St William of York Catholic Primary School
Year 3
Welcome to Year Three!
Welcome to Year Three!
Miss Brownbill and Miss Parkinson
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@SWOYThornton
Summer Term
Religious Education
Domestic Church – Eucharist - Relating
Listening and Sharing
Literacy
Summer 1
Myths and Legends
Children will…
Write a myth/legend based on a model.
(how day and night is made)
Skills
- To develop characters and settings
- Continue to explore and develop the use of complex sentences using main and subordinate clauses
- Select and generate adverbs as openers and use adverbs within sentences
- Use inverted commas to punctuate speech
Children will also explore various legends of Ancient Egypt including the Legend of Ra
Class Text- The Scarab’s Secret- Nick Would
Class Novel– Charlotte’s Webb by E.B.White
Numeracy
Number- Fractions
White Rose Maths Hub Finishing off Spring Block 5 -Fractions
Moving on to Summer Block 1 – Fractions
Children will be taught to-
Recognise and show, using diagrams, equivalent fractions with small denominators.
Compare and order unit fractions, and fractions with the same denominators.
Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator within one whole Solve problems that involve all of the above.
Basic Skills - Children will continue to with grid method of multiplication and bus stop method of division in their basic skills, along with column addition and subtraction.
Science
Scientists and Inventors
children will explore the work of notable scientists and inventors throughout time
Art and Design
Children will be creating their own Egyptian Death Mask!
Design Technology
Textiles - Children will be making an ornamental Egyptian collar
Geography
Weather around the world
History
Early Civilisations- Ancient Egypt
Why was mummification important to the ancient Egyptians
Computing
Summer 1 - My First Program
Children will create a computer game in Scratch, learning how to create their own characters and graphics
P.E
Summer 1- Athletics
Children will be taught to improve their skills in running, throwing and catching.
Music
Summer 1
Year Three will continue learning to play the recorder with Musician Mrs Davies.
Spanish
Senoirita Bradley will teach the children (among other things) how to speak about their self, family and friends, and how to discuss numbers, clothes and colours in Spanish.
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Homework will be given out each Friday afternoon and should be returned before the following Wednesday
Please feel free to come and speak to me if you have any questions, or would like any more information
Miss Brownbill
Children wrote their names in Egyptian Hieroglyphics!
British Science Week Investigation - 'Will skittles dissolve quicker in warm or cold water?'
We are Publishers! After rewriting Anthony Browne's Voices in the Park from the perspective of a different character, we designed our own front covers for 'Victoria in the Park' using the app 'Brushes'
Year 3 collecting winter vocabulary on the icy grass!
Year Three making their Stone Age tools as part of our D&T week
Y3 Trip to the World Museum as part of our Stone Age topic.
Our first recorder session
Y3 picking berries to squash into Stone Age style paint!
Journey in Love
- Our Mission Statement
- Together Everyone Achieves More.
- To go forward in Christ, to respect our neighbour and to always give our best.
- St William of York Catholic Primary School,
- St William Road Thornton,
- Liverpool L23 9XH,
- Tel: 0151 9247280
- Email: admin.stwilliamofyork@schools.sefton.gov.uk