Year Three Curriculum NewsletterAutumn 2024
Joy Excellence Service
"Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy. Those who go out weeping carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them."
Psalm 126:5-6
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
In Religious Education this term, we will be covering our class saint, 'St Teresa of Calcutta' and addressing what is so special about her and why this has led to her being our class saint. Throughout the rest of the term, the children will be learning about three different topics; 'Homes', 'Promises' and 'Visitors’. 'Homes' is a theme based on the experience of ‘family’ in society today. They will know that family still remains the first place for growth and development. 'Visitors' is about recognising the importance of welcome, of feeling comfortable with new situations and belonging to new groups. 'Promises' delves into the idea that gifts, given and received, are a sign and expression of love.
RSHE
Throughout RSHE this term, we will be covering the unit, 'Created and loved by God’. Created and Loved by God explores the individual. Rooted in the teaching that we are made in the image and likeness of God, it helps children to develop an understanding of the importance of valuing themselves as the basis for personal relationships. Children will learn to celebrate similarities and differences, and to appreciate and look after their bodies as gifts from God. Within this unit, children will also identify unacceptable behaviours and learn to build resilience against negative feelings by practising thankfulness.
ENGLISH
In the Autumn Term, we will start the term off with reading our class book of 'UG: Boy Genius of the Stone Age' by Raymond Briggs. The story follows the quest of a Stone Age boy, Ug, in his search for softer trousers. With ideas beyond his time his questioning and inventive mind proves exasperating at times for his parents. This story will allow us to follow a range of genres, such as an explanation text and descriptive writing. ln the second half of the Autumn Term, the children will begin a second book. This story continue to expand on the children’s knowledge and understand of reading. During this term, our story will allow us to follow a range of genres, such as poetry and a narrative. Within their SPAG lessons, the children will revisit and build upon their punctuation from year 2. They will also be exposed to new descriptive language which will provide them with opportunities to extend their writing knowledge.
MATHS
For the Autumn Term, the children will be focusing on place value, addition & subtraction and multiplication & division. and use a number line for numbers up to 100 and 1000. They will also learn how to compare and order numbers up to 1000. For addition and subtraction, the children will learn how to add and subtract in 1s, 10s and 100s as well as 2digit and 3-digit numbers. Alongside this they will also learn how to estimate answers and use the inverse operation. Within multiplication and division, the children will be recapping the use of equal groups and their 2, 5 and 10 times tables. They will then extend this and learn to multiply and divide by 3, 4 and 8; this will coincide with learning their timetables. The children will be provided with opportunities to develop their problem-solving skills.
SCIENCE
Within Science, the children will develop with understanding within two topics, 'Rocks' and 'Forces & Magnets'. ln Autumn 1, the children will learn about the different ways that rocks are formed and their different purposes. Alongside this, they will learn about how fossils and soil are made. ln Autumn 2, the children will learn about the push and pull forces as well as the attract and repel forces of a magnet. They will develop an understanding of the different materials that can be grouped into magnetic or non-magnetic and the purposes.
HISTORY
For the Autumn Term in History, the children will be learning about the 'Changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age'. The children will learn about the changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age in the past and now. They will also understand the legacy left by the Stone Age and Iron Age people. Throughout this topic, we will make links to the local area and how this time period affected it. Their research will be conducted through a variety of ways and this will develop their historian skills.
ART/DT
For Design and Technology, the children will be learning how to safely, design, evaluate and make their own product based on their topic of 'Changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age'. To successfully build a functional product, children will explore and evaluate existing products by testing them, considering a wide range of factors. ln art this term we will be using the skill of 'Sculptures' in the form of 'Figures'. Across the topic, the children will focus on the textures using malleable materials. The end goal is to attempt to create an accurate realistic form while always keeping the safety and care of themselves and the equipment.
MUSIC
For Autumn term 1, the children will be learning 'Let Your Spirit Fly'. This consists of a variety of styles of music such as, R&B, Western Classical, Musicals, Motown, Soul. This topic will teach the children about the historical context of musical styles.
ln Autumn term 2, the topic the children will be doing is 'Glockenspiel Stage 1'. This topic provides the children with the chance to learn basic instrumental skills by playing tunes in varying styles and will be an Introduction to the language of music, theory and composition.
MFL
During our Spanish lessons this term, we will be starting by introducing how to greet and hold a simple and short conversation in Spanish. By the end of this unit we will be able to: Say ‘hello’ (formally and informally) in Spanish; Say ‘my name is…’ in Spanish; Ask somebody in Spanish how they are feeling and give a reply and Say ‘goodbye’ and ‘see you soon’ in Spanish. ln the second half of the Autumn term, the children will learn 10 colours and how to count from 1-10 in Spanish.
P.E.
Within outdoor PE, the children will complete two topics, 'Outdoor Athletics' and 'Outdoor & Adventurous - Orienteering'. ln indoor PE, the children will learn four skills: 'Travel', 'Rotation', 'Flight' and 'Balance'. These four skills will allow the children to create their own sequences of movements with their own rules and versions of the task. These opportunities will also provide the children with the chance to identify what went well and how they can improve on their own work and that of others.
COMPUTING
Within Computing, the children will begin their journey through the use of the ‘Bear man Coding’. This will refresh and solidify their knowledge from Year 2. We will also look at why the code they are completing is being done in this way to help them ensure they can sue their coding skills independently in future lessons. The children will also continue their practice in their touch typing skills. They are able to complete this at a pace which will enable them to develop this skill over a time that helps them best.
