Year 3

Year 3 Curriculum Projects

Year 3 Project - Rocks, Relics and Rumbles

In the Rocks, Relics and Rumbles project, your child will learn about the different layers of the Earth, including plate tectonics and their potential effects on the Earth's surface. They will investigate different types of rock to learn about their uses and properties. They will also investigate soil and fossils, including learning about the work of Mary Anning. They will have the opportunity to use maps to learn about the lines of latitude and longitude and a compass to learn about the cardinal and intercardinal points. They will also learn about volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis and the long and short-term consequences that these can have.

Memorable Experience - Let's Rock! with Mrs Martinez

History - Significant people - Mary Anning; Pompeii

GeographyLayers of the Earth; Rocks; Plate tectonics; Ring of Fire; Features of volcanoes; Lines of latitude and longitude; Volcanic eruptions; Earthquakes and tsunamis; compass points; Maps

This project is also supported by mini projects in:

Science: Forces and Magnets

Art and Design: Ammonite

Design and Technology: Making it Move

Computing: derived from D.A.R.E.S

Music: derived from Kapow 

PE: derived from TeamThemeKent Resources

PSHE: derived from Jigsaw

RE: derived from Kent SACRE Curriculum

More information about the Year 3 Curriculum can be found in the YEAR 3 Long Term Plan 2024 document found below. 

 

Year 3 Key Information

In Year 3, PE lessons are timetabled for Monday (Gymnastics) and Thursday (Hockey)

Ear-rings removed for the day please.

 

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English

The children are reading 'Bed Races and Cheese Chases'. It is a fun, lively non-fiction book. In each chapter, the children explore different whacky events that take place across America and Europe.

The first focus for the book is reading fluency and expression. The next focus  is reading comprehension. By this time the children will be very familiar with the book and be able to read it and answer questions independently. 

Spellings

Week beginning 3.2.25

 

wet

when

one

once

swim

twitch

twang

always

swollen

twilight

twenty

wash

why

while

what

wheel

which

white

whine

whoosh

Maths

We have begun our unit on Length and Perimeter. We are exploring mm/cm/m and converting between the units of measurement. We have been measuring, comparing and exploring equivalent lengths before moving on to perimeter. 

 

Please encourage you child to access Times Table Rock Stars at home. Their log in is the same as their Numbots log in. You can find their log-in in their reading record book.

Additional Information

PLEASE ENSURE ALL EAR-RINGS ARE REMOVED ON PE DAYS 

Term 3 PE days are Monday -Gymnastics (bare feet)

Thursday -Hockey (warm clothes needed)

 

Children need their reading book in school every day. 

Spellings week beginning

10.2.2025

 

tot

butter

baked

joked

extreme

heart

height

history

important

attach

attached

bottom

glitter

passed

looked

liked

dropped

hoped

chased

biked

 

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We encourage the children to:

  • Read every day for at least 15 minutes.
  • Spend 15 minutes on TTRS or Numbots.
  • Access their spellings on Spelling Shed