Welcome to Year 3
Our Class Library
Below are the core texts and literature we will be using in Year 3 to support the delivery of our curriculum.
What Year 3 are learning about this half term?
Autumn 2
Our key Historical enquiry question is : How did life progress throughout the Stone Age? Here are some of the main objectives we will cover: History:
In English, our core texts for this half term are: The Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kitamura UG: Boy Genius of the Stone Age by Raymond Briggs Woolly Mammoth by Brita Granström
Here are the independent writing outcomes we cover: Writing to Entertain: Historical Narrative Writing to Entertain: Character Description Writing to Entertain: Free verse Poem Writing to Inform: Non-chronological report - Woolly Mammoth
In Science, our unit is Animal including Humans. Our key enquiry question is: Are all skeletons the same? In the unit we will:
In Art, our unit is Painting with mixed media: Prehistoric Art. In the unit, we will:
In Computing, our unit is Programming - Scratch In the unit we will:
In French, our unit is French adjectives for shape, colour and size. In the unit we will:
In RE, we will continue our unit on How do Jew remember God’s convent Abraham and Moses? In the unit we will:
In Music, we are learning how to play the Ukulele with Miss Morrison
In PE, our unit is Dance In the unit we will:
In RHE, our unit is Similarities and difference In the unit, we will learn:
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Our previous learning
Autumn 1
Our key Geographical enquiry question is : What physical features make Britain a good place to settle?
Here are some of the main objectives we will cover:
Geography:
- What did early settlers need?
- What are the countries and regions of the UK?
- How is different land used in settlements?
- What human and physical features are located in the UK?
- How can we show features of a settlement on a map?
- Why is Todmorden a good place to settle?
In English, our core text for this half term is 'The Iron Man' by Ted Hughes.
Here are the independent writing outcomes we will cover:
Writing to Entertain: Retell chapter one from the view point of the main character.
Writing to Entertain: Performance poetry - The Coming of the Iron Man by Brenda Williams
Writing to Entertain: Blackout poetry
Writing to Inform: Ted Hughes - Biography
Writing to Inform: Instructions: How to trap the Iron Man.
In Science, our unit is Forces and Magnets.
Our key enquiry question is: Are all materials magnetic?
In the unit we:
- Compare how things move on different surfaces
- Notice that some forces need contact between two objects, but magnetic forces can act at a distance
- Observe how magnets attract or repel each other and attract some materials and not others
- Compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of whether they are attracted to a magnet, and identify some magnetic materials
- Describe magnets as having two poles
- Predict whether two magnets will attract or repel each other, depending on which poles are facing.
In Art, our unit is Growing Artists.
In the unit, we will:
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- 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, our unit is Mechanical Systems: Pneumatic toys
In the unit we will:
- Draw accurate diagrams with correct labels, arrows and explanations.
- Correctly identify definitions for key terms.
- Identify five appropriate design criteria.
- Communicate two ideas using thumbnail sketches.
- Communicate and develop one idea using an exploded diagram.
- Select appropriate equipment and materials to build a working pneumatic system.
- Assemble their pneumatic system within the housing to create the desired motion.
- Create a finished pneumatic toy that fulfils the design brief
In Computing, our unit is Networks and the Internet
In the unit we will:
- Recognise that a network is two or more devices connected.
- Explain how information moves around a network and the role of the server.
- Understand that networks connect to the internet via a router.
- Explain some of the journey a website goes through to reach your computer.
- Explain that websites are split into small pieces (packets) to be sent via the internet.
In French, our unit is French Greetings.
In the unit we will:
- Look carefully at the speaker and respond confidently with the appropriate gesture and phrase.
- Begin to recognise how some sounds (‘on’, ‘ou’, ‘et’ and ‘oi’) are represented in written form.
- Link actions or pictures to the new language, both in spoken and written form.
- Imitate the pronunciation of sounds.
- Take turns to speak and use appropriate intonation.
In Music, our unit is Ballads
In the unit we will:
- Identify the key features of a ballad.
- Perform a ballad using actions.
- Sing in time and in tune with a song and incorporate actions.
- Retell a summary of an animation’s story.
- Write a verse with rhyming words which tell part of a story.
- Perform their lyrics fluently and with actions.
In RHE, our unit is Healthy and Happy Friendships
In the unit we will learn:
- · what the different qualities of a healthy, happy friendship are
- · why listening is an important part of a healthy friendship
- · the importance of keeping ourselves safe and understanding personal boundaries
- · how some touch and space boundaries will not be appropriate and how to identify these
- · how to show respect for people’s personal boundaries
- · what resilience is, and how we can develop our own resilience
- · how we can help other people develop their resilience in challenging situations.
In RE, our unit is How do Jew remember God’s convent Abraham and Moses?
- In the unit we will:
- Re-tell some Jewish stories and consider their importance.
- Discover how Jews express their faith through rituals and actions.
- Express ideas about the rituals and practices which demonstrate belonging to a community
In PE, our unit is Invasion Games: Hockey
In the unit we will:
- Learn how to play an invasion game fairly (Hockey Rules applicable to Y3)
- Learn how to keep and win back possession of the ball in a team game.
- Learn how to dribble and pass with a hockey stick
- Learn how to defend and shoot using a hockey stick
Meet the staff...
Mrs Whittem (class teacher)
Miss Rachel (teaching assistant)
Ferney Lee Road, Todmorden,
Lancs, OL14 5NR
01706 254848
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