Welcome to Year 3
We are delighted to welcome you to our year 3 class page and are looking forward to sharing all our exciting work with you as the year progresses. We will update our page termly to share all the learning we have been curious about and the fun we have been having!
Autumn Term 1
During term 1 we will investigating light in our science lessons. We will be thinking about how light travels and how we see light. We will be investigating different sources of manmade and natural light and carrying out lots of investigations to help us understand these different ideas. This term in our science work we will be particularly focused on the skill of prediction. We will be suggesting what we think will happen and why.
This term our history topic is based around the Ancient Egyptians. We will be thinking about when this civilisation was around and where they fit into history timelines. We will be exploring what life was like during this period, what jobs people did and what school was like! We will also be investigating Egyptian gods and finding out about the gruesome process of mummification.
Our writing this term will include pieces to entertain, such as haiku poetry and narrative. All of this will be inspired by a selection of haiku poems that we will read, review and perform before writing some of our own using the patterns we reveal. We will also be reading the book Cinderella of The Nile written by Beverley Naidoo and writing some narratives of our own linked to the story. In our whole class reading we will be exploring the non fiction book 'How does a lighthouse work?' written by Roman Belyaev.
Maths
In Maths this term we will be exploring place value, thinking about how to partition numbers into different parts. We will then be moving on to addition and subtraction skills and applying what we have learnt.
PE
Our PE sessions this term will be Mondays and Tuesdays. Children need to attend school wearing their kit.
Year 3 Term Overview
Year 3 Knowledge Overview Autumn Term