Welcome to Year 3!​​​​​

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Summer Term

 

English

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The children will use ‘The Write Stuff’ in order to study new texts. The texts will cover a range of genres and types such as information, persuasion and a variety of stories. Each unit will span across approximately 3 weeks and children will produce a piece of independent work once they have learned about features and grammar structures. Children will write narrative surrounding the story The Magic Paintbrush and a selection of none- fiction texts including a diary entry. 

 

​Reading

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Phonic skills are not taught in key stage two, and children will take part in whole class reading lessons. A range of rich texts will be used across the term including stories, non- fiction and poetry. Children will cover all of the necessary skills for reading including predicting, summarising, inferring, making links and retrieving information. A strong focus will be placed on inference skills during these lessons and this can be aided with reading at home. In addition to this, children will listen to books being read to them by an adult for approximately 15 minutes per day.

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Maths

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In Year 3, we continue to build upon the skills taught in Year 2. In summer, we focus mainly on measure, data and consolidation of skills. Children learn about various data skills including creating making a suitable graph. They will continue to learn about time with the expectation that all children in Y3 should be able to tell the time, fluently, using analogue clocks, by the end of the year. In year 3, children need to know: 2x, 10x, 5x, 3x, 4x, 8x and 6x tables. We strongly recommend daily practise of these, as they will need to know all times tables by the end of Y4!

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Science

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Children learn about the different parts of flowering plants - including roots, stems, leaves and flowers - and discover what each part does. They investigate what plants need to grow well, such as water, light, air, nutrients and space, and learn that different plants have different requirements. Pupils also explore how water travels through a plant and find out how flowers contribute to the plant life cycle, including pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal.

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Children also learn that light is essential for seeing and that darkness simply means there is no light. They explore how light reflects from surfaces and why sunlight can be harmful, identifying ways to protect their eyes. Pupils also investigate how shadows are formed when light is blocked by an object and look for patterns in how the size of a shadow changes.

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History

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The children learn about The Romans during Summer 2. In this exciting topic, religion, culture and some of the amazing inventions The Romans were responsible for are explored. Children can also expect to visit a Roman fort as part of their final year trip.

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Computing

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Topics to be covered in summer will include: e.safety, methods of communication, programming. Various programmes will be used to help deliver this and children will learn how to add detail and attachments to emails this year!

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Art

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Art in the summer term will focus on portraits. A variety of portrait art will be studied, and a selection of artists are used to share ideas with the children. By the end of the unit, children will have produced a portrait in the style of an artist of their choice.

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Design Technology

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In DT lessons, the children will undertake a number of exciting projects. For our final piece, children will make a fabric bag, using spare clothing from home.   

 

Music

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The children learn to sing a number of different styles of music including rock, R and B and songs to celebrate traditional festivals. Children will also have the opportunity to experiment with a variety of instruments. 

 

Geography

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In this unit, pupils will study Italy, and specifically Venice as a region in a European country. They will continue to build their knowledge of Europe as they move into KS2.

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Throughout the unit, pupils will consider what a geographer would say about various regions in Italy. This helps to develop their disciplinary knowledge and understand what geographers look at when they study places. They will explore Italy’s landscapes, climate, food production and volcanoes and will analyse why tourists may choose to travel there.

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Spanish

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In Year 3, the children begin by amassing a vocabulary of nouns and basic greetings. They learn about what the language sounds like, what it looks like and about Spanish culture. There is a key focus on speaking and listening, which develops a confidence in the subject, before the children move on to more advanced learning in Year 4.   ​

 

PE

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PE for both classes will take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays. On these days, the children should come to school wearing their PE kits. The children will learn a variety of skills under the topics of gymnastics, games, dance and athletics. 

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Please find the topic overview link to the right of this page to see what will be covered in more detail.

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Year 3 Vale Teacher
l.woods@chadvale.bham.sch.uk

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Year 3 Chad Teacher
j.pollak@chadvale.bham.sch.uk

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