Mrs Barden is the teacher in our Year Three class. Our PE days are Monday and Wednesday.

Class Saint

St Kinga. Patron Saint of Poland. Feast day is 24th July. 

 

Kinga became princess when her husband ascended the throne as High Duke of Poland. During her reign, Kinga got involved in charitable works such as visiting the poor and helping the lepers. When her husband died, she sold all her material possessions and gave the money to the poor. She did not want any part in governing the kingdom which was left to her, and decided to become a Poor Clare nun in the monastery at Sandec. She would spend the rest of her life in contemplative prayer and did not allow anyone to refer to her past role as Grand Duchess of Poland.

St Kinga, pray for us. 

Autumn Term Curriculum Overview

Maths

• Add 3 addends
• Add and subtract through 10
• Compose 100 with 10s, 1s, 50s, 25s and 20s
• Find multiples of 10 to make 100
• Complements to 100
• Add and subtract multiples of 10
• Find 10 more and 10 less
• Measure length and height
• Convert between m, cm and mm
• Represent, compare, order and partition 3-digit numbers
• Count in multiples of 2, 20, 5, 50, 25, 10 and 100

English

The Y3 class text this term is The BFG.

Key learning includes:

• Infer character thoughts and feelings with evidence
• Describe using similes
• Extend sentences using conjunctions—and, but, or, yet, so
• Expanded noun phrases
• Fronted adverbials
• Contractions
• Summarise ideas
• Organise paragraphs

RE

Creation and Covenant

· Creation story from Genesis

· Humans made in the image of God

· Stewardship

· Equality and human dignity

Prophecy and Promise

· Sunday as a day of rest

· Celebrating Mass

· Angels bring God’s message

· Joseph and Mary trusting in God

· Signs used in Advent and Christmas

History

Y3 will be studying Roman Britain.

Key learning includes:

· Roman invasions of Britain

· Make up of the Roman army

· What life was like in Roman Britain

· Roman settlements

· Hadrian’s Wall

Science

Humans and some other animals have skeletons and muscles for support, protection and movement. 

Design and Technology

Levers and Linkages 

Generate ideas and design criteria. Use sketches and prototypes to develop and communicate ideas. Order the main stages of making. Select and use appropriate tools to cut, shape and join paper and card. Select and use finishing techniques suitable for the product they are creating. Evaluate their own products and ideas against criteria and user needs. Understand and use lever and linkage mechanisms. Distinguish between fixed and loose pivots. 

PE

 

Computing

Programming - Sequencing Sounds

Explore a programming environment - Scratch. Identify that commands have an outcome. Explain that a program has a start. Recognise that a sequence of commands can have an order. Create a project. Change the appearance of my project. 

Music

Exploring Rhythmic Patterns

Identify rhythms and play them using body percussion, instruments and plastic cups. Explore call-and-response techniques. Perform simple rhythmic ostinatos to accompany a song or poem. Sing songs influenced by different musical styles such as Blues and Rock ’n’ Roll and listen out for simple stylistic features in music. Composing and notating simple rhythmic patterns using different forms of graphic notation.

Personal Development

Anti-Racism