In the second half of the summer term, we will be exploring paint, learning how to mix colours and what colours complement each other.

In Music we will be learning how to sing ballads and create pieces of music that tell stories. There is a choir club after school on Monday’s if you would like to sign your child up for it. Please enquire with me for more details.  

In Science, we will be studying rocks and soil and after half term, we will be studying forces and magnets. 

Every day, we will be learning Maths and English. In Maths, we will be focusing on fractions, shapes and time. In English, we will be finishing off out topic on writing instructions on Woolley mammoths and looking at non-fictions text.

In IT, we will looking at desktop publishing, creating PowerPoints using google slides and programming. In RE we will continue to look at Christianity and Judaism after May half term.

Our PE days are Thursdays and Fridays this term. Swimming is part of our PE curriculum this term and Matt will be teaching PE on a Friday afternoon. Please make sure all the children come to school with their swimming kits.

We will be starting to learn Italian with Mrs Eley on a Friday afternoon.

Miss Drage and Ossy are with us every day. Mrs Eley will be teaching the children on a Tuesday afternoon (2pm onwards) and on a Friday afternoon. She will also be supporting us in Maths on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Spelling test – every Fridays

Homework – times tables rockstars (10-15 minutes daily), reading (10-15 minutes daily) and spelling practise.

Click on the links below to see the curriculum maps and knowledge organisers for each subject as well as useful photos and videos that can support your child's progress.

Discover

I hope you have had a lovely Christmas break. Happy New Year 

Below is a brief outline of this term’s learning and what we will be learning throughout the year.

Autumn Term

the EXPLORE term – focusing on geography and science

Spring term

the DISCOVER term – focusing on history and DT

Summer term

the CREATE term – focusing on art and music

Please have a look at our Spring Term Plan.

Our focus subjects which feed into the 'DISCOVER' theme are History and DT. In History the children will be exploring and understanding what life was like during Ancient Egyptians. They will be investigating aspects of the past through historical as well as art and technological skills. Our second enquiry question will be 'What can the dead tell us?' during our Ancient Egyptian topic. In DT we will be looking at building pyramids, making tombs alongside creating some bags from the Ancient Egyptian times. The children will be learning how to design and evaluate all their work that they create this term.

In science, our first half of the term, we will be looking at 'Light' and during our second half of the spring term we will be looking at 'Rocks' In computing, the children will be discovering a program called Scratch and they will also be looking at databases. 

Our core subjects are Maths and English which will be taught every day. In Maths, we follow White Rose. The children will be learning times tables, measurements and fractions. In English, we will be focusing on SPAG. We will be learning how to write our own instructions and diary entry based on a story called The Egyptian Cinderella. We will also be doing guided reading once a week.

We will have two hours of PE each week. Friday afternoon will be led by Matt and on Tuesday afternoon it will be taught by Mrs Ahmed. Mrs Eley will be teaching the class on Thursday and Friday afternoons. Forest school will be every Friday afternoons (weather permitted).

Click on the links below to see the curriculum maps and knowledge organisers for each subject for this term

Welcome to the Autumn Term in Year 3

I hope you have all had a lovely summer break! I look forward to getting to know all the children and being their teacher throughout this year!

Below is a brief outline of this term’s learning and what we will be learning throughout the year.

Autumn Term

the EXPLORE term – focusing on geography 

Spring term

the DISCOVER term – focusing on history and DT

Summer term

the CREATE term – focusing on art and music

Click here to have a look at our Autumn explore plan

In geography we will be looking at The UK and thinking whether we would like to live in houses or habitats. Our inquiry question that we will be focusing on is ‘would you rather live in the North or South England?’

In year 3 we will be

• Using the atlases - we will be looking at the map of UK and identifying counties and cities around the UK
• Learn about geographical parts in the UK – hills, mountains, rivers and looking at the seas/channels that surround the UK
• We will focus on our home town (Hertford) and learn about human and physical features

In the second half of this term, we will be looking at the North England and comparing it to South England.

In science, we will be focusing on keeping healthy. We will be looking at humans and animals and discussing their diet, what they need to eat, and the amount they need to eat. We will also be looking at different food groups, discussing what a balanced diet is and create our own model of a balanced meal. To end this topic we will be looking at the human skeleton and finding out about different body parts and bones that help us to move, support and protect us. We will be combing a DT lesson with our science. As the children are learning about how we stay healthy, they will be making fruit kebabs and learning new skills. In the second half of this term we will looking at light and shadow.

In our weekly computing lessons, the children will looking learning about connecting computers and how do digital devices help us. In the second part of this term, we will be looking at animations and try to create our own. In RE this term, the children will be focusing on Christianity. In our weekly PSHE lessons, the children will be learning about families and friendship alongside feels and emotions.

Our core subjects are Maths and English which will be taught every day. In Maths, we follow White Rose timetable. Children will also be learning 3, 4 and 8 times tables alongside their 2, 5 and 10s. In English, we are looking at The Tin Forest book and we will also be teaching the children SPAG (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar). We will be learning how to write a diary entry, letter writing, and poetry and book reviews. As well as developing their skills and knowledge in English, the children will learn about our environment.

We will have two hours of PE each week. Tuesday afternoon PE will be led by Mrs Ahmed and on Friday afternoon it will be taught by Matt. Mrs Eley will be teaching the children on Thursdays (2pm-3:15pm) and also on Friday afternoon (1pm-3:15pm). In class, we have Miss Drage, Ms Asenso and Ossy every day. 

Our Forest School days are on Fridays. This will alternate each week with PSHE. One week it will be Forest School and then the following week will be PSHE.

Spellings will go home every Friday and the children will be tested the following Friday. Can the children also read daily for 10-15minutes to an adult at home. Please can you make a record of this in their reading diaries. In the back of their reading diaries, the children have their TTRS log in details. 

Click on the links below to see the curriculum maps and knowledge organisers for each subject as well as useful photos and videos that can support your child's progress.