Year 3

Welcome to the Year 3 class page. Visit this page for regular updates on what the children have been learning about in Year 3.

Mr Campbell teaches Willow Class, whilst Miss Moss is the teacher for Hazel Class.

Miss Ainslie, Mrs Scott & Ms Day are the teaching assistants across both classes.
 

Our school day begins at 8:40am and ends at 3:15pm. 

Our PE day is Monday, please remember children need to wear their PE kit on this day. 

Please remember:
A filled and named water bottle.

A packed lunch if you are not having a school dinner.

A piece of fruit or a cereal bar for breaktime. 

We aim to be a nut free school; please can we ask you to check ingredients to make sure all products are nut free.

Keep your eye on Class Dojo for updates.

Remember to use our year group email or DOJO page to get in touch:

Yr3@stjames.covmat.org

Autumn Term
 

This autumn, Year 3 have had a busy and enjoyable term across the curriculum. In English, we read Stone Age Boy and Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx, using the texts to support our reading, writing and discussion. In Maths, we focused on place value, addition and subtraction, before moving on to multiplication and division.

Across our wider learning, students explored the human body and cycles in nature in Science, learned about life from the Stone Age through to Ancient Egypt in History, and developed map skills and an understanding of settlements in Geography. In Art, we worked on line and still life, while in Design Technology we made bauble decorations using binka. In Computing, students learned about networks and created their own stop frame animations. In Music, we recorded a Viking style composition. PE lessons included gymnastics, football, dance and tag rugby, making it a full and active term of learning.

Spring Term

In the Spring term, Year 3 will move on to a new set of topics across the curriculum. In English, students will use How to Train Your Dragon to write clear instructions and a non chronological report, before working with Vikings by Jeremy Strong to support their reading and writing. In Maths, learning will focus on multiplication and division, length and perimeter, followed by fractions, mass and capacity.

In History, students will study the Anglo Saxons, Scots and Vikings, while Geography lessons will explore the geography of the UK and compare it with Western Europe. In Science, they will learn about forces and magnets and investigate rocks. Art will focus on Ancient Egyptian and Anglo Saxon art, and in Design Technology students will design and build pop up books. Computing lessons will cover sequencing sounds and branching databases, Music will include Viking themed singing and pentatonic melodies linked to Chinese New Year, and PE will focus on netball, hockey, badminton and basketball.

Summer Term

This summer term, Year 3 will be exploring an exciting and engaging curriculum across all subjects. In English, children will begin reading The Adventures of King Arthur and will work towards writing their own narrative by the end of the half term. They will focus on using exciting vocabulary to capture the reader’s imagination, alongside developing key grammar skills such as using inverted commas for speech and building simple and complex sentences with conjunctions. Weekly spellings will continue to be sent home on paper. During reading sessions, children will further develop their comprehension skills, including inference, retrieval and understanding word meanings.

In Maths, the focus this term is on fractions, including adding, subtracting and partitioning fractions, before moving on to money. Support with money at home would be greatly appreciated, as some children find this a challenging area. Times tables will be revised weekly to ensure children are well prepared for Year 4, and later in the term children will also learn about time and statistics.

In Science, children will be learning about plants, including identifying plant parts, their functions, pollination and seed dispersal. Later in the term, they will explore light by investigating shadows, mirrors and reflection. In Geography, Year 3 will begin a new topic on Western Europe, learning about countries such as France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, alongside exploring landmarks, landscapes and map skills.

In Art, children will be studying architecture, focusing on symmetry, structures and sculptures. In Religious Education, pupils will be learning about worldviews and exploring themes such as conflict, peace, forgiveness and reconciliation