1. Year 3 Curriculum Evening January 2017
Please take a pack and find a seat.

2. Autumn 1: Europe Spring 1: Stone Age Summer 1: Ancient Egypt
Topics in Year 3
Autumn 1: Europe
Spring 1: Stone Age
Summer 1: Ancient Egypt
Autumn 2: Perfect Paint
Spring 2: Building Buggies Summer 2: Food Glorious Food

3. Mathematics in Year 3 These are some of the main expectations
Compare & order numbers up to 1000.
Read & write all numbers to 1000 in digits and words.
Find 10 or 100 more/less than a given number.
Count from 0 in multiples of 4, 8, 50 and 100.
Recall & use multiplication & division facts for 3, 4, 8 tables.
Recognise place value of any 3-digit number.
Add and subtract:
3-digit numbers and ones
3-digit numbers and tens
3-digit numbers and hundreds
Numbers with up to 3-digits using written columnar method.
Estimate and use inverse to check.
Multiply:
2-digit by 1-digit
Count up/down in tenths.
Compare and order fractions with same denominator.
Add and subtract fractions with same denominator with whole.
Tell time using 12 and 24 hour clocks; and using Roman numerals.
Tell time to nearest minute.
Know number of days in each month and number of seconds in a minute.

4. Addition

6. Subtraction

8. Multiplication

10. Division

12. Helping at home
Practising times tables (knowing the related division facts)
Telling the time (to the nearest minute, 12 and 24 hour clocks)
Counting (in jumps of 4, 8, 50 and 100)
Mathletics
Websites

13. Mathletics
An individual online Maths website (also as an App) that can be used to improve your child’s mathematical understanding.
Each child has their own individual password

17. The University of Oxford’s study, concluded that schools who made regular use of Mathletics did significantly better on a range of measures, compared to schools that did not use Mathletics.

18. Top Tips Be positive. Never say, ‘Ask your mum I could never do Maths’
Let your child know that you think Maths is important
Praise for effort and that it is okay to make mistakes. Sometimes trial and error is the best way
Ask your child to explain their thinking

19. Writing in Year 3 These are some of the main expectations
Use adverbs (e.g. then, next, soon).
Use conjunctions (when, so, before, after, while, because).
Use prepositions (e.g. before, after, during, in, because of).
Experiment with adjectives to create impact.
Correctly use verbs in 1st, 2nd and 3rd person.
Use perfect form of verbs to mark relationships of time and cause.
Use inverted commas to punctuate direct speech.
Group ideas into basic paragraphs.
Write under headings and sub-headings.
Write with increasing legibility, consistency and fluency.

20. Helping at home: Spellings
Look, Cover, Check
Pyramids
Putting the words into sentences
Access to a dictionary
Spelling games such as scrabble
Finding other words with the same spelling pattern or rule

21. Helping at home: Learning Logs
Encourage your child to write
Encourage them to sound out words and check their spellings
Read their writing to check that it makes sense
Encourage them to join their sentences (when, so, before, after, while, because, then, soon, next, but)
Ask children to add adjectives (describing words) or improve the ones they have used

23. Reading in Year 3 These are some of the main expectations
Comment on the way characters relate to one another.
Know which words are essential in a sentence to retain meaning.
Draw inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions.
Recognise how commas are used to give more meaning.
Recognise inverted commas
Recognise:
plurals
pronouns and how used
collective nouns
adverbs
Explain the difference that the precise choice of adjectives and verbs make.

24. Reading in school Whole class guided reading 1:1 reading with an adult
Targeted interventions for reading

25. Reading books Children change their reading books everyday
You don’t have to read a whole book every night

26. Reading at home Regular reading (2-3 times per week)
Discussion and question about what has been read
If they are reading books other than school books, let us know
Listen to stories being read to them
Encourage them to ask what words mean
Create a list of interesting words from their reading that can be used in their writing
Let them see you read

27. Thank you for coming. Any questions?