Startng Year 3 means entering a new Key Stage. They are now in KS2 which spans from Year 3 all the way through to Year 6. Scroll down for more information on what your child can expect to learn as they embark on their Year 3 journey.

 

Here is some helpful information and links:

English

Children will be increasing their familiarity with a wide range of genres of writing. They will be thinking about inference and making predictions about what is going to happen in a story. This year they will need to build on their handwriting work in Year 2, becoming more confident with joining letters. They will be thinking carefully about the setting, characters and plot in their stories and how to structure a text, remembering to use plenty of good description. They will need to use conjunctions such as when, before, after, while, so and because. This year, they will start to use speech marks when writing dialogue.

Spellings

https://www.spellingshed.com/en-gb/

General English Resources - Comprehension/Grammar/Reading/Punctuation 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zv48q6f 

Audio Stories and Videos

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/english-ks1--ks2--ks3-index/zf34gwx 

Book Recommendations

https://www.booksfortopics.com/year-3

 

Maths

In Year 3 your child will start adding and subtracting with three-digit numbers, using column addition and subtraction. They will learn their 3, 4 and 8 times tables. This will then help them in moving onto multiplying a two-digit number by a one-digit number. Children will learn how to find fractions of quantities and also about equivalent fractions. They will learn about perimeter and also how to tell the time on a 12-hour and 24-hour clock. They will start to learn about right angles plus horizontal, vertical, perpendicular and parallel lines. Children will need to interpret and present data using bar charts, pictograms and tables.

https://ttrockstars.com/  - TT Rockstars and Numbots

https://www.mathshed.com/en-gb/ 

https://whiterosemaths.com/1-minute-maths#download - Free App - One Minute Maths 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z826n39 

Science 

Children will learn about...

Plants, including parts of plants, needs of plants and their life cycle. Animals including humans, focusing on nutrition, skeletons and muscles. Rocks, including comparing rocks, looking at fossils and understanding how soil is made. Light, looking at how light is reflected, how shadows are formed and can change. Forces and magnets, focusing on magnets: attraction and repulsion, magnetic materials and the two poles of a magnet.

Rocks and soils

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z9bbkqt - Scroll down to the videos about soil and rock

https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/rock-cycle-bd29 

PSHCE

We teach PSHCE through the ‘Jigsaw’ programme ensures that the coverage and children’s progress are robust. Jigsaw is a whole-school approach that provides a scheme of learning from the Early Years Foundation Stage through to, and including, Year 6.The units are tailored to each year group under the following themes: Being in my World, Celebrating Difference, Dreams and Goals, Healthy Me, Relationships and Changing Me. High importance is placed on the teaching of PSHCE and it has a weekly time-tabled slot for taught lessons but teachers are continuously mindful in their approach to supporting our children to become well-adjusted and resilient learners as they continue their life’s journey.

P.E.

Pupils are introduced to formal games like rugby, football and cricket through fun and supportive activities that teach ules skills and simple gameplay tactics, such as defending as a team. Pupils extend their skills in dance and gymnastics to include observing and reflecting on their own and others' perfomances. Units include opportunities to build on overall fitness.

History  - Children will learn about the New Stone Age, Bronze age to the Iron Age and Earliest civilisations: Ancient Egypt

The New Stone Age

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zfg9bqt 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDDlhCtIdQ4 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/history-ks2-the-story-of-britain/zj4r7nb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xBQZoeFVmA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rboewQNMpdU

 

Geography 

In Geography we will learn about our place in the North West, the U.K. and its cities and rivers.

Exploring North West of England

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck7X-_dOLps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Hc0RtwQId8

Computing

Children will learn about :

computer systems and networks, creating media, programming and data & information

Art

Children will have the opportunity to Explore using charcoal, Working with shape and colour and Working in Three Dimension- Making Animated Drawings

DT

In Design Technology we will explore the below

Textiles- 2D shape into 3D design - Designing and making a bag

Food and Nutrition - Dips and dippers

Mechanisms- Pneumatics - Pop-up Mummy from a sarcophagus

Music

'A high-quality music education should engage and inspire pupils to develop a love of music and their talent as musicians, and so increase their self-confidence, creativity and sense of achievement.'

National Curriculum for Music (2014)

We us the music scheme 'Charanga' which provides tailored week by week lessons for each year group to ensure progression.

Spanish

Each week, the children have a Spanish lesson. As well as basic vocabulary, we will explore the themes Getting Started, The Calendar and Celebration, Animals I like and Don’t Like, Carnival Time, The Hungry Giant Story and Going on a Picnic.