Mrs Bradley-Hill, Mr Sills and Miss Raywood are really looking forward to teaching you all this year and we are looking forward to an exciting term ahead!
Our team also includes: Mrs Maqsood, Mr Parsons, Miss Joseph, Miss Plarkou and Mrs Williams.
Please have a look at the information below about all the exciting things we are learning about this term. As always, If you have any questions please email year3-teachers@heymann.notts.sch.uk
Timetables
28th march
Summer Term
This term, we have so many fun activities planned with our topic of Exploring South America! We will be investigating the question “Could we survive without the Amazon?” and explore the topics of deforestation and the impact this has around the world.
In Maths, we will continue to learn our 3, 4 and 8x tables and it would be great if your children could continue to practice at home; whether this is through Times Table Rockstars, listening to songs on YouTube or even some quick practice in the car! We will also focus on statistics, fractions, time, money, mass and capacity throughout the Summer Term.
This term, after a long break, we will finally resume school swimming! We will also be getting out in the sun to do some orienteering around the school site and learning the rules of rounders. In the first half-term, we will spend some time learning different athletics techniques.
In English, we will be getting ready to sit on the edge of our seats as we learn all the techniques used to write suspense stories! We will also focus on character descriptions and information texts.
In science, we will be learning all about plants, things that they need to survive and how a plant reproduces. We will get a chance to grow our own plants and place them in different conditions to see how they survive. Similarly to Autumn and Spring Term, we will conduct another Science Investigation Week, where we will give the children a question to investigate and they have to design their own experiment from scratch. In the second half-term, we will explore animals and humans and the nutrition we need to stay healthy.
Year 3 Plant KO
In Art and DT, our topics will be Pneumatics and Textiles, where we will learn how to colour fabrics.
In ICT, we will continue to learn how to create our own databases to store information and we will use iPads to present information on Book Creator. We will also have some stand-alone lessons where we focus on using the internet safely.
Moving on from the Iron Age, we will now be focusing on the Roman Invasion of Britain and the things that the Romans brought to Britain that we still use now. This will cover topics such as roads, alphabetical and numerical systems, Roman baths and aqueducts. In the first half of the Summer Term, the children will be partaking in a Roman VR Day at school, where they will able to experience what Roman Britain looked like through VR headsets.
Romans KO
Our Parent Curriculum Video will be published with information about each of the subjects and how exactly year 3 will work.at the start of September:
Spring Term
In English, we will be continuing Talk for Writing learning fiction and non-fiction texts. We will be story mapping the model texts, looking at the features and tools used and exploring how to use these independently. After we have understood the tools that have been used in the model text, we will have a go at creating an example together before writing our own version independently.
In maths, we will continue with our multiplication and division topic where children will be consolidating their knowledge of the 3, 4 and 8x tables. We will then move onto Length + Perimeter, Fractions and Mass + Capacity. Our Spring 1 KIRF (Key Instant Fact Recall) show the facts that the children should be able to instantly recall by the end of the half term.
We will also focus on the Stone Age and how people once lived. During our History lessons, we will explore how life has changed from the Stone Age, through to the Bronze Age and finally the Iron Age. This will cover topics such as housing, food, survival skills and tools. The children will also get the chance to go to Creswell Craggs, which is a Stone Age historical site and navigate their way through real Stone Age caves where artefacts have been found.
For the second half term, our Science topic is light. We will be exploring how shadows change throughout the day, what the terms transparent, translucent and opaque mean and how light is reflected off surfaces.
P.E will be every Monday (indoor) and Wednesday (outdoor) where the children will participate in Yoga, Netball, Gymnastics and Tag Rugby. Please ensure that your children come in their PE kits on these days. They should be dressed in suitable clothing with an appropriate colour top that matches their house team and not a football top or similar.
In Art, we will be looking at the artist Leonardo Da Vinci and having a go at creating our own Mona Lisa with pastels. We will also be using clay to create sculptures. In DT, we will be getting our chefs hats on as we learn about nutrition, how to stay safe in the kitchen and creating a meal.
In Geography, our topic is the Mediterranean. We will be taking a closer look at the countries that surround the mediterranean sea and why these countries are such popular tourist destinations.
For a look at the rest of our curriculum for the Spring Term, have a look at our Spring Term Overview
BBC Bitesize– https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
Language Angels: https://www.languageangels.com/schools/
Twinkl – https://www.twinkl.co.uk/
Top marks – Interactive games- maths & English – e.g. hit the button, coins, place value etc. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/
Primary resources – http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/ It’s a site where teachers share powerpoints and activities to teach different subjects. Once you’ve chosen your subject and the specific area, you can then select the appropriate year group.
TT Rockstars – https://ttrockstars.com/
White Rose Scheme of Learning – https://whiteroseeducation.com/resources?year=year-3-new&subject=maths
Spelling shed – https://www.spellingshed.com/
Internet safety: www.thinkuknow.co.uk/8_10/cybercafe/