Harvington C of E First and Nursery School
‘Together we love, learn and grow’
Year 3
Welcome to Year 3
Class Teacher: Mrs Elaaoudi-Aitsy
Teaching assistants: Miss Boyle and Mrs Harrison
PTFA Class Representatives: Mrs Creeber and Mrs Whitehouse
Important information:
Spellings will be sent home at the beginning of each new term. Spelling tests take place on a Friday.
Please make sure your child has a named PE kit, water bottle, reading book and message book in school every day.
At the moment, homework will not be assigned as a weekly individual task. Instead, this time will provide more opportunities for children to focus on their Spellings, Reading, and Times Tables practice. We hope this approach will allow them to continue making good progress and demonstrate their learning.
Long Term Overview
Welcome Letters
Spellings
Year 3 Calculation Policy
Writing
This half term, our learning will include:
Science:
Plant Reproduction
We will be describing the life cycle of a flowering plant and carrying out tests to investigate plant structure and function.
In this topic, we will become plant scientists! We will learn what plants need to grow strong and healthy, like water, sunlight, air and nutrients. We will explore the different parts of a flowering plant and find out what each part does, such as how roots take in water and how leaves help make food. We will investigate how water moves through a plant and learn about the life cycle of a flowering plant, from seed to full-grown plant. We will also discover the different ways seeds are spread to grow new plants in new places.
As scientists, we will ask our own questions and plan simple investigations to help us find answers. We will record our results in tables, create and read bar charts, and use our findings to explain what we have learned. We will also think about how to improve our investigations and make them even better next time.
DT:
pneumatic systems
In this topic, we will become designers and engineers! We will learn that a mechanism is a system of parts working together to create movement, and that pneumatic systems use air to make things move. We will explore how air can be pushed through tubes to create movement and spot pneumatic systems in everyday objects. We will also look at different types of drawings used in design and understand why some drawings are better for explaining certain ideas.
We will use a design brief to create our own design criteria and begin drawing different types of diagrams to share our ideas. We will learn about different pneumatic systems and use this knowledge to design and make our own moving toy. As we build, we will create strong structures to hold our pneumatic system and carefully work with materials by cutting, folding and shaping them, while thinking about using sustainable resources.
At the end, we will evaluate our work by thinking about how well our design, materials and equipment helped us to meet the design brief and create a successful product.
Geography:
In this topic, we will become geography explorers and learn all about places near and far. We will start by finding different cities in the UK and learning where they are, as well as understanding the difference between a village, town and city. We will learn how to use a special type of map called an OS map and practise reading the symbols in the legend. As we continue, we will explore different types of land use, thinking about where people live, work and play, and we will practise following routes on a map like real explorers. We will also discuss why places are located where they are, looking at both human and physical features, and learn about different regions in the UK. We will think about how our local area has changed over time and begin to explain why these changes have happened. Then, we will travel virtually to New Delhi, finding out where it is in the world and identifying some of its human and physical features. Finally, we will compare New Delhi with our local area, looking at what is the same and what is different, helping us to better understand the world around us.
