Castle Bromwich Junior School
Yr3 Spring Term
Welcome to Year 3’s curriculum page. We hope you find the information below useful. This page gives you an overview of your child’s learning journey through year 3.
Maths
In Spring Term, maths begins with more work on multiplication and division then moves on to length and perimeter, fractions and mass and capacity. Across all their learning, they continue to consolidate and recall their times tables and have a weekly arithmetic session.
English
Writing – In Spring 1, our writing is all based on a book called, ‘King Kong’, adapted by Anthony Browne. The children write a narrative based on the book then write a story of their choice using the skills they have learnt.
In Spring 2, the learning is focused on a non-fiction text called, ‘The Secrets of Stonehenge’. This links and builds on their history learning of the ‘Ages’. The children write a non-chronological report focusing on paragraphs and organisation. Later in the term, they write a biography based on an author.
Reading – In reading, develop our reading skills through Reading VIPERS (vocabulary, inference, prediction, explanation, retrieval and summarising. During lessons, we read and apply the VIPER skills to ‘The secrets of Stonehenge and King Kong.
Science
Our Science units for the Spring Term is all about forces and magnets then rocks and soils. The children plan experiments finding out about friction then later about the permeability of different soils.
Art
In Art linking to the history stone age unit, the children learn how to use tint, tone and shade whilst drawing a woolly mammoth.
Design Technology
Our DT unit is all about learning how to make a mechanical moving puppet. The children learn about how to make a mechanism using a pivot system.
History
Throughout the Spring term, our history unit focuses on learning about the ‘Ages’. This includes the Stone Age, Bronze Age and the Iron Age. They experience life as a Stone Age ‘hunter gatherer ‘and explore how life changed between each ‘Age’.
Music
Their first unit is learning about pentatonic scales (5 notes) through traditional Chinese music and composing their own Chinese inspired piece. Next, they learn about different styles and the history of jazz music and perform ‘Mary had a little lamb,’ using syncopation.
French
In French, the children learn how to say different countries and where they live. They also learn a range of weather phrases.
Personal Social and Health Education
Our units for PSHE in the Spring Term are ‘Dreams and Goals’ and ‘Healthy Me’. In our Dreams and Goals unit, the children work as a group on a shared goal. In Healthy Me, the children start off learning about healthy eating then move on to look at emergency services and how to use them if they are needed.
Religious Education
Our first RE unit of the Spring term focuses on Muhammed (PBUH) and the Islamic faith. Our second RE unit of Spring is all about ‘Why is Good Friday good?’. We learn about the Easter story and Christian beliefs about it.
Computing
We continue learning about Online Safety, focusing on: Online Bullying and Managing Online Information. The children also learn how create a PowerPoint using different tools for adding sound and footnotes on a presentation about an issue they care about.
Physical Education
Our indoor units focus on developing skills in PE, focusing on jumping and landing safely and coordination. In outdoor units, we learn the skills involved to be able to play tennis and cricket. Learning back hand and forehand in tennis and throwing and catching in cricket as well as some of the rules of play.
