Year 3
Meet the Team:
Mrs R Thackray, Mrs S Gautrey, Miss D Deasy, Mrs L Ullyart, Mrs S Calvert, Mrs E Fry
Our Curriculum
The Stone Age to the Iron Age
Travelling back to the start of humanity, children in Year 3 will learn what it was like to be a child in the Stone Age times. We will learn how we find out about the past through archaeology as a primary source. The homes, diets, clothes, weapons and tools of our ancestors will be examined. Pupils will look at cave art to see what it represented and to try some of their own. We will then look at how aspects of life developed after the discovery of bronze and iron.
Ancient Civilisations
We will learn about the different ancient civilisations around the world focusing specifically on Ancient Egypt for our in depth study. In this we will explore how the hierarchy worked and what roles pharaohs and slaves played. We will look at how hieroglyphics tell us about the past and learn how to create our own. Through our design technology learning we will look at how Egyptian pyramids were built. Our Egyptian learning will include discovering more about the River Nile and the importance that it plays in the daily life of the people who have and still live there.
Carnival
Our focus in this unit of learning will be ‘Who made history?’ where we will learn about Arthur France and how he introduced carnival to Leeds. We will learn about how carnival is a celebration of West Indian culture through art, music and dance. As part of this learning, we will discover the key events and how this celebration came out of slavery.
Rainforests
We will adventure to the rainforests on the equator and found out about the four different layers. We’ll find out why the rainforests of the world are under threat and what impact this would have on humans and animals that rely on them. This will link well with our science learning about plants and what their purpose is.
Maths
We will be using a range of resources to teach maths this year. We want to improve children’s fluency in the recall of facts and the methods that we use to calculate. We will focus on using all four operations: addition, subtraction, division and multiplication. We will use resources that guide children through their learning with challenging and fun activities. The use of practical equipment will run through all of our maths teaching. Throughout the year we will also have a huge push on learning our times tables in preparation for the Multiplication Times Tables Check (MTC) in year 4. Once we are secure in our calculation methods we will look at how to apply these to problem solving and reasoning activities.
English
Year 3 children will gain experience in writing across a broad variety of genres for different audiences. Obtaining a firm grasp of sentence structure and basic punctuation will be a focus throughout the year. We will become authors of our own published pieces and write texts of our own choice. In reading, the length of texts will increase from Year 2. We will work on how to retrieve information from a text and how to recall stories and facts we have read. We will also think about how to give our own opinions about what we have read.
Science
As scientists we will think about how and why things happen. We will make predictions and carry out fair tests. In our Magnets and Forces topic we will learn about what magnets are attracted to and what they repel. We will investigate what electricity travels through and where our electricity comes from. We will find out about different light sources and how shadows are formed. In our Humans topic, we will learn about the importance of a healthy lifestyle and the role of the skeleton. We will learn all about the importance of plants to life on earth and how plants reproduce.
Links to online support for children in Y3
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