Holy Trinity

This page will tell you about all the learning that will take place as we begin Year 3 together. Let's make our first term together the best!

English

In class we will enjoy reading 'George's Marvellous Medicine' by Roald Dahl This title refers to Roald Dahl's book for children about a young boy named George who, frustrated with his mean and bossy Grandmother, concocts a magical medicine to teach her a lesson. He mixes various household items, resulting in a potion that causes her to grow to an enormous size. The story follows George's adventures as he tries to recreate the medicine and the unexpected consequences it has on his family and farm animals. In addition to this we will also write our own instructions for our own magic medicine and a character description of Grandma. Later this term we will also read The Twits and find out lots of facts about our Author of the term Roald Dahl. We will also recap lots of new punctuation and grammar skills this term such as punctuating sentences with capital letters, full stops, exclamation marks and question marks. We will also learn direct speech and using adverbs more regularly in our writing. All this is alongside our daily spelling and weekly guided reading there will something for everyone to enjoy this half term!

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Maths

In the autumn term, Year 3 children will build their understanding of place value, addition, and subtraction by using a range of practical resources and pictorial representations. They will learn to recognise the value of each digit in three-digit numbers and use manipulatives such as base ten blocks, place value charts, and number lines to help them partition and recombine numbers confidently. Through concrete and visual methods, they will practise adding and subtracting numbers with up to three digits, using mental and written strategies. Alongside this, they will consolidate their knowledge of the 2, 5, and 10 times tables and begin to learn the 3 and 4 times tables, using arrays, counters, and repeated addition to develop a strong understanding of multiplication facts.

History

In history lessons this term, Year 3 children will be learning all about the Stone Age, exploring what life was like for early humans and how they survived. They will discover how people hunted, gathered food, made tools, and created cave art. To bring their learning to life, they will visit Creswell Crags, where they will have the exciting opportunity to see a real prehistoric cave and take part in an archaeological dig. This hands-on experience will help them understand how archaeologists uncover clues about the past and give them a deeper appreciation of how people lived thousands of years ago

Science

In science this term, Year 3 children will be learning all about light, discovering how we see things and why shadows are formed. They will explore the difference between light sources and reflectors, investigate how light travels in straight lines, and learn about how shadows change size. To help them understand these ideas, they will take part in lots of hands-on activities, such as using torches to test which materials reflect light, creating shadow puppets to observe how shadows move and grow, and carrying out experiments to find out how to make things more visible in the dark. These practical investigations will help them develop their scientific skills and curiosity about the world around them.

Our Christian Value in R.E. this half term is FRIENDSHIP. We will be thinking about this at all times and discussing experiences we have. We will share how we can serve God by always believing in ourselves and others to become a good citizen. We will talk about how we can can show thankfulness when working and playing hard. We will discuss what it means and what qualities Jesus would like us to have in order to be a successful with this value.

In class we will be learning: What do Christians learn from the creation story?

Make sense of belief:
• Place the concepts of God and Creation on a timeline of the Bible’s ‘big story’
• Make clear links between Genesis 1 and what Christians believe about God and Creation
• Recognise that the story of ‘the Fall’ in Genesis 3 gives an explanation of why things go wrong in the world
Understand the impact:
• Describe what Christians do because they believe God is Creator (e.g. follow God, wonder at how amazing God’s creation is; care for the Earth – some specific ways)
• Describe how and why Christians might pray to God, say sorry and ask for forgiveness
Make connections:
• Ask questions and suggest answers about what might be important in the Creation story for Christians and for non-Christians living today.

ART

In Art this half term we will be learning about how to sketch plants and flowers. Some skills we will learn are:

Know the difference between organic and geometric shapes.
Use simple shapes to form the basis of a detailed drawing.
Use shading to demonstrate a sense of light and dark in their work.
Shade with a reasonable degree of accuracy and skill.
Blend tones smoothly and follow the four shading rules.
Collect a varied range of textures using frottage.
Use tools competently, being willing to experiment.
Generate ideas mostly independently and make decisions to compose an interesting frottage image.
Make considered cuts and tears to create their ideas.
Understand how to apply tone, with some guidance about where to use it.
Draw a framed selection of an image onto a large scale with some guidance.
Try a range of drawing materials, beginning to demonstrate expressive marks by trying tools in an interesting way.

In Design and Technology we will be creating our own felt pouch. We will learn and apply two new sewing techniques – cross-stitch and appliqué. Utilise these new skills to design and make a cushion

Music

This term's work is all about:

Exploring Descriptive Sounds –

The children will create, perform an analyse short descriptive compositions. They will combine the playing of tuned instruments with singing and movement.