Year 3

Mrs Joyce & Mr Prasadam

Art - As artists we will be:

• Looking at printing and textiles.
• Using a roller and printing ink to
  experiment with mark making.
• Collecting visual and other information using a sketchbook and explore patterning from different cultures.

Computing -

• We are learning about simulations; recognising that a computer simulation can represent real and imaginary situations.
• We will complete a branching database on fruits and vegetables.
• We will learn about presenting using power point.

Design Technology – As designers we will:

• Design and produce shell structures e.g. packaging, desk tidy, party favour box etc and combining what we have learnt throughout the year to evaluate our own and others work.

English – As writers and communicators we will:

• Write narratives, plays and dialogues that contain historical characters, developing them using descriptions, stage directions and dialogue.
• Write letters.
• Non-chronological reports.
• Explore and write traditional poems, that use rhyming couplets, sentences with more than one clause and prepositions to express time and place.
• Read and listen to a wide range of styles of text, both fiction and non-fiction.
• Read and listen to whole books.
• Engage in meaningful discussions in all areas of the curriculum.
• Listen to and learn a wide range of subject specific vocabulary.

French - As linguists we will:

• Be able to use adjectives to describe people.
• Retell the story in my own words.
• Write sentences using the story.

Geography - As geographers we will:

• Use maps and atlases to locate the Mediterranean area, identify north and south hemisphere.
• Compare and contrast lives in the UK and around the Mediterranean area.

History - As historians we will:

• Use a range of secondary sources to gather information about the Egyptians.
• Compare life today to what life was like for the Egyptians.
• Look at the process of mummification.
• Learn about the hieroglyphics.
• Learn about the different Gods.

Maths - As mathematicians we will:

• Use and apply the four basic skills of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
• Solve problems including missing numbers and place value and more complex addition and subtraction.
• Use and recall multiplication and division facts for 3, 4 and 8 times tables.
• Be able to multiply a 2-digit number by a 2-digit number.
• Solve problems including missing numbers involving multiplication and division and finding solutions using the inverse operations and apply our reasoning skills.
• Learn how to measure the perimeter of simple 2D shapes.
• Learn how to identify horizontal, vertical, perpendicular and parallel lines in relation to other lines.
• Estimate and measure angles and apply our knowledge into problem solving.
• Look at ways of collecting and recording data.
• Complete a variety of word problem allowing children to apply their knowledge.
• Complete a variety of problem-solving activities.
• To use fractions to find and amount.

Music - As musicians we will:

• Learn how does music help in everyday life.
• Compare two different songs.
• Compose and improvise within the piece of music.
• Be able to use the glockenspiels.

P.E. – As athletes we will:

• Play net and wall games.
• Learn and develop athletic skills in preparation for our sports day.
• Learn the skills of orienteering.

R.E. - As theologians we will:

• Learn about Easter and Pentecost and what it means to be a Christian in today’s world linking this into everyday living.
• Understand that God rose Jesus from the dead to save us all.

RPSHE - we will be looking at keeping our bodies healthy.

• We will focus on how we can help to keep our bodies and teeth healthy.
• We will be doing this through drama, reflective time in class, whole class discussions and artwork.

Science - As scientists we will be working scientifically to study and investigate:

• Plants.
• Describe the function of different plants and trees.
• Explore the needs of plants for survival.
• Explore and describe how water is transported within plants.
• Describe the plant life cycle, especially the importance of flowers.