Year 3

Welcome to Year Three!

Miss Brownbill and Miss Parkinson

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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