Year 3
Meet the team
A big welcome to Year 3.
There are two classes in Year 3.
3NC with Miss Christopher and Miss Roberts and Mr Davies
3LS with Miss Senter and Mrs Chapman and Miss Bunn who teaches every other Tuesday morning.
Year 3 is a busy year with a very full timetable and there are many things that you can do to help your child to make sure they are making the most of every opportunity.
Our topic for this half-term is “Soot, Steam and Smoke!”. The focus of our learning is History, but it will also include a variety of engaging curriculum areas. If your child does anything at home that supports their topic, please send it in, as it’s always lovely to celebrate children’s enthusiasm for learning!
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Key Information
Please remember to bring a named water bottle, reading record and a healthy snack every day.
Please name ALL uniform so that we can return it to your child if necessary
PE
Spring 1 - P.E lessons are on a Thursday and Friday.
Please make sure your child brings in their full P.E kit. This should include: White T- shirt, bottle green/black shorts, suitable trainers/pumps, warm green/black jogging bottoms.
Outdoor Learning
Boundless Outdoors 12th February
ThinkTank Science Museum Summer 2 - Details to be sent out by Easter.
Stone Age trip to Bishop’s Wood – 21 October. Final payment due by 6 September
Trip to British Camp – 4 November (further detail will be sent out this half term)
Forest Schools – Autumn 2
Homework
Reading
Reading books will be checked daily. We ask that your child’s schoolbook is read at home every night with a written comment made in the Reading Record. Please ensure this is a meaningful comment to show that they have understood what they have read.
Reading is part of their weekly homework and should be a focused 10-15 mins each day if possible.
Maths
Maths homework will be set weekly and aim to support and embed key skills taught throughout the year. This will be set on a Friday and should be completed and returned by the following Thursday.
History
Children will be given a list of different learning activities to complete. These are linked to our Stone Age to Iron age topic. These last for the whole term and the expectation is that the children complete as many as they possibly can.
Our Curriculum
Spring Term
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Curriculum |
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Maths
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We will continue to begin every morning with our ‘Early Bird Maths’ which focuses on retrieving key skills and times tables. This term, our main Maths focus will begin with multiplication and division before moving on to length, perimeter and then fractions. The term will end with work on mass and capacity. Your child can support their learning by completing a short session on Times Table Rockstars 3-5 times a week. Log in details can be found in each child's reading record. |
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English |
In English this term we will be writing for a specific purpose and will be developing stamina and independence in the children’s writing while focussing on vocabulary and sentence structure. We will be writing narratives, persuasive letters, fact booklets, descriptive menus and list poems. We have a range of excellent books as the inspiration for our writing. These include: Hermelin, The Detective Mouse; Café At The Edge Of The Woods and The Most Important Animal Of All |
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Science
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As scientists we will be studying Animals Including Humans with our topic: Health and Movement. By the end of the topic the children will be able to answer the questions: “Why do we have bones and how do they help us move?” and “Why is it important to eat different food types from all the food groups every day?” |
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History |
Our topic this term is Soot, Smoke and Steam and we will learn about the industrial revolution and how many incredible inventions in the Victorians are still used today. We will also find out about the importance of coal to help us to understand what life was like back then. By the end of the topic, children will be able to explain "How did Britain change during the industrial revolution?” |
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Geography |
We will be learning about our amazing and dangerous earth, through our topic Extreme Earth: Volcanoes, Earthquakes and Tsunami. This topic builds on our science knowledge of rocks and will involving looking at the layers of the earth, the location of volcanoes and earthquakes and why we get tsunamis. By the end of the topic the children will be able to answer the question, “What impact have Volcanoes, Tsunami and Earthquakes had on Earth?” |
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Art/DT
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Our art unit involves us working with shape and colour to create collages and our focus artist is Henri Rousseau. While in In DT, we will be studying packaging before creating our own boxes for Easter. |
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PSHE |
We will be checking in with the children regularly and having discussions on how to support our mental health. Our main PSHE lessons are about Health and Wellbeing |
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RE |
This term we will be focussing on Hinduism |
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French |
We will continue our learning by naming learning the names of animals and musical instruments |
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PE |
Our PE will be changing about this term. We will continue to have indoor PE on a Friday, but then have outdoor PE with Rob Cooke on a Thursday
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Spring 2
Autumn Term
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Maths
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We begin every morning with our ‘Early Bird Maths’ which focuses on retrieving key skills. This term, our main Maths focus will begin with place value and number, learning to use the formal method of column addition and subtraction. Later in the term we shall move onto multiplication and division, focusing on the 3, 4 and 8 times tables. Your child can support their learning by completing a short session on Times Table Rockstars 3-5 times a week. Log in details can be found in each child's reading record. |
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English |
The children will use high quality texts as inspiration for their own writing. This term will start by using The Mischievians before investigating Into The Forest. Later in the term we focus on "writing to inform" by exploring instructions using "How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth" to develop our writing skills. Later in the term we will include texts such as Lights on Cotton Rock and Fox and Sons Tailers. The children will also get chance to become poets and deconstruct Haiku poems with a focus on how to write their own based around school and British values. |
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Science |
As scientists we begin this year looking Rocks and Soils, including the formation of fossils before exploring Forces and Magnets. We will be doing a range of scientific enquiry and practical investigations to support our learning. |
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History |
Our topic this term is The Stone Age and we will learn how early humans lived, how their houses were built, the tools they used and look at some of the archaeological sites that help us to understand what life was like back then. By the end of the topic, children will be able to explain "How life changed in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age". |
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Geography |
We then move on to investigating what makes Malvern unique? This gives us the opportunity to look closely at the physical and human features of our local area and comparing this to other parts of the UK. |
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Art/DT |
This journey starts with using charcoal to create large pictures and exploring the work of 2 artists; Degas and Laura McKendry. In DT we will link our learning to history by creating pouches inspired by the Stone Age. |
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PSHE |
We will be checking in with the children regularly and having discussions on how to support our mental health. Main PSHE lessons are all about Family and Friendship. |
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PE |
For the first half term, we will be developing our cricket skills and fitness. Later on in the term, we will move onto dance and hockey. PE days for the first half term are Tuesday and Wednesday. PE kits can remain in school during the week. |
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RE |
We will explore Christianity and what it means to believe in God. |
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French |
We will begin our learning journey by learning some French phonics, before moving on to learn some basic French words and phrases. |
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Autumn 2
What is it like for someone to follow God
Autumn 2 Geography K0- What makes Malvern unique
Stone Age to Iron Age Topic Homework
Key Documents
Year 3 KIRFS
Year 3 Spelling Overview
Y1 and 2 common exception words
WRM calculation policy 2024 Year 3
Useful Links
Times Table Rockstars
All children have log in details for Times Tables Rock Stars. You can find this information in the front of their Reading Record. We would like them to play on the site as often as possible. They don't have to play for long as little and often sometimes works best. We will be choosing a Rock Star of the week in each class for children who have made the most effort/progress across the week, and will sometimes have "battles" where classes play each other.
Times Tables Rock Stars (ttrockstars.com)
Hit the Button
Another great maths resource is Hit the Button, for quick fire practise of number facts.
Times Tables Games
Lots of ways to practise recall and speed of times tables