2025 - 2026

English:

During English, we will be reviewing many previously taught skills such as basic punctuation and letter formation, commas to lists to be able to write a letter to tell their new teacher about themselves. After this, we will review adjectives, adverbs and apostrophes for the children to write a diary entry in the viewpoint of the main character of the story 'The Koala Who Could'. 

Maths:

In Maths, we will be looking at place value within 100. We will use base 10 and place value counters to help us learn about ones, tens and hundreds. We will then look at adding and subtracting within 100 before moving on to numbers within 1000. We are also completing number sense daily to help us with our addition facts. 

Science:

Our science topic is called 'Movement and Nutrition.' The food groups, what we eat and why we eat, and what animals eat and why. We will examine the human skeleton and look at identifying the key bones that make up our skeleton. We will also look at what a balanced diet is and why it is important. 

Topic:

Our topic question for this half term has a Geography focus. The question is 'Why do people live near volcanoes?' Children will learn that the Earth is constructed in layers and the crust is divided into tectonic plates. Children will also look at a range of mountains including Mount Etna.

Summer 2025

In English we are looking at different types of poetry. We will be looking at the features, reading and writing, shape, quatrain and kennings style poems. We will continue to work hard on our handwriting and spelling skills. We will be creating wonderful setting descriptions and recounting a story based upon Tadeo Jones. (A short film.)

In maths we are learning fractions of objects, money, time, roman numerals, geometry and statistics. We will continue to practice our times tables daily, looking at square numbers and recapping our 5's and 10's.

In Science we are looking at plants. How they grow, what they need to grow, how water is  transported around a plant and how they disperse seeds. We will also learn how to plan an experiment and record results. We will be learning all about making connections - planning, gathering data, analysing data, concluding, evaluating and presenting.

Geography this term will focus on settlements. Children will learn about the different types of settlements and land use. They will look for physical and human features around the area that they live and how this has changed over time. Children we practice their map reading skills and OS symbols. 

In History we will be investigating what the Egyptians believed. We will learn about why the River Nile was important to the Egyptians and how we know so much about them. What evidence is there? We will also investigate their religious beliefs.

In RE our new topic will be Why water is symbolic? Making connections between religious stories and the importance of water, identifying how water is used in some rituals, suggesting what water might symbolise.

Spring

In English, we will be looking writing a narrative, an informal letter, a persuasive advert and a newspaper article. We will look at a range of writing skills focusing on writing to inform and writing to entertain. We will use a book called 'Tuesday’, a book called 'Hello lighthouse', a book called ‘Escape from Pompeii’ and a book called 'Crazy hair.'

In Maths, we will be looking at multiplication and division. We will use practical equipment to help us learn the 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, 8- and 10-times table. We will then move on to fractions as well as length and perimeter. We are also completing number sense daily to help us with our addition and subtraction facts.

Our Science topic is called ‘Rocks and soils.’ We will be looking at different rocks along with their physical properties. We will examine fossils and look how they are formed as well as looking at soil. We will then move onto a topic called ‘Light and Shadows.’  We will be learning about reflections and where shadows come from. As well as investigating how shadows work.

Our topic question for this half term has a Geography focus. The question is 'Who lives in Antarctica?' Children will learn about the lines of latitude as well as the physical and human features of Antarctica. We will focus on an explorer called Ernest Shackleton and look at how his expedition go. After this topic, we will have a History focus with the question ‘Why did the Romans invade and settle in Britain?’ We will be learning about why the Romans invaded and the response by the Britons. We will also examine Roman artefacts to help us understand their lives better.

This term we will have HEN (Hippodrome Education Network) every Wednesday. The focus will be a book called ‘Troll Swap’.

Autumn

In English, we will be looking writing a letter to our teacher to let them know all about us. We will look at a range of writing skills focusing on writing to inform and writing to entertain. We will use Disney's 'Lava Me!' and an animated film called 'The Catch.' 

In Maths, we will be looking at place value. We will use base 10 and place value counters to help us learn about ones, tens and hundreds. We will then move on to adding numbers together. We are also completing number sense daily to help us with our addition facts. 

Our Science topic is called 'Movement and Nutrition.' The food groups, what we eat and why we eat, and what animals eat and why. We will examine the human skeleton and look at identifying the key bones that make up our skeleton. We will also look at what a balanced diet is and why it is important. 

Our topic question for this half term has a Geography focus. The question is 'Why people live near volcanoes?' Children will learn that the Earth is constructed in layers and the crust is divided into tectonic plates. Children will also look at a range of mountains including Mount Etna. 

We enjoyed our first week in Year 3!

Summer 1

English: 

In Maths, we will continue to learn about mass and capacity , focusing on g and kg. We will then look at volume in ml and L. We will then revisit fractions by adding and subtracting them. We will then look at money, converting pounds and pence and adding and subtracting money and finding change.

This term we will be learning about plant reproduction and we will be able to describe the life cycle of a flowering plant and carry out tests to investigate plant structure and function.

Our topic is, are all settlements the same? We will locate some cities in the UK, describe the difference between villages, towns and cities, describe the different types of land use and look at New Delhi and the similarities and differences between the land use here and in our local area

Spring 2

In English, we read the story ‘Stone Age Boy’. We wrote a book review about it and learnt about subordinate clauses and pronouns to help us to write our own Stone Age story. We will then look at William Shakespeare and who he was. We will be using imperative verbs to create a persuasive poster to entice people to visit Stratford-Upon-Avon.

In Maths, we have been looking at mm, cm and m. We have been measuring and drawing lines and looking at converting measurements too. We then looked at perimeter. We moved onto fractions, knowing what a numerator and denominator is. We learnt about unit fractions, non-unit fractions and equivalent fractions.

