Autumn 1
AUTUMN 1
Welcome back and a warm welcome to Year 3! We are really excited to start our year 3 journey together.
The main focus this term is to settle into Year 3, work independently and in groups and ultimately have fun. We all learn best when learning is accessible and enjoyable. We will continue to grow a positive mind-set. We can do this! Have a look below to see what we will be learning about this term.
English
Our text for enjoyment this term is ‘The Magic Faraway Tree’ by Enid Blyton.
Children will be working this half-term towards writing an independent narrative piece of work. The story we will focus on is Jack and the Beanstalk. We will be thinking about the plot of defeating a monster. We will look closely at the characters and how the story builds suspense. Children will be encouraged to use drama and role-play techniques to develop their confidence.
Bedrock will continue to be used to improve pupils’ vocabulary and grammar knowledge. Pupils will be given opportunities in class, at least twice per week, to complete sessions. It would be great if children could complete sessions at home too, to support their learning.
Through our Reading for Inference sessions, children will learn to use their background knowledge and visualisation skills to bring a text to life. They will develop their inference skills to find answers to questions within a text using by reading the full sentence to check what an unfamiliar word may mean, and also using synonyms (alternative words that may fit the context) to help them to work out the word’s meaning.
Vocabulary
Suspense, narrative, introduction, conclusion, opinion, transition, feelings, settings, story, title, complication, events, climax, resolution, time, place, characters, appearance, personality, mood, plot, tension, suspense, entertain, teach, inform, viewpoint, descriptive language, novels, paragraphs, direct speech, fluency, key word, important, specific, recover, meaning, relate, relationship, annotate, unpick, understand, evidence, relevant, accurate.
Maths
Place Value and Addition and Subtraction
We will start the term with a focus on place value as this underpins all Mathematics. We will be recapping tens and ones using addition and developing our number knowledge to 1000 where we will compare and order numbers. Children will begin to count in 50s.
We will also be continuing Number and Lightening, children will be recording their scores independently, enabling them to track and be proud of their own progress.
Vocabulary
Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, place value, digit, value, amount, compare, more than, less than, equal, ascending, descending, rounding, nearest, total, method, trial, error, systematic
Other Curriculum Areas
Computing
Online safety / Computing systems and networks 1: Networks and the Internet
We will introduce the concepts of networks, learning how devices communicate. We will learn how communication is shared and deepen this understanding by exploring examples of real-world networks. We will explore the Internet, learning how data is transferred worldwide.
Vocabulary
Network, device, wireless, file, website, image, router, packet data, transferred, corrupted, lost
Science
Children will look at the human body and the functions of the skeleton. Children will name and identify bones in a range of animals with and without spines. Children will also be learning about joints and how we move. We will finish the term by looking at the five food groups, gaining an understanding of them. They will learn about a balanced diet and compare the diets of animals and humans.
Vocabulary
Skeleton, skull, ribcage, pelvis, femur, mammal, amphibian, reptile, antennae, exoskeleton, joint, hinge, bicep, tricep, contracting, relaxing, healthy, nutrients, saturated fats, unsaturated fats, vertebrate, invertebrate, muscles, tendons, joints, nutrition
Religion and Worldviews
Children will share their personal worldview and explain how and why their worldview might change. They will identify the difference between personal and organised worldviews and have the chance to ask and answer open-ended questions. They will explain what is meant by a soul and express their ideas about what a soul means to them personally. Children will understand that some people believe that humans have a soul. And summarise the similarities and differences between what people believe about the soul. They will express their ideas clearly and compare their own beliefs with others. Children will then explain, through talking and writing, how colour and images have been used in a piece of artwork to express a particular idea about the soul or inner self. They will learn and give examples of Buddhist meditation practices and will explain the reasons and purpose behind meditation. Children will then summarise some key ideas about what people with a particular worldview might think about the question ‘What makes us human?’.
Vocabulary
Belief, blurb, Buddhist, connection, consciousness, exist, express, immaterial, influence, inner self, meditation, mindfulness, organised, personal, practice, represent, responsible, soul, spiritual, summarise, unique, worldview
French
In French, children will be learning to speak, read and write. Children will focus on greeting each other confidently in a variety of ways and finding out basic information about another person with the appropriate gesture and phrase. Children will begin to recognise how some sounds (‘on’, ‘ou’, ‘et’ and ‘oi’) are represented in written form. They will be making puppets to support their learning, taking turns and using appropriate intonation.
Vocabulary
Bonjour, salut, Çava, je te vois!, comment tu t’appelles, au revoir, bien, regardez-moi, bonn nuit,
Art and Design
Drawing: Growing Artists (Art)
Children will use shapes, shading, and texture in art to enhance their drawing skills. They will develop a sense of light and dark using frottage for texture, and experiment with different tools to create expressive and abstract art.
Vocabulary
Abstract, arrangement, blend, botanical, botanist, composition, expressive, frame, frottage, geometric, gestural, grip, magnified, pressure, rubbing, scale, scientific, shading, texture, tone, tool, viewfinder
History and Geography – The Stone Age and Rivers
We will be looking at the topic of The Stone Age and Rivers. Children will explore a wide range of important vocabulary and ideas, which will support them in developing their reading skills by deepening their knowledge of the world and expanding their vocabulary knowledge.
History – The Stone Age. Children will learn about the changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. They will learn about these areas through stories and discussing key vocabulary, which you can see below.
Geography – Children will learn about the mighty River Indus, how rivers get their water and how rivers shape the land. We will also be looking at Britain’s longest rivers. They will learn about these areas through stories and discussing key vocabulary, which you can see below.
Vocabulary
Stone Age - land-bridge, ancestors, nomadic, tools, hunter-gatherers, Stone Age, mammoths, pre-history, pre-historic, Skara Brae, mounds, Stonehenge, Midsummer’s Day, Midwinter’s Day
Rivers - Tibet, mountain range, Himalayas springs, Indus, India, Pakistan, glaciers, monsoon, Arabian Sea, Afghanistan, dams, reservoirs, canals, irrigation, irrigate, turbine, source, water vapour, evaporates, evaporation, condenses, transpiration, erosion, erodes, particle, spurs, mature meanders, sediment, mouth, estuary, streamlined, pollute, pollution
PSHE / RSE
Families and Relationships
Children will be learning how to resolve relationship problems, developing their listening skills and non-verbal communication. They will look at and learn the impact of bullying and what action can be taken. They will explore trust and that stereotyping can exist.
Vocabulary
Families, support, problem, arise, friendships, resolved, impact, identify, break trust, stereotype, re-enforce, gender
Physical Education
Multi skills and dance
Multi skills (outdoors) – children will be developing skills including running, jumping, throwing and catching through a variety of activities and equipment.
Dance (indoors) – children will be learning a dance together to perform for an audience in Spring 2.
Vocabulary
partner, copy (mirror), follow, unison, canon, repetition
Key dates:
Autumn term starts – Thursday 5th September 2024
Jeans for Genes day – Friday 20th September
Parent/Carer event – Tuesday 22nd October 2024 2.30pm until 3pm
Halloween disco – Thursday 24th October 2024
End of Autumn 1 - Friday 25th October