Welcome to Year 3

We have three classes in Y3. Our teachers are…

Mrs Craig

Y3AC

Miss Ambrosini Y3AC

Mrs Woodley

Y3W

Miss McNaughton

Y3MS

Mrs Scott

Y3MS

Miss Stansmore PE Teacher

Mme Rene

French Teacher

Our teaching assistants are…

Mrs Newlove

Mrs Woodall

Mrs Sanderson

Mrs Smith

In Y3, we pride ourselves on the smooth transition into Key Stage 2. One of our aims is to ensure that children are confident and motivated to learn more independently. Our Y3 curriculum is designed to serve the needs of all pupils, using a variety of approaches and stimuli, including visits, visitors, theme days and engaging activities. We are committed to making learning enjoyable in a safe environment protected from harm. In Year 3, every pupil studies subjects prescribed by the National Curriculum, exploiting cross-curricular links where appropriate. The following link details our overview of topics taught.

YEAR 3
	AUTUMN 1	AUTUMN 2	SPRING 1	SPRING 2	SUMMER 1	SUMMER 2
SCIENCE	Animals including humans	Forces and Magnets	Plants		Rocks	Light
HISTORY	Stone Age and Bronze Age		Iron Age and The Celts		Ancient Egypt
GEOGRAPHY		Europe		Mountains		Earthquakes and Volcanoes
ART	Drawing Self Portraits	Pattern and Mosaics	ACADEMY ART PROJECT	Printing Mountains	Colour and Plants	Textures Hearld’s Birds
DT	British Designers and Inventors Understanding Mechanical Systems Creating movement	Sew Patches together	Celtic Roundhouses	Biscuit/Energy Bars	Ancient Egyptian Masks	Eid Lanterns
MUSIC	LET YOUR SPIRIT FLY Focus on the historical context of musical styles	HARVEST / CHRISTMAS SONGS FOR PERFORMANCES	THREE LITTLE BIRDS Focus on the reggae style and historical context of other musical styles	DRAGON SONG Focus on funk style and other music from around the world	BRINGING US TOGETHER Focus on disco style and performing in unison	REFLECT, REWIND & REPLAY Consolidate learning from the year
COMPUTING	Desktop Publishing Word Processing Introduce Office 365	Editing with iMovie/Clips/ Garageband Internet Research & Communication	Online Safety Presentations	Databases	2Logo	Programming with toys and Scratch
PE OUTDOOR	Hockey	Netball	Football	Tag Rugby	Cricket/Rounders	Athletics
PE INDOOR	Basketball	Gymnastics	Fitness	Dance	Indoor Tennis	Badminton
RE	What is the Bible and why is it important?	What are the symbols associated with Christmas?	What is a mosque and why is it important?	How is Easter celebrated in Church?	What are the 5ks in Sikhism?	What is Eid and why is it important?
PHSE	Relationships		Health and Wellbeing		Living in the Wider World
FRENCH	Weather, days of the week, months of the year, French celebrations, continuing to develop phonic knowledge through songs	Months of the year, Extended Christmas vocab, continuing to develop phonic knowledge through songs	Body parts, understanding that French has masculine and feminine nouns and therefore uses two articles ‘le’ and ‘la’, understanding of the plural article ‘les’ Extended Easter vocab.	Aches and illness, French grammar with high frequency verb ‘avoir’ with the first singular pronoun ‘J’ai’ in ‘J’ai mal a la tete’ Continuing to develop phonic knowledge through songs	Instructions continuing to develop phonic knowledge through songs	Instructions, End of year activities (Bastille day, football Euro or World Cup, Olympics) Continuing to develop phonic knowledge through songs

The following links provide subject specific detail for our curriculum intent, implementation and impact.

PE Y3W

Monday and Wednesday

PE Y3AC

Mondays and Thursday

PE Y3MS

Wednesday and Thursday

READING

10 minutes every day

Children are expected to read their reading book for ten minutes every evening. Please can an adult write a comment in the reading record, page number and date.

SPELLINGS

Spelling test MONDAY

Children are expected to learn their spellings for a test the following Monday. We send home QR codes for ‘Spelling Shed’ APP if the children would like to play a game to help them with their spellings.

MATHS

Homework handed out on THURSDAY

Homework to be handed in by TUESDAY

Why not have a look at our YOU TUBE page for Y3 to see what we have created so far this year?

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We are very much looking forward to working with your child and hope that he/she will enjoy their time in Year 3. We work best when there is an effective partnership with parents so, if you have any concerns, or wish to discuss an aspect of your child’s education, please do not hesitate to get in touch. If you wish to pass on a message, we have helpful staff on the entrance to Y3 every morning who will be happy to assist you.