Curriculum overview

The overall topic for this half term in year 3 is ‘How did Britain change between the end of the Stone Age and the end of the Iron Age?’. The children will learn more about this through their history lessons and across the curriculum areas. 

English;

In English we will be reading Iron Man by Ted Hughes. We will use our class text to help us write letters from the point of a view of a character. The children will learn about the features of letter writing and have a chance to put this into their own work. They will also be looking at persuasive writing using the class text as a prompt. 

Maths:

In Maths we will be following the White Rose Maths scheme of work. This half term covers topics such as time, shape and statistics. We will be learning about telling the time, properties of shapes and reading/producing charts and diagrams to represent statistics. We will use practical based learning and manipulative alongside apply the theory to written tasks. 

Science:

For Science we will be completing a physics topic of forces and magnets. We will begin by learning about the famous scientist Inge Lehmann and their contributions to science. The children will learn about the different forces, how they work and complete some practical experiments to test them. 

History:

Our History focus will be learning about the stone age, iron age and the bronze age to decide when we would prefer to live and why. The children will learn about what life was like in those times and how they have changed to what we know today.

PSHE:

The PSHE topic is changing me following the Jigsaw scheme. The children will learn about the changes that will be happening to themselves. We will also look at transition activities to prepare the children for their next stage in their learning journeys. 

RE:

In RE we will be learning more about the Sikh faith following the Jigsaw RE scheme. We will learn about why Sikhs think it is important to share. We will consider why sharing is important to us and apply this to the Sikh faith. 

DT:

In DT we will be using our cooking skills to create our own seasonal savoury tart. The children will learn about seasonal produce and the source of our food. We will then taste test some ingredients before finally using our skills to make a savoury tart to try and evaluate. 

Computing:

Following the Teach Computing scheme of work, in computing we will learn about computer network systems. We will consider the components of a computer system, how networks are connected and what our school network could look like.  

PE:

In PE we will be doing athletics in preparation for our annual sports day. Alongside our PE lessons conducted by Mr Bishop the children will also take part in Swimming lessons. 

Music:

In music we will listen and appraise a song called ‘Let your spirit fly’. The children will then have the opportunity to learn the lyrics and compose using the original track as a base for their composition. 

Spanish: 

The children will get the opportunity to learn some new Spanish words and use them when talking to their friends. This half term they will be learning about different instruments and will be able to say I play.