Year 3 Rowan Class 2025 - 2026

Mrs Lloyd	Mrs J Newton

Year 3, Rowan Class 2024-2025

Curriculum Information for Autumn 1 

Important Information for Autumn 1

Writing:  In English we will be exploring the story ‘Smok the dragon and Krak the cobbler’ . We will be using Talk for Writing techniques to learn the text. Within this unit, we will be looking at the action toolkit. We will be learning how to create descriptions that the reader can imagine, making it sound real and intriguing. We will be focusing on how to use a range of verbs, adverbs and fronted adverbials to add detail to our writing.  

Guided Reading: Pathways to Read- we will be reading 'The Sea book' by  Charlotte Milner. Within this unit, we will be focusing on the features of a fiction text and key retrieval skills.

Maths:  

Power Maths Unit 1 - Place Value up to 1000

Power Maths Unit 2 - Addition and Subtraction

Power Maths Unit 3 - Multiplication and Division

Science: We will learning about Animals including Humans based on nutrition. We will learn about different food groups, where food comes from and what we need to eat to be healthy. 

History: In our History lessons we will be exploring the Stone Age and find out about how life changed in Britain from the Palaeolithic to the Neolithic. We will study how tools, clothes, homes, diet and hobbies changed across the Stone Age. 

PE: In PE we will be developing our fundamentals skills of co-ordination and agility. We will also learn how to play Tag Rugby. 

Art:  We will be following the Kapow scheme and learning about how to draw and shade like an artist to bring our artwork to life. We will look at artists like Max Ernst and Georgia O'Keefe. 

Computing: We are learning about computing systems and networks. We will be focusing on how computers are connected and understanding how digital devices work. 

RE: We are learning about Hindu Dharma and answering the question - What does a Hindu believe about God and how is Diwali celebrated? 

PSHE: Families and Relationships 

Music: This term we have weekly lessons with our Muscial Minds teacher, Mr Taylor. We are learning about the tempo of music and how to draw musical notation. 

MFL:  This half term we will be learning how to follow simple French instructions and have simple conversation with a partner. 

PE- Rowan class will have their PE sessions on Monday and Wednesdays.  

PE Kit: 

• Team colour t-shirt
• Plain black shorts
• Black pumps for indoor PE
• Trainers for outdoor PE
• Tracksuits, sweatshirts and leggings can be worn for outdoor PE in colder weather 
• Ear rings must be removed or covered with plasters/tape if recently pierced and long hair must be tied back

Reading Book Changes

Expectations

It is expected that all children will read at home at least five times each week. This can be a mixture of reading with support from an adult and independent reading. It can be their home reader, a magazine, newspaper, library book, or any other book that your child would enjoy reading. All home reading should be recorded in home-school diaries, this can be as simple as individual date and signature and the book that has been read as well as comment about how your child has read.

All children at Whitby Heath read daily in class whether it be on a 1:1 basis or working within group. As a school, we aim for ‘Strive for Five’. Using our Dojo reward system to celebrate this achievement. As a result, parents will receive a notification of this via the Dojo app as well as children receiving a stamp in their Reading Record indicating their total number of reads each week. 

Each child has an allocated day that their book/s will be changed, linked to their house teams:

Donaldson- Monday

Seuss- Tuesday

Dahl- Wednesday

Rowling- Thursday

In school, we use children’s Reading Records to keep a record of what the children are reading rather than a dialogue between parents and school. We love to see parent comments about how they have got on if you have listened to them reading aloud or have asked them some questions about what they have read. We look forward to catching up with parents about children's reading progress in our parent’s evenings. 

Homework Information

Maths homework will be set weekly on Mirodo. Click on the link below to access the website. 

https://app.mirodoeducation.com/login

English homework will be spellings or oracy which will alternate on a two week basis. 

Homework will be set on a Friday and due in on the following Tuesday. 

Times Tables

Please also practise the times tables that your child is on. Children are tested twice every week and cannot move on to the next times table until they have passed their current level three times. This includes multiplication and division.

ClassDojo

Should parents need to contact the Year 3 team please send a direct message through ClassDojo. All communication from school will be shared in this way. 

Other useful websites for learning at home

• Timestables Rockstars

https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student
All children have a login for this website.

• Hit the Button

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
A great way to practice times tables at home.

• Newsround

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround
A place for children to keep up with current events!

• National Geographic Kids

https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/
A lovely website for children to learn more about animals, wildlife and the world around them.

• BBC Bitesize

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/primary
A place full of information that covers the range of the subjects and topics we study in school