Year 3
Welcome to Year 3
Welcome to Y3 and our adventures in learning.
Our Y3 classes are: Woodpeckers taught by Mrs Cummins, Robins taught by Miss Cork and Kingfishers taught by Miss Young. We have a wonderful year planned for you, which is full of learning and new experiences. We will start the year designing our own class charter based on Rights Respecting Schools and our three core rights: The right to learn The right to be safe The right to play. Throughout the year we become scientists, authors, mathematicians, explorers, sports people, archaeologists but most of all we love learning new things. During the year, we will become Stone Age hunter-gatherers, volcanologists in our quest to learn about volcanoes, rainforest explorers and scientists experimenting with light and plants. We learn about key figures in history such as Wangari Maathai and her fight to save the forests and Nelson Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom. Not forgetting one of our favourite stories ‘The Iron Man’ and his battle with the Space Bat-Angel-Dragon- not to be missed! One of our favourite things in Year 3 is reading; so much so we read every single day and some days we even have torches and read in the dark! We have to mention maths. We love number crunching and mastering our multiplication tables. We enjoy using Numbots and TT Rockstars to polish our number skills when we can. By the end of Y2 children should be fluent in x2, x5 and x10 times tables. Please concentrate on learning x3, x4 and x8 times tables off by heart to start with then move on when these are fluent including the division facts. Because you are so grown up now you even get to start learning french in Y3. And of course, don’t forget our adventures in Forest School and our wonderful walks to Beaumont Park. We keep fit and healthy throughout the year in PE
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YEAR 3 OVERVIEW
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Year Group 3 |
Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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English Texts
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Stone Age Boy, by Satoshi Kitamura
The Iron Age, by Emily Bone
The Stone Age by Jerome Martin
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Escape from Pompeii, by Christina Balit
Everything Volcanoes and Earthquakes (National Geographic) |
The Shaman’s Apprentice, by Lynne Cherry
Planet Earth: Rainforests, by Steve Parker |
Lila and the Secret of the Rain, by David Conway
Wangari Maathai The Woman who Planted Trees, by Jeanette Winter
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Iron man, by Ted Hughes
Light - Science in a Flash, by Georgia Amson-Bradshaw
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Meet the Ancient Romans, by James Davis
Romans on the Rampage, Jeremy Strong |
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Writing Knowledge |
Use of appropriate adjectives and nouns Conjunctions Putting in inverted commas Using adverbs of time to organise events Paragraphing Key events Including the dialogue Adverbs of times 1st person Cohesion and sentence structure Adjectives Expanding range of adverbs Prepositions Vocabulary Specific nouns Expanded noun phrases Cohesion Range of adverbs Organisational features |
Adjectives Prepositional phrases Sentences Understanding the purpose Use of conjunctions and the range Clauses Prepositions Adverbial phrases Cohesion of sentences Flow between paragraphs Causal conjunctions Vocabulary Sentence building Dialogue Punctuation of speech Organisation of paragraphs Adverbials
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Adjectives Prepositional phrases Sentences Verbs for description Understanding the purpose Use of conjunctions and the range Clauses Range of adjectives Show not tell Specific nouns Sentence structure Conjunctions Perfect form |
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Outcome |
Character description Diary entry Dialogue Retell a story Letter recount
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Setting description Diary entry Historical information text Retell the story from another point of view |
Explanation text Poem Letter – retell to another character
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Retell a story in more detail Poem non-chronological report |
Newspaper report
Narrative – missing chapter |
Biography
Retell a myth
Comic strip
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History
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Through the ages Stone age Bronze age Iron age |
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changes over time Significant figure Nelson Mandela |
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The Romans |
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Geography |
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Volcanoes and Earthquakes |
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Tropical and temperate rainforests |
Compare and contrast local area and France |
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Science
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Soils Plants (bulbs and plant life cycle) |
Rocks and Fossils |
Animals/Human bodies |
Flowers and plants |
Light |
Forces and magnets
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RE
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How do Jews remember God's covenant with Abraham and Moses?
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What do creation stories tell us about our world?
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How do people express spirituality?
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Art
DT |
DT Food – healthy breakfast bar |
DT Shell Structures: Gift boxes
(Food enrichment: Rocky Road - Science) |
ART Working with Shape and Colour “Painting with Scissors”: Collage and stencil in response to looking at artwork
(Food enrichment: balanced food group wraps) |
ART Cloth, Thread, Paint Explore how artists combine media to create work in response to landscape. Use acrylic and thread to make a painted and stitched piece
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DT Textiles: dream catcher
(Food enrichment: crepes) |
ART Making Animated Drawings Explore how to create simple moving drawings by making paper “puppets” and animate them using tablets.
(Food enrichment: balanced food group wraps) |
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PSHE |
SCARF Scheme |
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Computing |
Online safety |
Computing Systems and networks 1: Networks and the Internet |
Online safety |
Programming: Scratch |
Computing Systems and Networks 3: Journey inside a computer |
Creating Media: Video trailers |
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MFL |
KAPOW Scheme |
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Music
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Charanga |
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PE See SOW and progression map
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Hockey
Gymnastics
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Rugby
Dance
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OAA
Gymnastics
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Cricket
Dance
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Netball
New age kurling
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Rounders
Athletics
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Here are some websites which may help you along the way: Covers all subjects https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/zbr9wmn Grammar, punctuation and spelling https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zhrrd2 Covers history, science and geography http://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/ Maths https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10 Maths and English https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-collection/zr4ky9q Reading https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ Forest School http://www.treetoolsforschools.org.uk/categorymenu/?cat=activities Maths guidance https://www.ncetm.org.uk/in-the-classroom/ Maths guidance https://whiterosemaths.com/resources/primary-resources/primary-sols/ Maths https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school English https://www.edshed.com/en-gb/login Maths https://play.numbots.com/#/account
