Year 3 2023 - 2024

Welcome to the Year 3 area on our website.This page is to provide you with information about the Year 3 curriculum, upcoming events and to celebrate Year 3 work. To find out more about Y3 have a look at our transition film:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifOdmeaWg0E

Our Curriculum in Year 3:

Science: Rocks and Fossils, Light, Forces, Plants, Animals Including Humans

         
History: When would you Prefer to Live: Stone Age, Bronze Age or Iron Age? How Successful was the Civilisation of Egypt?

Geography: Why is the UK Such a Great Place to live? Fieldwork Week: School Grounds.

Art: Drawing Stone Age Cave Art, Sculpture/Collage Antony Gormley, Painting/Printing Georgia O Keefe

DT: Mechanical Systems - Bronze Age carriages, Nutrition and Cookery- Afternoon Tea from the UK, Textiles- Pencil Case decorated with Egyptian hieroglyphics

Computing: Computing systems and networks - Connecting computers, Creating media - Animation, Programming -Sequence in
music, Data and information - Branching databases, Creating media - Desktop publishing, Programming - Events and actions

   
PSHE: Relationships, Living in the Wider World Health and Well Being

RE: What do different people believe about God? Why is the bible important for Christians today? Why do people Pray? What does it mean to be a Christian in Britain today?

PE: Netball (Specialist Coach), Gymnastics(Indoor), Dance (indoor), OAA (outdoor), Basketball, Striking and Fielding (specialist Coach) Athletics

Music: Stone Age Themed Composition, Recorders (all children learn basic rhythm and notation), Let Your Spirit Fly, Year 2/3 Transition Performance, Three Little Birds, Bringing us together.

French: Getting to Know you, All About me, Glorious Food,  Family and Friends, Our school Time

Visits 2022 - 2023: Forest School Day, Romiley Forum Pantomime, Museum of Science and Industry, Stockport Plaza - Jaqueline Wilson.

Visits 2023 - 2024: Beeston Castle, St Micheal's Church Christmas event, Chester Zoo so far....

In September, Year 3 launched their new topic "Where would you prefer to live: Stone Age, Bronze Age or Iron Age?"  We have also been exploring Rocks and fossils in Science. We have made our own chocolate rocks to help us explore the different types. 

In Maths, we have been exploring addition and subtraction.   We have used 3 digit numbers. 

Come and read with us every Tuesday!

Every Tuesday at 8.40am we will open our doors to our parents who are welcome to come in and read with their child for 20 minutes.  We 

look forward to seeing you all.

We loved our visit to Chester zoo where we found out about animals and their habitats!