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Year 3 Class Page

Hello and welcome to the Year 3 page! This is where you will find all the information you need to know about what we will be doing in Year 3 this term. There is so much to look forward to this year!

Remember: it's really important to be at school every day, on time and ready to learn.

PE: Year 3’s PE is on a Monday morning. Please come to school in your PE kits

Summer Curriculum Letter

Summer Term’s Topics

Humanities: UK and Russia

Big Question: Are Britain and Russia similar?

As historians, we will:

understand that time countries and borders change over time

As Geographers, we will:

compare a region of the UK to a region of Russia
explore different climates, weather and time zones
discuss global markings, such as hemispheres, tropics and Poles

Science: Light

Big Question: How does light affect what we see?

As Scientists, we will:

recognise that we need light in order to see things and that dark is the absence of light
understand that light is reflected from surfaces
know that light from the sun can be dangerous and that there are ways to protect our eyes
know that shadows are formed when the light from a light source is blocked by a solid object
can find patterns in the way that the size of shadows change

Working scientifically

Set up simple practical enquiries, comparative and fair tests
Use results to draw simple conclusions, make predictions for new values
Record findings in a variety of ways to help in answering questions

Science: Plants

As scientists, we will:

identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants: roots, stem/trunk, leaves and flowers.
explore the requirements of plants for life and growth (air, light, water, nutrients from soil, and room to grow) and how they vary from plant to plant.
investigate the way in which water is transported within plants.
explore the part that flowers play in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal.

Working scientifically

set up simple practical enquiries, comparative and fair tests.
record my ﬁndings using simple scientiﬁc language, drawings, labelled diagrams, keys, bar charts and tables
use results to draw simple conclusions and suggest improvements, new questions and predictions for setting up further tests
identify differences, similarities or changes related to simple scientiﬁc ideas and processes

Spring Term's Topics

Humanities: Ancient Egyptians

Big Question: What influenced life in Ancient Egypt?

As historians, we will:

understand the chronology of the Ancient Egyptian ‘period’
use sources to look at what life was like in Ancient Egypt
Explore what we know about Howard Carter and discoveries he was a part of

As Geographers, we will:

understand the formation of different landscape
compare and contrast different rivers around the word
investigate the importance of the Nile to life in Ancient Egypt

Science: Electricity and Light

Big Question: Does food help or hinder our body?

As scientists, we will study nutrition, muscles and the skeletal system to answer our key question. We will cover the following key knowledge:

I can identify that animals, including humans, need the right types and amount of nutrition, and that they cannot make their own food; they get nutrition from what they eat.
I can identify that humans and some other animals have skeletons and muscles for support, protection and movement.

Working scientifically

Identify differences, similarities or changes related to simple scientific ideas and processes.
Gather, record, classify and present data in a variety of ways to help answer questions.
Ask relevant questions and use different types of scientific enquiry

Autumn Term's Topics

Humanities

How did discoveries change life in Prehistoric Britain?

As historians, we will:

Identify the start and end of ‘prehistoric Britain’
Discover the importance of farming
Investigate the main discoveries of the time

As Geographers, we will:

Discover the importance of farming
Research the how land use changes over time and why

Science

Are rocks and soil completely different things?

As scientists, we will:

I can compare and group together different rocks based on their appearance and simple physical properties.
I can describe in simple terms how fossils are formed when things that have lived are trapped within rock.
I recognise that soils are made from rocks and organic matter

If a force is a push, pull or twist, does there always need to be contact?

As scientists, we will:

I can compare how things move on different surfaces
I know that some forces need contact but others don’t e.g. magnets can act at a distance
I can observe how magnets attract/repel each other and attract some materials but not others. I can group materials that are magnetic or non-magnetic.
I know that magnets have two poles and can predict if they will attract or repel when facing each other

Supporting Learning at Home

Homework

Homework is sent out every Friday and should be completed by the following Wednesday. Please remember that your role is to support the children - not do the work for them.

Homework is set online using TT Rockstars and Spelling Shed. Log on each week to see your set activities. Your child will have their passwords at home.

If you need any help with the homework or passwords then please come and chat to me, I am always happy to go through it with you.

Reading

Children need to read at home every day, ideally with an adult. Your child will take home a book that is appropriate for their reading level and we ask that they record a comment each day in their yellow reading journal and return this to school. Reading journals are checked daily so that we know how well a child is engaging with the book and when it needs changing. If your child is struglging with a particular book please let us know.