Year 3
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The Wider Curriculum
Science: In science, we will be building on our knowledge of senses, particularly sight. We will be investigating why we can see objects, because of the light and understand that we cannot see in the dark because of the absence of light. We will be looking at the different sources of light, both natural and artificial and carry out investigative activities to learn more about how shadows are formed.
History: In history, we will be learning about Roman Britain, including why Camulondonum (Coventry) was chosen as the Roman capital and how the Britons felt about the Roman takeover. We will learn about Boudica’s revolt, including deciphering primary and secondary sources and bias, as well as how the Romans changed Britain.
Art: - In art this term we will be using a variety of different materials to explore storytelling through drawing and linear perspective. The artist who we will take inspiration from are Laura Carlin, Shaun Tan and Leonardo Da Vinci. We will delve into composition, sequencing, mark marking and text within drawings.
Jigsaw: In Jigsaw, we will be considering the relationships we have and how to be happy and safe within them. These include family, friendships and online relationships. We will also learn about children who face hardship and think about the things we appreciate about our own lives as a comparison.
RE: In RE, we will be learning about Humanism. We will learn that Humanist believe that Humans can be good without having religious beliefs by being moral. We will look at different stories that help humanists learn about the right thing to do and understand empathy.
English
English:
Reading- During Summer 1, we will be reading Arthur and the Golden Rope.
We will be developing our skills learnt, through using our skill of skimming and scanning the text to retrieve, infer using the information from the text to justify and understand word meanings.
Our reading for pleasure book this half term is:
Some other books children may be interested in around our topics and book of authors being read in school this half term are:
Writing- In English, we will be developing our knowledge and writing skills used in narratives. With a focus on our Guided reading book ‘Arthur and the Golden Rope’ we will explore the world of myths, legends and fantasy! Looking at the including key skills such as present perfect and expanded noun phrases, whilst applying previously learnt skills such as third person and paragraphing. By the end of the unit children will have written their own fantasy narrative, about their own characters, conflicts and mystical elements!
Handwriting - During handwriting this term we will be looking at suffixes –er and –est (bigger/ biggest). We will then move on to Year 3 common exception words, within this we will be practicing writing from dictation, testing our listening skills.
Spelling- This half term in our spelling lessons, we will be reviewing some of the Year 2 common exception words and thinking about strategies that help us remember these tricky spellings. We will also be looking at words ending in -sure/-ture (for example measure/adventure) and words ending in -sion (for example invasion). We will end the half term looking at using the possessive apostrophe for singular nouns.
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Maths
Maths: In maths, we will be expanding our knowledge of fractions through addition and subtraction and finding non-unit fractions of a number and shape. We will also develop our understanding of money. We will look at how to convert pounds into pence and learn how to work out how much change we would receive if we have given an amount that is larger.
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