Welcome to Year 3

We are Cherry Class!

The adult in Cherry Class is Mrs Williams

What are we learning about in Autumn 1?

In Maths, we are building on our knowledge of place value from KS1. We will be representing and partitioning, comparing and ordering, and finding 1, 10 and 100 more and less than numbers to 1,000,

In English, we are focusing on grammar and punctuation skills. We will be completing 'The Place Value of Punctuation and Grammar' to help us with our writing. Alongside this, we will be exploring the text 'The Tin Forest'. We will recap different word classes and think about characters' thoughts and feelings. We will learn the skills needed to create our final piece of writing - a setting description.

In Science, we will be answering the question, 'What do rocks tell us about the earth?' We will learn about different types of rocks and how they are formed, how fossils are formed, and learn about the different properties of rocks. We will also work scientifically and use the skills we have learned to carry out an investigation.

In History, we will be learning about how life in Britain changed from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. We will explore how people survived in the Stone Age, what changed for people during the Stone, Bronze and Iron ages and use historical sources, including artefacts, to understand how we know about life in this time.

In RE, we will be answering the question, "What do Christians learn from the creation story?" We will describe what Christians do and how they behave towards the world because they believe God is creator, and ask questions and suggest answers about why the story is important to Christians today.

In PSHE, we will be thinking about how we can be a good friend. We will learn about how to make positive friendships but also how to manage difficulties within friendships.  Will use quality literature to support us to understand when others are feeling lonely and how to include them.

In Music, we will be learning to read music and use it to play an instrument. At the end of half term we will be performing to parents.

In our Art days, we will be learning to create reality and depth in our drawings by observing closely. We will experiment with using a range of different lines to create tone and texture in our work.

Take a look at our Curriculum Year Group Plan to find out what else we will be learning about in Year 3 this year. Remember you can find the knowledge organisers for each unit on class dojo – please share these with your children and discuss the key vocabulary!

Important Information:

PE: Friday

Library: Thursday

Spellings: Tuesday

Reading Books: Friday