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.
Innovate Challenge - Red Alert!
Computing - Databases
Geography - Layers of the Earth; Rocks; Plate tectonics; Ring of Fire; Features if volcanoes; Lines of latitude and longitude; Volcanic eruptions; Earthquakes and tsunamis; Compass points; Maps
History - Significant people - Mary Anning; Pompeii
Design and Technology - Selecting and using materials
Science - Rocks; Fossils; Soils
Science investigations - How do fossils form? What is sand? What is soil?
Year 3 Key Information
In Year 3 PE lessons are timetabled for Monday and Thursday every week.
Spelling Tests will take place every Friday.
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English
Next week we will be;
-Studying facts about crocodiles and alligators
-Writing fact files about each animal
-Developing a 'ranger tour'
-Acting as a ranger to give group tours to classmates
Maths
Next week we will be;
-continuing a unit on 'number facts' with the focus on scaling
-secure our knowledge of the 10,5,2,4,8 times tables and the associated division facts
-use problems to apply our fluency skills
Additional Information
Your new spellings will be live on spelling shed from Fri for the week.
You are expected to read at home for 15minutes daily (and to an adult), and to bring your reading book into school for daily reading.
The class will also have Forest School on Mondays and PE on Thursdays.
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This week's homework is;
- To practise your spellings on Spelling Shed ready for the test on Friday.
- Spend 15 minutes on TTRS
- Achieve at least 3 progressions on Maths Whizz