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Year 3

We would like to introduce you to our Year 3 Staff

Mrs. Brownsword - Classteacher (Tue - Fri)

Mrs. Farmer - Principal (Mon)

Mrs. Saunders - Special Educational Support Assistant

Welcome back to a brand new year at St George and St Martin’s. We are looking forward to a fantastic first term in Key Stage 2, and helping. the children to achieve their full potential.

The children will learn through discrete subjects. Below are some of the things that we will cover during the Autumn term.

English

  • Place value of punctuation and grammar (Grammarsaurus)
  • Spellings of common exception words
  • Handwriting
  • New vocabulary
  • Non-chronological reports
  • Reading (Bug Club)

Maths
Units that we will cover this term in Maths are…

  • Place Value
  • Addition and subtraction
  • Multiplication and division

 

RE
Units that we will cover this term in RE are…

  • Belonging
  • Prayer
  • Advent

 

 

Science

Our focus in science this half term will be Animals Including Humans, looking at food chains, diet and the skeletal system.

Next half term our focus will be Rocks, we will discover different types of rocks, learn about soil formation and study the work of Mary Anning.

History
Our focus in History this term will be the changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. We will learn all about these prehistoric periods through themes such as chronology, houses, society, beliefs and entertainment.

 

 

Geography
This term in Geography we will be learning about the 8 compass points and the counties and cities in England. We will do lots of revision  of previous years learning to consolidate understanding.

 

 

Art
We will begin our work in Art by looking at sketch work this term, developing and exploring the use of charcoal.

 

 

Design and Technology
Our topic in Design and Technology this term is product packaging. We will look specifically at existing packaging design and use our maths and art skills in conjunction to design and produce nets for packaging.

P.E.

Autumn 1

  • Cricket
  • Multi skills

 

Autumn 2

  • Gymnastics
  • HRE

Computing
Our first focus for this term in computing will be looking at e-safety, including cyberbullying and safe communication online, We will also be exploring  programming, using Scratch and sequencing sounds.

 

 

French
We begin our French learning this term with a focus on key vocabulary and basic conversation skills such as, days of the week, colours, saying hello and introducing ourselves.

 

 

RHE

We will look at friendships this term, exploring how we are all different in lots of ways, but if we work together with kindness we can have great relationships. We will also learn about our bodies, how we don’t have to look the same but we have to show each other respect.
  1. Year 3 Newsletter - Autumn term 2024 pdf