Year 3

Learning Link: Roaring Rivers and  Groovy Greeks

As your children enter the Summer term, we begin with learning about rivers, locally and globally.  

After half term we go back in time to Ancient Greece to learn all about daily life at that time, beginning of the Olympics, myths and legends and Gods and Goddesses.  

St Dominic:

Miss Duncan

St Martha:

Miss Moore

Curriculum Newsletters for Autumn, Spring and Summer can be accessed here as they become available

The Curriculum Evening Presentation can be accessed here

Year Group reminders

Week Commencing: 13^th July 2026

Week A

Monday:  Spellings - old ones tested.

Tuesday: Maths and English homework marked and handed out.

Wednesday: Year 3 PE – come in PE kit. Wednesday 15th July - Family Picnic after school.

Thursday: 3M PE– come in PE kit.

Friday: End of term – 2pm

Reminders:

We will be spot checking children’s uniforms; please make sure they are named as well as water bottles and snack boxes.

We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to you all. Your support, kindness and generosity have been so appreciated over this year. We hope you have the best summer!

Looking further ahead:

• New term starts Thursday 3^rd September

Homework

No homework for the week.  

Reading for Pleasure

London’s River Tales for Children by Anne Johnson and Sef Townsend

RE

Dialogue and Encounter

The children will encounter the religion of Islam through Islamic art.

English

Writing linked to Who Let the Gods Out by Maz Evans

Children will begin to write the literacy features of Greek poems.

Master Readers: Who Let the Gods Out by Maz Evans

Monday:  Whole class reading of text

Tuesday: Book Club

Wednesday: Modelled comprehension

Thursday: Independent comprehension and review

Friday:  Edit and review and read

Focus vocabulary this week:

sumptuous, encroaching, anguished, fray, callous

SPAG

Spelling

N/A

Grammar

Focus on rhyming.  

Maths

Statistics

Children will be solving 2 step problems around bar charts.

Science

Forces and Magnets

Children will be understanding how forces and magnets are used in everyday life.

DT

Greek Food and Culture

Children will be reflecting on their Greek salads.

Computing

Children will be talking

History

Ancient Greeks

The children will be learning about Greek inventions helped with daily life.

French

To revise the topic: La famille

Music

We will listen to an example of a ‘blues’ improvisation, and then use two of our recorder notes to improvise over a backing track.

PE

Athletics

Applying different take-off techniques when jumping. Throwing different equipment. Recording distances and times.

Rounders

Understand how the rounders bases work and begin to use these rules to score points and manage the game. Understand the role of the batter and backstop. Choose when to use overarm and underarm skills effectively. Field with accuracy to limit a batter’s score.

Learning for Life

Children will be learning about how to stay safe in water.