Year 3

Welcome back! We hope everyone had a lovely summer break and is ready for the exciting year of learning ahead! This year we invite parents in to read with children every Thursday morning from 8.55-9.20. We will have a selection of books and magazines out for you to enjoy with your children.

Topic

Roaming Romans

Year 3 will be researching the Romans until Christmas. We will be delving into the timeline of the Romans – this will focus on the key events that occurred throughout Roman history. We will look at the expansion of the Roman empire alongside debating whether or not the Roman invasion was successful.

Literacy

We begin the year by reading ‘Rotten Romans’ by Terry Deary. This book explores the beastly battles, gruesome gods and marvellous myths throughout the Roman era. Year 3 will use this book to create adverts for Roman soldiers. The children will be given the opportunity to look at Roman artefacts and pictures to explore the lifestyle, equipment and requirements expected of a Roman soldier.

Once we have completed our adverts, we will then be looking at Roman Myths and Legends! Here we will explore a variety of mythical Roman stories before planning and writing our own mythical story. These stories will include Romulus and Remus, Aeneas and the underworld, and Orion, Diana and Apollo’s spite.

Maths

Year 3 will be covering:

• Identifying, representing and estimating numbers.
• Comparing and ordering numbers to 1000.
• Place value of digits within 3-digit numbers.
• Multiples of 3, 4 and 8.
• Mental and written methods for addition and subtraction involving 3-digit numbers.

Both classes will have regular opportunities to apply these skills through reasoning and real-life problem solving activities.

Science

Year 3 will begin by learning about Light. We will explore the difference between light and dark, recognise how shadows and formed and find patterns in the way that shadows change size. Throughout the science topic, children will be taught the dangers of the sun and ways to protect their eyes.

Art and Design Technology

• Testing and evaluating the best technique to use before creating a roman mosaic.
• Develop sewing techniques to design and build Roman sandals.
• Recreate the Colosseum using match sticks.
• Exploring and sketching a Roman artefact.

We are very much looking forward to working with all the wonderful young people in years 3 and 4 and getting to know you all over the coming year.

Kind Regards,

Miss Robinson