Step into Key Stage Two with a bang! Year 3 is bursting with exciting adventures for our young learners. In Mathematics, we build on strong foundations, deepening our understanding of place value and mastering the four operations—often tackling complex multi-step problems.
Fractions, geometry, and angles all make an appearance too—your knowledge will need to be acute! In English, our writers experiment with a variety of literary devices: fronted adverbials, amazing alliteration, rhetorical questions (how could you resist?), and vivid figurative language. These tools help us craft Meerkat Mail-inspired postcards from Egypt, write persuasive speeches as Boudicca or Suetonius, and give step-by-step instructions on how to wrap a mummy! In History and Geography, we journey across time and continents to explore ancient civilisations. Fancy a taste of authentic Mayan hot chocolate? Want to feel the heat of war as Romans invade Celtic Britain? How about unlocking the secrets of Tutankhamun’s tomb? Our studies compare distant regions both geographically and religiously—including an exploration of the six major world religions and a celebration of independence and diversity.
Our Science journey begins with the Harvest Festival, where we learn about healthy eating to fuel our minds and bodies for the rest of the year. We dive into the human skeleton – you’ll know your phalanges from your vertebrae in no time! A volcanic study erupts in the spring, leading into explorations of forces and magnetism. Music brings the unique sounds of the ukulele to our classroom, while a splash Spanish and creative cooking add an extra flavour to our learning experience. In PSHE, we nurture emotional and social growth. We develop resilience, learn conflict resolution, and become confident problem-solvers—because no challenge is too great for our Year 3 learners.
Term1
Planting, Growing and Harvesting:
Write a class recipe book and ‘demo’ some of these recipes.
Extending their understanding of healthy eating by exploring nutrition, Children will use poetry and stories to highlight the importance of a good diet, investigate recipe structure and write some of their own. They will then trial some of these recipes in small groups within their classes.
Term 2
Ancient Maya:
Class Assembly & Presentation to Parents
Continuing their immersion into Mayan history and culture, children will explore ancient Mayan ceremonies and inventions, construct brochures to persuade visits, explore cultural cuisines and make their own. They will also be enhancing traditional Mayan sports with their understanding of how muscles and bones support the human body. This will then be presented to parents and KS2.
Term 3
Shadow Puppet Theatre: Based on Escape From Pompeii
Begin exploring the history of the Roman Empire and to start thinking about its impact on local Britain, before investigating the science behind light and applying it to a shadow puppet theatrical show that they have written about the fall of Pompeii.
Term 4
Roman Impact on Devon: Roman & Celtic Battle Speeches in Princesshay
Performing in the public venue of Princesshay by the old Roman Walls, children will write and rehearse battle speeches, poems, and facts to present on the day.
Term 5
Ancient Egypt: Museum and Artifact Exhibit
Students work collaboratively to curate an Egyptian exhibit that showcases artifacts and information about Ancient Egyptian Life. To accomplish this, children will discover about life in Ancient Egypt and how historians are able to make so many assumptions around the facts of such an ancient period.
Term 6
Fossil Discovery: Create a News Programme in the TV Studio
Building upon their understanding of rocks and fossil creation, children will create their own fossils, investigate real ones, and create their own archaeological reports to convert into TV programmes in the studio.
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Term 3
Term 4
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Term 6
Term 1
The Kew Gardens Children’s Cookbook: Instructional Text
Midnight Feasts: Tasty Poems: Poetry
Term 2
The Great Kapok Tree: Picture Book
Term 3
Escape from Pomepii: Picture Book
The Pebble in my Pocket: A History of Our Earth: Picture book
The Street Beneath My Feet: Non-Fiction
Term 4
Queen of Darkness: Historical Fiction
The Romans: Gods, Emperors and Dormice! Fictional biography
Term 5
Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx: Graphic Novel
Meerkat Mail: Picture Book
Term 6
The Fossil Girl: Mary Anning’s Dinosaur Discovery: Non-fiction Graphic Novel
Term 6
Term 2
Animals, including humans: Mayan Sports
Term 1
Sewing the Seasons
Term 6
Athletics
Term 6
Living in the Wider World
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