Year 3 - Elm Class

Maths

We will begin the half-term revising key concepts taught in Spring 1 focusing on problem solving involving mass, volume, capacity and length. We will be looking at money being able to count money, show money in different amounts, add and subtract money and solve word problems. We will then move on to telling the time. As well as telling the time to the nearest minute, we will be measuring time durations, converting time from seconds to minutes and finding the number of days in each month.

English

We will be exploring our new class text ‘'Milo Imagines It All'. The book follows a young boy with a wild imagination on a train journey to visit his Mother. We will use the book as inspiration to write our own stories. We will be looking at how to use inverted commas to punctuate direct speech and using the possessive apostrophe correctly. 

History

This term our history focus will be looking at The Romans. By the end of our topic, children will understand the significance of early Rome. who ruled in the early days and the battle for power, how the Romans used their armies, look at timelines of the Romans invading Britain and the significant events which took place. Finally, we will look at Roman settlements and compare these with Celtic settlements. In Summer 1 will be visiting Chester. More details to follow. 

Science

Our learning over the next few weeks will explore Light. We will be looking at: light sources, how we see, the Sun, shadows, which materials are opaque, transparent and translucent and finally we will be conducting shadow experiments. 

RE

This half term, children will be answering the question: How do festivals and family life show what matters to Jewish people? 

PE

PE with the sports coach will be on a Tuesday and have a basketball focus for this half term. P.E with Mrs Hudson is on Fridays. 

PSHE

This half term we will be looking at Safety and The Changing Body

French

Animals, numbers and Easter.

Art

Craft and Design- Ancient Egyptian Scrolls. 

Music

Transposing Motifs 

Computing

Email and Branching Databases.