Year Three Curriculum Newsletter Autumn 2025
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 begin with looking at our school mission statement and how we can use scripture to show this in our lives. We will also learn about our class saint, St Teresa of Calcutta. Throughout the term, we will be covering two branches, Creation and Covenant, Prophecy and Promise. During our first branch, we will focus on the Creation story and how we are made in the image and likeness of God, are given the task of caring for the Earth and stewardship. We will reflect on the idea that God brings order and goodness out of nothing through his Word and through the Holy Spirit—introducing the Christian understanding of the Trinity. Our second branch will explore two key themes: the structure of the Mass and the Nativity in St Matthew’s Gospel. We will focus on the Liturgy of the Word, learning how Christians gather, listen to Scripture, and respond in faith, linking this to Creation themes such as gift and rest. This branch helps deepen our understanding of the Mass and how Scripture is lived and celebrated in the Church, while respecting the diverse experiences pupils bring.
RSHE Throughout RSHE this term, we will be covering the unit, 'Created and loved by God’. This theme explores the individual. Rooted in the teaching that we are made in the image and likeness of God, it helps us to develop an understanding of the importance of valuing ourselves as the basis for personal relationships. We will learn to celebrate similarities and differences, and to appreciate and look after our bodies as gifts from God. Within this unit, we 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 find out about a range of genres, including explanation texts and descriptive writing. We will also learn about other genres such as poetry and narratives. Within our grammar lessons, we will revisit and build upon the punctuation learned in Year 2. We will also be exposed to new descriptive language which will provide us with opportunities to develop the quality of our writing even further.
MATHS In the Autumn Term, we will be focusing on place value, addition & subtraction and multiplication & division. We will learn how to compare and order numbers up to 1000. For addition and subtraction, we will learn how to add and subtract in 1s, 10s and 100s as well as adding and subtracting using 2digit and 3-digit numbers. Alongside this, we will also learn how to estimate answers and use the inverse operation. Within multiplication and division, we will be recapping the use of equal groups and the 2, 5 and 10 times tables. We will then extend this and learn to multiply and divide by 3, 4 and 8; building up the speed of recall of these times tables. We will also have lots of maths investigations to do with opportunities to develop problem-solving skills.
SCIENCE Within science lessons, we will cover two topics: 'Rocks' and 'Forces & Magnets’. In Autumn 1, we will learn about the different ways that rocks are formed and their different purposes. Alongside this, we will learn about how fossils and soil are made. In Autumn 2, we will learn about the push and pull forces as well as the attract and repel forces of a magnet. We will develop an understanding of the different materials that can be grouped into magnetic or non-magnetic and their purposes.
HISTORY For the Autumn Term in history, we 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. We 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. Our research will be conducted in a variety of ways and this will develop our skills as historians.
ART/DT In Design and Technology, we will be learning how to safely design, evaluate and make our own product based on the topic of 'Changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age'. To successfully build a functional product, we will explore and evaluate existing products by testing them, considering a wide range of factors. In Art this term, we will be using the skill of 'Sculptures' in the form of ‘Sensory/Interactive '. Across the topic, we will learn about the artist Helio Oiticica, as well as other artists who produce sensory pieces. Our focus will be to create a sensory sculpture that uses our senses. You might be able to see it, hear it or smell it!
MUSIC For Autumn Term 1, we will look at recording simple notation. We will learn about long and short (rhythm) and high and low (pitch) sounds and how these can be represented by musical symbols. Alongside this, we will learn that these symbols can be written on a stave and named with special musical names. This helps us to remember what we are going to sing and play. Our second unit, in Autumn term 2, will explore the topic of ‘Playing in a band’. Here we will try to read the notation of one of the easy instrumental parts when playing together in this unit. We will look at when people sing or use instruments to play two or more different pitches that sound at the same time, listening for the harmony in the music. We will also explore singing and playing instruments together to create these beautiful sounds.
MFL During our Spanish lessons this term, we will be starting by introducing how to greet and hold a simple and short conversation. 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. In the second half of the Autumn term, we will learn 10 colour names and how to count from 1-10 in Spanish.
P.E. Within outdoor PE, wewill complete two topics, 'Outdoor Athletics' and 'Outdoor & Adventurous Orienteering’. In indoor PE, the children will learn four gymnastics 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 begin by looking into technology progression. In this topic, the will explore the use of AI and DNA analysis and how this is used within forensic criminology. We will also discuss the benefits of using technology in solving a crime. For Autumn term 2, our topic will focus on understanding programming. Here we will begin a project on Scratch (a programming software) and understanding the design and sequencing processes to create a sequence of connected commands