Welcome to Year 3
Miss Froggatt Miss Barthorpe Mrs Medley
Y3 Teaching Assistant - Miss Harrison and Mrs Lewis
Year 3 is an exciting milestone as children begin their Key Stage 2 journey, developing greater independence, resilience and responsibility. Throughout the year, we aim to nurture their curiosity, creativity and confidence, encouraging them to challenge themselves and embrace new learning opportunities. With engaging topics, memorable experiences and plenty of opportunities to grow, we look forward to helping every child thrive and enjoy a fantastic year ahead!
Please click here to download the Year 3 Topic LTP.
Please click here to download the Year 3 Maths LTP
Please click here to download the Year 3 writing standards
Our first topic will be Mountains that Roar.
Our Autumn 1 topic, Mountains That Roar, takes children on an exciting journey into the world of volcanoes and the powerful forces that shape our planet. Pupils will explore what lies beneath the Earth's surface, investigate forces and magnets in science and discover the dramatic story of Pompeii through their English learning.
English
Our Autumn 1 English learning is centred around Escape from Pompeii, an exciting historical fiction text that brings the dramatic events of Mount Vesuvius to life. Children will explore the experiences of characters caught up in the eruption while developing their reading, vocabulary and comprehension skills. They will apply their learning by writing newspaper reports about the disaster, using key features such as paragraphs, chronology and formal reporting language.
Maths
In Maths, children will develop their understanding of place value to 1,000 before moving on to addition and subtraction. They will learn to represent, compare and order numbers, use formal written methods and apply their knowledge to a range of reasoning and problem-solving activities.
Geography
In Geography, children will investigate what causes volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis and other natural disasters, exploring how these events shape our world and affect people's lives. They will learn about the structure of the Earth, how tectonic activity occurs and what communities can do to prepare for and respond to natural hazards.
Key vocabulary pupils will learn through this topic can be found in the table below:
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Autumn 1
What’s beneath my feet? |
Dormant |
If a volcano is dormant, it is not active now, and it has not erupted in many years. |
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Active |
A volcano that has erupted recently, is currently erupting, or is expected to erupt again in the future |
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Extinct |
A volcano that is not expected to erupt again |
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Richter Scale |
A logarithmic scale from one to ten that is used to measure the intensity and magnitude of an earthquake |
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Tectonic Plates |
A tectonic plate is one of the parts of the outer layer of planet Earth. |
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Tsunami |
A tsunami is a huge wave that comes onto land from the ocean and causes many things to be destroyed. |
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Flood |
A flood is a sudden, strong flow of water onto a dry area |
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Drought |
A drought is a long period with little or no rain. |
In Science, pupils will explore forces and magnets through a range of practical investigations. They will discover how objects move, identify the contact needed to make things move and investigate how magnets attract and repel. They will also learn about magnetic poles and explore how magnets are used in everyday life.
Key vocabulary pupils will learn through this topic can be found in the table below: 
Wider Curriculum
Alongside this, children will create vibrant Pompeii-inspired prints in Art, compose mountain-themed music, learn to sequence sounds in Computing, explore what it means to follow God in RE and develop their understanding of families and relationships in RSHE.
Detailed planning can be found on the subject pages under the Curriculum tab.
Important Information
Zebras PE - Monday afternoon & Friday morning.
Bears PE - Monday afternoon & Friday morning.
Lemurs PE - Monday afternoon & Thursday morning.
Please make sure your child’s P.E kit is in school on these days and labelled with their name and class.
Spellings will be tested on a Friday, and new spellings sent home the same day.
Times table tests will take place on a Friday.
Dates for your diary
Wednesday 23rd September -9:00am- Spelling parent workshop
Thursday 10th December- 2pm - Christmas performance
Monday 8th February – 1:30pm – Craft afternoon
Friday 21st May – 2:15pm – Parent Showcase
Home Learning
Each half term we will send out a home learning bingo grid with tasks for you to complete at home. Here are this half term’s challenges for you to try:
Other home learning activities for Autumn 1 are
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Practise your timestables on TT Rockstars
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Practise your spellings on Spelling Shed
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Read to an adult at home at least 4 times each week
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Practise addition and subtraction using the column method
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Count in 50s and 100s.