1. St James’ Catholic Primary Year 3 Overview

2. Main Core areas for this year will include:

3. Religious Education Themes from ‘Here I Am’ Homes and Families Signs and Symbols Visitors Celebrations Thanks-Giving Self-Giving Holidays/Holy Days Building Bridges Difference Reading Stories with familiar settings Myths, Legends and Fables Adventure and Mystery Authors and Letters Dialogues and Plays Reports Instructions Information texts Poems to perform Shape poems and Calligrams Language Play

4. Writing Producing well constructed sentences written in a neat, cursive style Sequencing stories with a recognisable introduction, development and ending Writing for different audiences Mathematics Use mental strategies Counting in 2s, 5s and 10s and knowing those multiplication tables with quick recall Ordering numbers up to 1000 Mental addition of number facts to 20 2D and 3D shapes 24 hour clock Symmetry Data handling Time, money, length, capacity and weight

5. Science Teeth and Healthy Eating Light and Shadows Helping plants to grow well Magnets and Springs Characteristics of materials Rocks and Soils ICT Combining text and graphics Manipulating sound Exploring Simulations E-mail Introduction to databases Keyboard skills

6. Foundation Subjects

7. Geography Investigating our local area How can we improve the area seen from our window? What’s in the News? History What was it like to live here in the past What can we find out about Ancient Egypt Art Investigating pattern Can we change places? Visiting a museum, gallery or site.

8. Design Technology Sandwich snacks Packaging Moving monsters Music Play it again Salt, pepper, vinegar mustard Animal magic Dragon scales Class orchestra Ongoing skills Physical Education Invasion Games Net/Wall Games Striking and Fielding Games Dance Gymnastics Athletics Outdoor and Adventure Activities

9. Optional SATs Year 3 The children do these tests in Literacy and Numeracy at the end of the year. The marks give Levels similar to Keystage 1 and Keystage 2 SATs. You can compare your child’s work with these questions and the necessary reading ability. This will give you a clear indication of your child’s performance.

10. Ways to help at home encourage learning of tables –10,5,2,4,3 use mathematical language for shapes, coins, length, time, weight and capacity ensure daily reading either from school book or child’s own – information, fact, instruction, comic, poetry, plays, fiction, non fiction help to learn weekly spellings from the high frequency word list and class spellings using spelling practice sheets encourage conversation with explanations and descriptions, information using well constructed sentences, use of ‘how?’, ‘why?’ ensure completion of homework every night