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 are timetabled for Wednesday (Lacrosse) and Forest School takes place every Friday afternoon.
Please make sure kits are in school and earrings are removed.
For Forest School on Fridays, please come in to school wearing your own suitable clothing (joggers, leggings, t-shirts, trainers etc). These are likely to get muddy so please don't wear any 'favourites'.
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English
W/c 18th May 2026
This week we conclude our 'biography' unit, writing up our edited biographies on the Roman emperor we chose to research.
We will complete a SPaG assessment and will enjoy a couple of reading comprehensions about life during the Roman time period.
We will continue to work on our punctuation and grammar through daily starter activities. This can be supported through access to Grammar Arcade on EdShed.
Spellings
'l and ul' phoneme
Spellings will be shared on Monday 18th May and dictation will be on Friday 22nd May.
Acorns
lot
build
length
learn
early
ball
all
bell
follow
bottle
circle
little
camel
tunnel
label
Conkers
address
saddest
hidden
wagged
stopped
jogged
tugged
jammed
should
would
could
Pine Cones
address
sudden
oddest
wagged
stopped
fizzed
buzzed
hugged
banned
bobbed
jammed
jogged
tugged
should
would
could
slept
awful
build
length
learn
early
complete
probably
soldier
allowed
smelly
thrill
follow
circle
vegetable
battle
crackle
camel
tunnel
squirrel
travel
label
jewel
We are continuing to work on their spelling mastery which can be accessed via EdShed. Please continue to support this at home.
https://www.edshed.com/en-gb/menu
Maths
W/c 18th May 2026
This week we begin work on our time unit. We will:
- Complete our pre assessment
- Tell time using Roman numerals
- Tell time to 5 minutes; and
- Tell time to 1 minute
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
Maths recap
Individuals would benefit from recapping our previous place value and multiplication units. They can do this using the following quizzes:
School code: SLR - JJW
Additional Information
Thank you to everyone who has supported our forest school sessions. We have our class trip on Thursday 4th June. If you are available to support us on the trip please contact the office and let them know.
Homework
In line with our homework policy, our homework folders were sent home on Friday 15th May to help consolidate in class learning and promote home-school partnership. Completed folders need to be returned by Wednesday 20th May. Thank you for your support with this - it will be of great benefit to your children.
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 - now on Thursday (due to Forest School)
Show and Tells are welcome on Thursdays but these should be recent personal achievements or linked to our current class learning.
Cosy up and read will now come home
Tuesday-Thursday
and
Friday-Monday
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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.