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 Sanderson
Mrs Woodall
Mrs Smith
Mrs Newlove
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
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Netball
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Football
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Tag Rugby
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Cricket/Rounders
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Athletics
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| 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
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.
Why not have a look at our YOU TUBE page for Y3 to see what we have created so far this year?
Click on the button above…
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.
Year 3 staff
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