Welcome to Year 3 Oak Class

Mr Hudson, Miss Simper, Miss Poole and Miss Burgess
 

Summer Term

In Art and Design, we will explore the question ‘Can I recreate Egyptian art?’, where the children will investigate the style, pattern and characteristics of Ancient Egyptian art, apply design skills inspired by the style of an ancient civilisation, apply understanding of ancient techniques to construct a new material, apply drawing and painting skills in the style of an ancient civilisation, and apply an understanding of Egyptian art to develop a contemporary response.

In Computing, we will explore the question ‘How do I programme Scratch?’ The children will explore a programming application, use repetition (a loop) in a program, program an animation and program a game.

In Design and Technology, we will explore the questions ‘What is wearable technology?’ and ‘Can I construct pneumonic toys?’ The children will research and evaluate existing products and develop design criteria, then understand how pneumatic systems work, design a toy that uses a pneumatic system, create a pneumatic system and test and finalise ideas against design criteria.

In French, we will explore the question ‘Can I name colours and shapes?’ The children will learn to recognise and name colour words, describe shapes by their colour, describe shapes by their size and colour, and use shapes like the French artist, Matisse.

In Geography, we will explore the question ‘Are all settlements the same?’, where the children will describe different types of settlements, identify the human and physical features in the local area, discuss why physical and human features are in particular locations, describe how land use in the local area has changed, identify land use in New Delhi, and compare land use in two different locations.

In History, we will explore the question ‘What did Ancient Egyptians believe?’ The children will develop questioning skills using sources about ancient civilisations, explain the significance of the River Nile to ancient Egyptian civilisation, evaluate the importance of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, use a range of sources to explore the importance of gods and goddesses in ancient Egypt, investigate beliefs about the afterlife in Ancient Egypt and evaluate continuity and change by identifying what happened to the pharaohs when they died.

In Music, we will explore the questions ‘Can I create a Pentatonic melody as part of a composition?’ and ‘How can I use traditional instruments to improvise?’ Children will learn about the music used to celebrate the Chinese New Year festival, play a pentatonic melody on a tuned percussion instrument, write and perform a pentatonic melody, perform a group composition and perform a piece of music as a group. Children will also form an opinion of Indian music, be able to improvise using given notes, create a piece of music using a drone, rag and tal, and perform a piece of music using musical notation.

Our PE focuses for this term are ‘Athletics’, ‘Hockey’, ‘Cricket’ and ‘Handball’.

In PSHE, we will explore the questions ‘What do I know about Citizenship?’ and ‘What do I know about economic well-being?’ The children will begin to understand the UN convention on the rights of the child, understand that charities care for others and how people can support them and begin to understand how democracy works in the local area. They will also begin to understand how to put together a budget and understand that there are a range of jobs available and to think about what job they might want to do.

In Religious Education, we will explore the questions ‘How do festivals and family life show what matters to Jewish people?’ and ‘Where, how and why do people worship?’ The children will identify some Jewish beliefs about God, sin and forgiveness and describe what they mean, make clear links between the story of the Exodus and Jewish beliefs about God and his relationship with the Jewish people, make simple links between Jewish beliefs about God and his people and how Jews live, describe how Jews show their beliefs through worship in festivals, and raise questions and suggest answers about whether it is good for Jews and everyone else to remember the past and look forward to the future. They will also identify and describe how key actions, features and artefacts help people worship in different religions, explain the meanings of examples of texts that believers use in worship, consider questions about the belief that worship can bring peace, comfort or challenge, describe how people show devotion in different religions, and raise questions about why believers value worship and prayer, expressing their own ideas.

In Science, we will explore the questions ‘How does a plant reproduce?’ and ‘Does handspan affect grip strength?’ The children will identify the growth and survival needs of plants, describe the relationship between structure and function in plants, investigate how water is transported in plants, explore the role of flowers in the life cycle of a plant, apply knowledge of plant life and growth and explore seed dispersal methods. They will also plan a pattern seeking enquiry, gather and record data, conclude and evaluate the investigation, use sets of data to inform design, and report on their findings using a shadow puppet display.

Homework

Each week, the children will be expected to carry out the following tasks

• Spellings on Spelling Shed
• Times Table Rock Stars
• Daily Reading - recorded in reading records

Each half term, homework will consist of the following tasks, to be completed in the blue homework books

• 3 x English tasks
• 3 x Maths tasks
• 3 x additional curriculum area tasks

Timetable

Please note that our timetable is flexible and may be subject to change.

Useful Information

PE

PE is every Monday and Thursday. Please ensure your child wears their named, correct PE kit in school on these days, earrings are not worn, and long hair is tied up.

WATER BOTTLES

The children have access to their water bottles in the classroom during the day. Please ensure that your child has a named water bottle in school, which is taken home regularly to be washed.

LIBRARY

Every Friday we change our Library Books in the school library (Reading books can be changed any day of the week)

SNACKS

Your child is welcome to bring in a healthy snack of fruit or vegetables each day. 

READING BOOKS AND READING RECORDS

Reading books are your child's responsibility and they will be responsible for changing their own book. Please record the date and title of the book that they have chosen in their reading record and make sure that your child’s reading record is signed to say they have finished their book and read as regularly as you can with them at home.

Please make sure reading books and reading records are brought in every day.