Year 3

Year 3 Curriculum Projects

YEAR 3 PROJECT - Emperors and Empires

In the Emperors and Empires project, your child will learn about the growth and decline of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. They will discover the absolute power of the Roman emperors and study the hierarchies of Roman society and the Roman army. They will study the first invasions of Britain in 55 and 54 BC and the Roman conquest of Britain in AD 43. They will learn about Boudicca’s rebellion, Hadrian’s Wall and the Romanisation of Britain, including how Christianity came to Britain and investigate the legacy of Roman Britain in their local area.

Memorable Experience: Living Museum

History: Chronology; Everyday life in ancient Rome; Founding of Rome; Power and rule; Roman Empire; Significant emperors; Social hierarchy; Roman army; Roman invasion of Britain; Significant people – Boudicca; Everyday life in Roman Britain; Romanisation of Britain; Roman withdrawal; Roman legacy

This project is also supported by mini projects in; 

Science: Plant Nutrition and Reproduction; Light and Shadows

Art and Design: Beautiful Botanicals

Design and Technology: Greenhouse

Computing: lessons derived from D.A.R.E.S

Music: lessons derived from Kapow

PE: lessons derived from TeamThemeKent

PSHE: lessons derived from JIGSAW content

RE:  lessons derived from Kent SACRE scheme and Cornerstones RE projects 

 

More information about the Year 3 Curriculum can be found in the YEAR 3 Long Term Plan 2025-2026  document found below.

Year 3 Key Information

In Year 3, PE lessons for Term 6 are timetabled for Tuesday and Wednesday.

Please make sure kits are in school and earrings are removed. 

 

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English

W/c 22nd June 2026

We will continue work on our 'Escape from Pompeii' narrative unit.  We will be drafting our independent write, developing our editing skills and then writing our final piece.

 

We continue to work on our comprehension skills and SPaG practise.  This can be supported through access to Grammar Arcade on EdShed.

 

Spellings

'z' phoneme

Spellings will be shared on Tuesday 23rd June and dictation will be on Wednesday 1st July.

Acorns

zip

blaze

buzz

puzzle

his

busy

use

those

please

because

 

Conkers

zip

blaze

dozen

buzz

ouzzle

whizz

his

busy

use

those

please

because

surprise

cheese

 

Pine Cones

zip

blaze

dozen

magazine

buzz

puzzle

whizz

grizzle

his

busy

business

use

those

chose

whose

please

because

surprise

cheese

exercise

 

We are continuing to work on their spelling mastery which can be accessed via EdShed.  Please continue to support this at home.  For information on how this supports spelling please take a look at https://www.spellingshed.com/en-nz/mastery-zone 

 

 

 

 

Maths

W/c 22nd June 2026

We start the week with a couple of assessments:

• Time post assessment
• Shape pre assessment
• Arithmetic End of Year Assessment

We will then start our shape unit.  We will look at:

• Angles and turns; and 
• Right angles

 

 

Please encourage your child to access Times Table Rock Stars at home. Their log in is the same as their Numbots log in. Their focus should currently be on the 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 10 times tables.

 

Below are links to Infinity quizzes to help further embed in class learning.

https://infinity.whiteroseeducation.com/Home 

Additional Information

Cosy up and read

There are only a few students yet to have the cosy up and read bag.  To make sure everyone has the opportunity, the bag will be sent home on the following dates:

• Tuesday 23/6 (return Thursday 25/6)
• Friday 26/6 (return 30/6)
• Friday 3/7 (return Monday 6/7)
•  Tuesday 7/7 (return Thursday 9/7)

 

Homework

In line with our homework policy, our homework folders will be sent home on Friday 26th June and are due to be returned by Wednesday 1st July.

 

Children need their reading book and reading record in school every day. 

Every child should have a coat each day - we believe that getting outside (no matter the weather) is important.  

PE kits should include a spare set of socks and a PE jumper/hoodie.

 

Show and Tell - back to Fridays!

Show and Tells are welcome on Fridays but these should be recent personal achievements or linked to our current class learning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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We encourage the children to:

• Read every day for at least 15 minutes.
• Spend 15 minutes on TTRS or White Rose Infinity.
• Access their spellings on Spelling Shed
• Additional work may be sent home in a folder to help support your child with in class learning.