Welcome to Year 3 2024-2025

We have had a great start to the year!

Welcome to Year 3 2023 – 2024!

To start the new school year we have been sharing the text, ‘Our Classis a Family’ written by Shannon Olsen. We have thought about being part of a team as a class and a school and other teams we belong to. We have thought about our ‘jobs’ as learners and what makes a great learning partner and a really amazing friend.

Take a look at what we are learning about next this term!

Summer 1

We are very excited for the Summer Term!

In English we will be exploring an Egyptian Portal Story to create our very own stories. We will also be enjoying some poetry this half term.

We are very much looking forward to exploring the life of the Egyptians this term. We have lots of exciting things in store!

Spring Term

Wow! What an amazing half term in Year 3! This half term Year 3 have been learning all about Rainforests through our topic ‘Going Global’. They have been exploring the differences between Temperate and Tropical rainforests as well as using both the Atlas and computer mapping to locate The Amazon Rainforest and Crinan Woods. They have explored the four different layers of the rainforest and the conditions there. The children enjoyed our trip to the Botanical Gardens where we learnt many fascinating facts about the Rainforest and the animals that live there. Many of the children held or touched some animals such as a cockroach, bearded dragon and a snake! We are looking forward to continuing with our learning in Spring 2.

Our English learning this half term has been based on the book ‘The Iron Man’ by Ted Hughes. Year 3 have very much enjoyed exploring the story and creating some fantastic, detailed character descriptions. The children have also explored the features of newspaper articles, looking at their style and content before creating their own amazing newspaper reports around the Iron Man being spotted.

 In Maths, we have been working hard on using different methods for both multiplication and division. The children have been amazing at recalling their 3 and 4 times tables. We have also looked at length this half term where the children have been converting between mm, cm and m.

A look ahead to Spring 2

There are lots of exciting things ahead in Spring 2!

In Maths, we will be looking at calculating the perimeter of a variety of different shapes. We will also be looking at fractions where we be showing an understanding of unit fractions and then comparing and ordering them. Finally we will look at mass and capacity and how to measure both.  

In English, we will be focusing on the text 'The Great Kapok Tree' by Lynne Cherry. This fiction text touches on the impact of deforestation and has

Autumn 1 

This term our curriculum for History, Geography, Art and Design and Technology is taught through our ‘Set in Stone’ curriculum, where we have been exploring life in the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages and how this changed over time. We have learned where in history this time period is, using timelines and have explored life in the Stone Age such as farming and hunting. We had an amazing visit to Compton Verney to experience life in the Stone Age! Thank you to all the parents helpers for making our day so much fun!

Our English learning is based around the text 'The True Story of the Three Little Pigs' by Jon Scieszca. The children have enjoyed looking at this interesting twist on a traditional tale and have written their own amazing alternative version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. 

In Science we are investigating Animals and Humans. We have made a great start to exploring the human body, investigating different types of skeletons and identifying the bones within the body and the function of the skeletal system. 

Autumn 2 

We are continuing to learn about life in The Stone Age, focusing on the

geography of stone age settlements and looking at how houses evolved throughout this period.

Our English learning is based on the Claude books by Alex T. Smith. The children are enjoying exploring Claude in the Country as a basis for writing their own version of the Story – Claude at the Beach. We can’t wait to read the children’s stories and seeing where their imagination takes them.

In Science we are working hard on our Chemistry unit of Rocks. The children have had great fun exploring different types of rock, deciding which are natural and which are man-made. The children are looking forward to creating their own fossils to help understand the fossilisation process!