Hello and welcome to Year 3, 

Our Year 3 teachers are Mrs Hierro (Monday, and Tuesday afternoons) and Mrs Cannon (Tuesday morning, and Wednesday-Friday).  Below you will find some useful information about the school year ahead.   If you do have any questions or concerns regarding your child's learning, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us. 

Mrs Cannon and Mrs Hierro 

Information for Year 3 Class

English:  Our English is planned in a three-phase unit around a class picture book. During this time, we will explore the author’s writing style, characters and setting. We will be using our skills from Key Stage 1 during short-burst writing opportunities, and will build our learning over the three weeks to create a piece of writing at the end. Twice a week we will have a grammar focus, using the book as context for applying this grammar. There are two phases per term, one with a story/narrative outcome, and one with a non-fiction outcome. We will also have a week of poetry each term.  

• Class text term 1 – ‘The Invisible’ by Tom Percival
  Whole-class reading book/Guided Reading Term 1 – An Alien in the Jam Factory 

• Class text term 2 – ‘The Proudest Blue’ by Ibitibaj Muhammad
  Whole-class reading book/Guided Reading Term 2 – Charlotte’s Web 

• Class text term 3 – Leon and the Place Between by Angela McAllister
  Whole-class reading book/Guided Reading Term 3 – Pugs of the Frozen North 

• Class text term 4 – Greta and the Giants by Zoe Tucker
  Whole-class reading book/Guided Reading Term 4 – The Firework Maker’s Daughter 

• Class text term 5 – Song of the Nightingale by Tanya Landman and Laura Carlin
  Whole-class reading book/Guided Reading Term 5 – The Iron Man 

• Class text term 6 – The Day War Came by Nicola Davies
  Whole-class reading book/Guided Reading Term 6 – The Wild Robot 

Maths: We use a scheme called ‘White Rose’ to teach help deliver our maths curriculum. We use the overview documents alongside the PowerPoints and worksheets to adapt planning to suit the needs of the learners in our class. We apply an ‘I do’, ‘We do’, ‘You do’ approach, meaning the children receive directed teaching, application and practise for each lesson they are taught, followed by a period of independent learning. The children are encouraged to reason and problem solve once they understand a concept. Each year, children build upon the skills learned in previous years. Please see the yearly overview for which maths topic is taught when. 

Religious Education (RE):  In RE, we use a scheme called by ‘Day by Day’ to support the teaching and learning of both our Catholic education and our education of other faiths. We explore bible stories, key figures, key periods of time in the Catholic church calendar, how Catholics practice their faith on a day-to-day basis, how mass is structured and why Catholics go to mass. We also learn about Catholic Social Teaching and how we can live out core values in our lives.   

History:  In Year 3, our history is taught in three blocks. In terms 1 and 2, we explore ‘Would you prefer to have lived in the Stone Age, Bronze Age or Iron Age?’ Terms 3 and 4 explore the question, ‘Why did the Romans invade and settle in Britain?’ and in terms 5 and 6 we explore the question, ‘What was important to ancient Egyptians?’. We learn about skills that historians use, explore artefacts, answer questions and make suggestions about the past based on what we know. 

Geography: In Year 3, our geography is taught in three blocks. In terms 1 and 2, we explore the question ‘Why do people live near volcanoes?’. In terms 3 and 4, we explore the question, ‘Who lives in Antarctica?’. In terms 5 and 6, we explore the question ‘All are settlements the same?’. 

Computing:  Our computing curriculum begins with Online Safety in term 1, discussing how to keep ourselves safe online and what to do if we are worried. Throughout the rest of the year we explore programming, computing systems and networks, creating media and databases. 

PE:  Our PE day is on a Wednesday. Please ensure your child comes to school in their PE kit on this day. 

• Term 1 – Rugby
• Term 2 - Yoga
• Term 3 - Gymnastics
• Term 4 - Ball skills
• Term 5 - Athletics
• Term 6 - Cricket

Long Term Plan - 2025 - 2026

Please click here to view our Long Term plan for this Year.  This document details our topics and focus for each subject for Terms 1 through to 6 for this academic year.