Welcome to Year 3 – Amber Class!

Mrs Parkinson

Our topic in Amber class for the Autumn term will be The Stone Age!

We will be exploring the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age periods. We will look at what made these periods in history special, exploring the discoveries and inventions. We will look at what cave men were really like and discover what it would have been like to live in those times. We will examine the types of homes people used to live in, what they ate and how they farmed. We will also learn why historical artefacts are important and how we can use them to help us discover information about the past.

English

Throughout the first term we will use the book ‘Stone Age Boy’ by Satoshi Kitamura to influence our writing.  We will be concentrating on our own stories.  In Autumn 2, we will be using the book ‘Winter’s Child’ by Graham Baker-Smith to support our fantasy writing.  For our reading, we will continue to follow the Pathways scheme and use ‘The Iron Man’ and ‘The Ice Palace’ throughout the term.  We will also read Clive King's Stig of the Dump throughout the term as our class book.  This a much-loved modern classic. It is the story of Barney and his best friend, cave-man Stig.

Maths

Throughout the term we will be covering Number, looking at place value, addition & subtraction and multiplication.  We will focus our mental maths sessions on number-fact recall including times tables where we will consolidate our knowledge of the 2, 5 & 10 times tables before moving on to the 3, 4 & 8 times tables.

Science

In Science we will become geologists this term, looking at rocks and how different types of rock are formed.  We will investigate how fossils are formed and will be looking at how worms move through the earth.

P.E.

In P.E. we will split our sessions between, skills-based development and a sports session where we will use these in a game or performance setting. We will also have swimming lessons.  PE lessons will take place on Tuesday (swimming) and Thursday afternoons.

R.E.

In R.E. this term, we will explore Christian beliefs about creation, sin and salvation, including the story of Adam and Eve and why Christians call Jesus the 'Saviour'. We will learn about the titles given to Jesus, such as Emmanuel and Prince of Peace, and explore what the Nativity stories and Old Testament prophecies teach Christians about Jesus. We will compare Christian beliefs with Humanist and other religious worldviews, and consider how the choices people make can have consequences, making links with Hindu beliefs about karma.

Art, Design and Technology and Music

In Art, we will look at making our own cave paintings and in Design & Technology we will be creating our own electric museum display based on The Stone Age.

In Music, we will be learning to play the recorder and these lessons will take place on Monday mornings with Mrs Shackleton.

Click HERE to see Amber's Purple Mash Display Board.