Genesis - Summer Term

Welcome to Year 3 Genesis Class.

We will be continuing on our White Rose Maths journey by building on our learning of mass and capacity with a focus on capacity. Once we are confident in our skills with this topic, we will move on to a deeper understanding of fractions and learn about money and time.

As we move into the Summer term, we will continue to build upon the skills that we have learnt as part of our Talk for Writing project. We will study and write a range of narrative genres, using our story mapping and oral rehearsal skills to become confident in an existing text, before applying our knowledge of grammar and devices to our own independent writing. We will also work on developing our writing skills by applying them to a range of non-fiction texts.

In Science we will begin our 'Plant Nutrition and Reproduction' project, where we will learn to link plant structure to function and identify plant parts associated with water transport and reproduction, as well as building on out prior learning, naming and describing the function of different parts of flowering plants, including the roots, stems, leaves and flowers. We will observe fibrous roots and taproots and investigate how water and nutrients are transported in plants. As part of our developing science enquiry skills, we will ask scientific questions about pollination and research to find the answers. We will also be carrying out investigations to explore seed formation and dispersal and identify how the structure of seeds aid dispersal.

This term our focus in History is 'Emperors and Empires', where we will learn about the growth and decline of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. We will discover the absolute power of the Roman emperors and study the hierarchies of Roman society and the Roman army. Developing our historical skills, we will study the first invasions of Britain in 55 and 54 BC and the Roman conquest of Britain in AD 43. We will explore Boudicca’s rebellion, Hadrian’s Wall and the Romanisation of Britain, including how Christianity came to Britain and investigate the legacy of Roman Britain in our local area.

In D&T we will be exploring 'Greenhouses'. This project is linked to Emperors and Empires as the Romans were the first to use greenhouses in horticulture. We will learn about the purpose, structure and design features of greenhouses, and compare the work of two significant greenhouse designers. Together we will explore techniques to strengthen structures and use tools safely and use our learning to design and construct a mini greenhouse.

In Art we will be creating 'Beautiful Botanicals'. This project is linked to Emperors and Empires. We will learn about the genre of botanical art and create weavings, two-colour prints and beautiful and detailed botanical paintings of fruit.

Our PE focuses this term are 'Net/Wall games' and 'Athletics'. During our Net/Wall games sessions we will be introduced to the technique and tactics associated with these styles of games and explore key vocabulary linked to them. Our PE skills will be developed by exploring throwing and catching, aiming and target practice through sport specific practices.

During Athletics, we will be building on previously learnt athletic techniques with a focus on athletic performance. We will develop a preferred technique of throwing, jumping and running within an athletic context.
 

Our PSHE focus this half term will be 'Relationships' where we will explore in detail our relationships with others and ourselves. We will look at roles and responsibilities of families and move onto exploring friendships with a particular focus on conflict and resolutions. There will be a link to computing where we explore ways of keeping ourselves safe online as well as what is means to be a ‘global citizen’. We will finish the unit by celebrating our ‘web of relationships’ and being appreciative of the relationships we have.

In French we will be deepening our basic understanding of French vocabulary with a focus on numbers 1-20, days of the week, colours, time and months of the year.

R.E is taught for one hour a week and over the summer term we will be exploring 'The Kingdom of God' by answering the question ‘when Jesus left, what was the impact of the Pentecost?’

Music in Year 3 is delivered by Mr Belgrave, a music specialist who has recently the teaching team at Wenlock. Children will develop and refine their musical performance skills beginning this term by learning the recorder and how to read musical notes. Pupils will appraise their own work and that of others, refining their use of appropriate use of technical vocabulary to describe what they hear.

Useful information

• Our class PE days are on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Please ensure your child wears their named, correct school PE kit on these days, that earrings are not worn and long hair is tied up.
• 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.
• Your child is welcome to bring in a snack of fruit or vegetables each day, please note that we are a nut-free school.
• Reading books are your child's responsibility and they will be responsible for changing their own book after completing an AR quiz. Please ensure they record the date and title of the book that they have chosen in their reading record.  

Weekly Home Learning (Approximately 30 minutes a day)

Each week your child will be set:  

• Daily reading
• Daily Times Tables Rockstars
• Spelling practice on EdShed
• Pick and Mix Grid 

Spellings and Phonics:  It is expected that in Year 3, all the Year 1/2 words and Year 3/4 list of spellings are known. Please practise these and use these words in your writing. Remember to use some of our spelling strategies and explore the spelling rules on Spelling Shed.

Times Tables:  This is vitally important! We spend the time to help the children to learn their times tables in preparation for the Year 4 multiplication check test by learning our Rolling Numbers and using them regularly in lessons. Keep practising - with TTRS!

Pick and Mix Grid: These grids allow pupils to choose a few activities which particularly interest them and spend the term working on them before bringing them in to share with the class.

Home Learning Support

Please click on the links below to gain access

Year 3 Curriculum Planning Documents

Knowledge Organisers