This week's Learning in Year 3 at a glance!
Year 3Learning Link: Rock Across the Ages |
As your children enter Key Stage 2, we step right back in time to the Stone Age. In English, work will start in September with our text ‘The Stone Age Boy.’ We will make links in computing, art and design that will really bring this topic to life. It will culminate in a celebration of our work. We will continue to develop our skills in computing and create simple algorithms and in Science we peer into the topic of light. In RE, our rich curriculum allows us to explore the topics of Covenant and Creation. Our foundational topics allow the cross curricular learning to come to life through The Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age and lead us into Mountains. |
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St Dominic: Miss Duncan: missduncan@st-thomas.surrey.sch.uk St Martha: Miss Moore: missmoore@st-thomas.surrey.sch.uk |
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| Autumn Curriculum Newsletter | |
Year Group reminders |
Week Commencing: 20th October 2025 Week B Monday: New spellings handed out. Old words tested. Yellow spelling book in school. Parent Evening - in person. Tuesday: Maths and English homework handed out and marked. Trip to Butser Ancient Farm - please bring a packed lunch with no nuts. Wednesday: Year 3 PE - please come in PE kit. Parent Evening - Remote. Thursday: PE for 3D - please come in PE kit Friday: Celebration Worship. Non-uniform day - raising the postage funds for the shoeboxes. Please make a donation on Scopay. 3M Forest School. End of half term 3:20 pickup. Looking further ahead: S=P+A+C+E Day 21st November Reminders: Please ensure your child has a named glue stick. We will be spot checking children’s uniforms, please make sure they are named as well as water bottles and snack boxes. |
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Reading for Pleasure |
Maths and English homework will be set on a Tuesday and due on the following Tuesday. Please can children complete Autumn Term Workout 7 in their CGP Maths and English books - due on Tuesday 4th November. TTRockstars please encourage your children to practise their times tables. There is a new battle this week between classes! Battle it out Year 3 but we could also win the trophy against the whole school! Spellings set on a Monday 20th October and due on the following Monday 3rd November. |
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Homework |
Little Glow by Katie Sahota |
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RE |
Prophecy and Promise The children will be reflecting on what Mass means to them, while also engaging with other teachers to explore its significance from different perspectives. |
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English |
Writing linked to The Stolen Spear by Saviour Pirotta In our learning this week, the children will be evaluating the book and designing their own front cover. Master Readers: The Stolen Spear by Saviour Pirotta 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: eager, fondness, offering, credit |
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SPAG |
Spelling Miss Duncan and Miss Moore: To spell words with the prefix ‘re-’. Mrs May: To spell words where ‘wr’ makes a /r/ sound at the beginning of words. Grammar Focus on using apostrophes for possession (singular and plural). |
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Maths |
Addition and Subtraction Children will be working on adding and subtracting two numbers using the column method. |
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Science |
Light Children will be investigating what makes a shadow and how the size may change depending on the light source's position. |
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Art |
Neolithic Painting In this lesson, children will understand how cave painting told stories before written language. |
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Computing |
Connecting computers Children will be looking at our school network and exploring where the equipment is kept. |
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Geography |
Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age Children will be looking at how life changed from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age and to the Iron Age and how these changes have shaped the way we live in Britain today. |
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French |
We will learn how to say, read, recognise aurally and write the numbers 1-10. |
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Music |
Listen and appraise music. Use body percussion. Compose rhythmic layers. Perform composition. What do you think about this music? How can you describe it using musical vocabulary? Can you make this rhythm pattern with your body? Can you write the stick notation for this rhythm? Can you play your rhythm at the same time as someone else? Can you perform your composition? How can we be a good audience? |
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PE |
Fundamentals Balancing, running, jumping, hopping and skipping.Changing direction with balance and control. How does the body move at different speeds? How to speed up and slow down. Netball Make use of all pass types: Chest, overarm and bounce.Begin to understand court positions and some rules. Football Control the ball with feet and begin to dribble. Begin to use space and mark opposition players. |
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Learning for Life |
Special people We will be thinking about how we can show respect to everyone. |