Ferney Lee Primary School

Welcome to Year 3

What Year 3 are learning about this half term?

Autumn 2

Our key Historical enquiry question is: How did life progress throughout the Stone Age?

To answer our enquiry question, How did life progress throughout the Stone Age?, we will explore how people lived, from hunter-gatherers to settled farming communities. We will discover how homes, food, tools and everyday life changed over time, and learn about the exciting developments that shaped the world we live in today.

In English, we will complete our Place Value of Punctuation and Grammar unit, focusing on nouns, verbs, and clauses to build accurate sentence structure. 

For our class text, we will be reading 'The Boy Who Grew Dragons' by Andy Shephard

In Maths, we will learn addition and subtraction. In the unit, we will develop our understanding of the key skills of formal addition and subtraction through place value, checking strategies and mental methods. 

In Science, our unit is Animals including Humans.  Our key enquiry question is: Are all skeletons the same?

In Art,  our unit is Painting with mixed media: Prehistoric Art.

In Computing, our unit is Programming - Scratch

In French, our unit is French adjectives for shape, colour and size.

In RE, we will continue our unit on: How do Jews remember God’s covenant Abraham and Moses?

 In Music, we will continue to learn to play the Glockenspiel 

 In PE, our unit is Gymnastics

In RSE/PSHE, our unit is Connecting with others: What helps us feel safe and included?

Our previous learning

Autumn 1

In our first half term, our Geographical enquiry question is: Settlements: Where do people live and why?

In our Geography lessons, we will identify the counties and regions of the UK, research how land is used in different settlements, and identify human and physical features on a map.

In English, we will complete a Place Value of Punctuation and Grammar unit concentrating on different nouns, verbs, and clauses to create accurate sentence structure.

For our class text, we will be reading 'The Iron Man' by Ted Hughes.

In Maths, we will learn about the Place Value of numbers up to 1000, which includes rounding, ordering, comparing, and representing numbers in different ways. 

In Science, our unit is Forces and Magnets. Our key enquiry question is: Are all materials magnetic?

In Art, our unit is Monochromatic; we will learn how artists draw faces.

In PE, our first unit is Invasion Games

In Music, we will learn to play the Ukulele with Mrs Morrison.

In RHE, our unit is My Healthy Self. In the unit, we will examine the connection between the mind and body by recognising and describing a wide range of emotions and feelings.

In RE, our unit is How do Jews remember God’s covenant, Abraham and Moses?

In French, our unit is French Greetings. In the unit, we will look carefully at the speaker and respond confidently with the appropriate gesture and phrase.

In Computing, our unit is Networks and the Internet. We will also learn how to stay safe online. 

Our Class Library

Below are the core texts and literature we will be using in Year 3 to support the delivery of our curriculum. 

Meet the staff...

Mrs Whittem (class teacher)

Miss Rachel (teaching assistant)

Miss Jess (support assistant)