Year 3 is an exciting year in which the children will be introduced to new topics and new skills.
This year, we will study a range of texts in literacy to support children with their reading and writing, including Stone Age Boy, The Iron Man and The Firework Maker’s Daughter. We use our class novels to help model our own writing and to encourage the children to develop their use of grammar, punctuation and vocabulary across a range of text types.
We will use Maths No Problem to develop a range of new maths skills and complete daily DICE tasks, encouraging the children to use and apply the skills that they learn. Times tables will be a huge focus in Year 3 and the children will be expected to practise their times tables daily, both in school and at home. We will use a range of concrete and abstract resources to support learning and children will receive regular intervention when needed.
Some of the cornerstones topics we will cover this year are Through the Ages, Rocks, Relics and Rumbles and Emperors and Empires. Our topics will allow the children to learn a range of history and geography knowledge through fun and exciting topics. Afternoons will also be dedicated to science, MFL and RE.
There will be a big focus on children’s rights, which may be taught both discretely and through PSHE. Children will also take part in P.E where they will learn a range of skills from gymnastics, dance and ball skills.