Ferney Lee Primary School

Welcome to Year 3

What Year 3 are learning about this half term?

Autumn 1

In our first half term, our Geographical enquiry question is: What physical features make Britain a good place to settle?

In our Geography lessons, we will identify the counties and regions of the UK, research how land is used in different settlements, and identify human and physical features on a map.

In English, we will complete a Place Value of Punctuation and Grammar unit concentrating on different nouns, verbs, and clauses to create accurate sentence structure.

For our class text, we will be reading, 'The Iron Man' by Ted Hughes.

In Maths, we will learn about the Place Value of numbers up to 1000, which includes rounding, ordering, comparing, and representing numbers in different ways. 

In Science, our unit is Forces and Magnets. Our key enquiry question is: Are all materials magnetic?

In Art, our unit is Monochromatic, we will learn how artists draw faces.

In PE, our first unit is Invasion Games

In Music, we will learn to play the Ukulele with Mrs Morrison.

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.

In RE, our unit is How do Jew remember God’s convent Abraham and Moses?

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.

In Computing, our unit is Networks and the Internet. We will also learn how to stay safe online. 

Our previous learning

Our Class Library

Below are the core texts and literature we will be using in Year 3 to support the delivery of our curriculum. 

Meet the staff...

Mrs Whittem (class teacher)

Miss Rachel (teaching assistant)

Mr Parker

Teaching and Learning Apprentice