In Science, we have been looking at light and dark. We have been looking at different materials to see if light can pass through, such as opaque, transparent and translucent. We have been investigating which materials create different shadows too.

In History we have been learning about the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age and the similarities and differences between the different periods of time. We have learnt about Skara Brae and ‘The Amesbury Archer’. We have been looking at the different tools they made and the clothes they wore and how they got their food.

Spring 1

In English this half term, we are looking at The Great Kapok Tree which links to our geography topic. Our first polished write will be about writing a persuasive letter to persuade the loggers to stop chopping down trees in the Amazon rainforest. We will be learning about emotive language, expanded noun phrases and rhetorical questions to support us with our persuasive writing.

In maths this half term, we will be continuing our learning of multiplication and division. We will start the term by looking how to times and divide by 10 and 100. Throughout this maths topic, we will be using resources to support our learning such as place value counters, place value charts and base 10. We also encourage the children to work on their times tables via TTRS to prepare for the upcoming test in June.

In science this half term, we will be looking at circuits and conductors. We will look at different types of devices and sorting them into which ones need electricity and which ones don’t. Children will also be building different circuits practically and understanding the different names for the equipment.

In geography this term, our topic is rainforests! We will be learning about different biomes and which one the Amazon rainforest belongs to as well as finding out what the rainforest is like and who lives there. Please look at our topic grid for some project ideas!

Autumn 2

In English, we will be writing a narrative for a story with no words called 'The Catch'. We will looked at relative clauses and adverbs to help us write this. We will also be looking at a clip of 'Lava' focusing on the setting and characters. 

In Maths, we will continue to look at addition using the column method. We will also subtract using this method with numbers beyond 100. We will look at regrouping and exchanging. We will then start to look at multiplication. Our main focus will be on our 2s, 5s, 10s, 3s, 4s and 8s. It would be great if you could use Times Tables Rockstars at home. 

In Science, we will be looking at rocks and fossils. We will look at the different types of rocks and see if they are man-made or natural. We will also look at how fossils are formed. 

In Topic, we will look at our Earth. We will find out about the layers of the Earth, about volcanoes, tornadoes, tsunami's and earthquakes. We look forward to seeing your projects. 

We created a volcanic eruption in science.

We have been using water colours in art and used them to make our calendars.

In maths, we used base 10 to help us understand place value and complete addition problems.

We enjoyed visiting the 100 years of pineapple exhibition.

We created the nativity scene after learning about it in RE.

We enjoyed our Christmas dinner.

Autumn 1

In English, we will be looking writing a letter to our teacher to let them know all about us. We will look at a range of writing skills focusing on writing to inform and writing to entertain. We will use Disney's 'Lava Me!' and an animated film called 'The Catch.' 

In Maths, we will be looking at place value. We will use base 10 and place value counters to help us learn about ones, tens and hundreds. We will then move on to adding numbers together. We are also completing number sense daily to help us with our addition facts. 

Our Science topic is called 'Movement and Nutrition.' The food groups, what we eat and why we eat, and what animals eat and why. We will examine the human skeleton and look at identifying the key bones that make up our skeleton. We will also look at what a balanced diet is and why it is important. 

Our topic question for this half term has a Geography focus. The question is 'Why people live near volcanoes?' Children will learn that the Earth is constructed in layers and the crust is divided into tectonic plates. Children will also look at a range of mountains including Mount Etna. 

We enjoyed our first week in Year 3!

We enjoyed designing our input and output devices during ICT

we had a mummy wrapping contest!

We enjoyed the visit from the animal man

We learnt all about Venus during Science Week

We have been used base 10 to add in Maths

In music, we have been learning how to play the chime bars.

We watched an exciting show all about hunting beasts!

This term, we have been concentrating on collage in art.

Year 3 were very excited to have a visit from the animal man.

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English:

We will begin English in Year 3 by writing an autobiography. Following this, we will be re visiting word classes and building sentences. Later in the term, we will be using a short animated film called, ‘Broken: Rock, Paper, Scissors’ to create several writing tasks including a Wanted posted and a letter.

Maths: This term, we will focus on place value introducing three digit numbers. We will compare, order and partition numbers. Later on, we will be moving on to using these skills to work on addition and subtraction. Each morning, we will be completing maths basic skills including our number bonds to 10,20 and 100 and a reminder of our 2,5 and 10 times tables.

Topic:

We are very excited this term to be studying the ‘Rainforest’ – during our topic we will focus on many geographical skills. Areas that will be touched upon include the location and climate of some rainforests, the different layers of the rainforest and important issues such as the dangers of deforestation.

Science:

During Science this term our topic is Plants. We will be figuring out what job each part of the plant does and what plants require to live and grow. We will be setting up practical investigations, making observations and looking at patterns.

Our MFL unit this half term is called “J'apprends le francais” which means “I’m learning French”. We will be learning how to greet another person and say our own names. We’ll be learning to count to ten as well as naming some common colours in French.

We made a list of different ways we can be respectful to ourselves and talked about why this is really important.

We thought about what friendship means to us. These are someone's amazing ideas!

Taking part in story telling with Miss. Bradley. 

Taking part in Music and Dance with Mr. Jones

In Science, we looked at the similarities and differences between human and animal skeletons.

During life skills, we learnt the steps to safely make a cup of tea. 

In 3C, we thought about things that might make us happy if we are feeling sad. Here is our super list. Using this list, we worked hard to create a poster to share these ideas with others

We have been looking at hundreds, tens and ones in maths. 

Look at this beautifully painted pebble. 3O carefully designed and then painted a pebble to go into our mental health rock garden. What great work!