Year 3
Year 3 Curriculum Projects
Emperors and Empires
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
Innovate Challenge - Historical reports
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
Geography - Maps
Computing - Databases
Science Investigations - Did the Romans use toilet roll?
This project is also supported by mini projects in:
Science: Plant Nutrition and Reproduction; Light and Shadows
Art and Design: Beautiful Botanicals; Mosaic Masters
Design and Technology: Greenhouse
Music: derived from Charanga Unit
PE: derived from Greenacres Resources
PSHE: derived from Jigsaw
RE: derived from Kent SACRE Curriculum
Year 3 Key Information
In Year 3, PE lessons are timetabled for Tuesday and Thursday
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English
The class are studying how to compose and write a letter. They will be studying how to answer question from one letter to another. They will understand the features of a letter and the layout.
We shall be using two fictional Romans to stimulate their understanding, a brother and sister called Felix and Valaria.
Maths
Our current unit is Time. The children will be learning to tell the time to the minute, will use analogue and digital clocks and will begin to calculate durations of time.
Additional Information
Spellings: homophones (words that sound the same but are spelt differently and have different meanings)
know
no
one
won
sail
sale
scene
seen
see
sea
soul
sole
stair
stare
weak
week
weather
whether
PE days:
Tuesday; Tri-golf with Coach Sammy
Thursday: Tag Rugby with Coach Dan
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We encourage the children to:
- Read every day for at least 15 minutes.
- Practise their spellings on Spelling Shed.
- Spend 15 minutes on TTRS or Numbots.