Welcome to 3J

Our teacher is Mrs Jones.
Our teaching assistant is Mrs Sidat

‘Home reading books’ will be changed every Tuesday.

PE is on Monday and Thursday

Homework is given out on Friday and needs to be brought back in to school by Wednesday.

Spellings are sent home regularly.

Doodle Maths and Reading Plus should be used as much as possible at home.

Creative Curriculum – Urban Pioneers

Please help your child learn to read and understand the meaning of these topic related words for Urban Pioneers

What Are We Learning?

In English, we will be following Oak National Academy. We will be writing narratives, poems and non-chronological reports.

In Guided Reading we will be reading:

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (Autumn)

Charlotte’s’ Web by E.B.White (Spring)

Gangster Granny by David Walliams (Summer)

In Maths, we will be studying time and fractions. We will be writing fractions on a number line, finding and listing equivalent fractions and  solving word problems involving fractions.

Year 3 Wider Curriculum Overview

Autumn Term

  • Driver Project: Through the Ages
  • History: Stone, Bronze & Iron Age and Roman Invasion of Britain
  • Geography: Stone Age & Iron Age monuments
  • Art: Mosaic Masters
  • DT: Iron Age jewellery (clay)
  • Science: Light and Shadows
  • Science: Animals including humans
  • RE: Sanatana Dharma – Beliefs
  • Computing: Coding
  • PE: Football, Fundamentals, Gymnastics & Dance
  • PSHE: Being Me in My World & Celebrating Difference
  • Latin: The Origins of Language

Spring Term

  • Driver Project: Rocks, Relics and Rumbles
  • History: The Destruction of Pompeii
  • Geography: Volcanoes, Earthquakes & Tsunamis
  • Art: Ammonite – sketching, printing & sculpture
  • DT: Make It Move – toys with CAM mechanisms
  • Science: Magnets and Forces
  • Science: Rocks and Fossils
  • RE: Christianity – Forgiveness
  • Computing: Online Safety
  • Computing: Branching Databases
  • PE: Dance & Fitness, Dodgeball & Basketball
  • PSHE: Dreams and Goals & Healthy Me
  • Latin: Present Tense and Verbs

Summer Term

  • Driver Project: Urban Pioneers
  • History: Local History Study
  • Geography: Comparing Walsall to Berlin
  • Art: Urban Art
  • DT: Greenhouse – structures
  • Working Scientifically
  • Science: Plants
  • RE: Sanatana Dharma – Pilgrimage
  • Computing: Emails
  • PE: Hockey & Tennis, Athletics & Cricket
  • PSHE: Relationships & Changing Me
  • Latin: Verbs & Adverbs, Subject & Object Nouns