Spring 1

With our topic of Ancient Egypt, we will learn about Howard Carter and the discovery of Tutankhamen's burial tomb, as well as research some aspects of life in Ancient Egypt and understand the significance of their achievements.

Our English is inspired by our topic, with the first writing unit based on Varjak Paw, a Mesopotamiam Blue cat, and his quest. This text is full of tension and suspense, and so the aim will be for Year 3 pupils to write in a similar style.

In Maths we continue with addition and subtraction, working to increase our speed and accuracy with our mental maths and explore written methods.

Our Science topic is Magnets and in PE we will be improving our Gymnastics skills and learning the basics of playing Hockey. Art this term is also inspired by our topic and will include some clay work as well as sketching and drawing.  Our curriculum will also include PSHE, RE and Music, linking with other learning throughout this term.

Spring 2

Our topic is Growing Together, inspired by science which is all about plants.  We will aim to find out the best growing conditions and the life cycles of plants.

In English, we will be writing inspirational speeches and exploring the world of biographies after looking at some inspirational people through history.  In maths we will be looking at patterns around some of our times tables and extending our written methods to include subtraction, including when we need to exchange.  Children will further their knowledge of online safety within computing sessions and PE will include tennis and netball.

Just a reminder that all homework is online. Please keep your logins handy. If you need log in information - please see your child's class teacher.

Reading

Reading is an opportunity to explore other worlds and lose yourself amongst the pages of a thrilling tale!  We would like children to read at home at least 4 times a week, these should be recorded in their green communication book and signed by a parent/guardian at home each week.  

Spellings

Children are in different groups for their phonics / spellings.

New sounds / spellings will be introduced on a Monday, and a homework sheet to support the learning of patterns will be sent home.

Children are also expected to practice their spellings on the online platform, which is either Spelling Frame or Spelling Shed.  If your child is unsure, please speak to their teacher.

Maths

Year 3 are also expected to complete a maths task each week on MyMaths.  Other opportunities for maths practice are through Times tables Rockstars.

English

Finally, from Spring term, children will be given an English task to complete on Google classroom.