History

We will be able to:

• order the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age on a timeline
• place given events on a timeline, in order (not correctly spaced)
• use artefacts to explain how things changed through the prehistoric ages
• explain how reliable a source is
• compare the different tools used by people from different periods of time
• compare prehistoric life to modern-day life
• explain why hunter gatherers became farmers

We will know:

• about the life of Neolithic people from Skara Brae

Science

We will be able to:

• compare and group different kinds of rocks on the basis of their appearance and simple physical properties
• describe, in simple terms, how fossils are formed when things that have lived are trapped within rock
• recognise that soils are made from rocks and organic matter

Art

We will know:

• about Stone Age cave painting

We will be able to:

• attempt to recreate some of the first ever art

We use a knowledge organiser for every project in every year group. It is a helpful way for children and families to see the key knowledge that children will learn. This key knowledge helps the children ask more questions and then find out more information.

It would be helpful to talk with your child about this knowledge organiser. As the project develops, they will be able to share more knowledge. Thank you!

Please continue to practise telling the time with your children. This half term, in addition to continuing to practise addition and subtraction, we will focus on:

• multiplication (using the 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 10 times tables)
• division (using the 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 10 times tables)
• measurement (focusing on mm, cm and m)

Our main book this half term will be Stig of the Dump.

Some areas of grammar and punctuation we’ll be learning include:

• identifying and writing adverbs of time and place within a simple sentence: under, outside, higher.
• identifying and writing adverbs of time within (or to start) a simple sentence: on Saturday, before dawn, after breakfast, in May etc
• punctuating speech correctly, using inverted commas: “Not today,” replied Tom.

PE Kits:

School PE uniform is black shorts (or tracksuit bottoms) with a white t-shirt and trainers. All children will come to school wearing PE kit on their PE days.

Year 3 PE days are Tuesday and Friday.

Year 3 Home Learning

• Daily reading – children will bring books home
• TTRockstars website – children have logins. Please let your teacher know if you have any problems.
• A weekly activity based on the classroom learning sent out via email or a paper copy.
• Half-termly project activities sent out via email or a paper copy.

Dates

• Friday 7^th March: World Book Day
• Wednesday and Thursday 26^th and 27^th March: Open Evenings
• Friday 4^th April: school breaks up (2pm) for term break

Can you help?!

If you have any information (stories, photos, experiences, artefacts etc) from the regions on our knowledge organiser, then please contact your class teacher.

Please keep in touch – we check these emails everyday before we start teaching:  unicorn@greendragon.hounslow.sch.uk   

Thank you!

There are two main ways to talk with your child’s teacher.

You can talk at the start or end of the day – remember that teachers have more time at the end of the day!

Alternatively, teachers check the year group email every day so you can contact them here:  unicorn@greendragon.hounslow.sch.uk   

Teachers will respond between the hours of 8:00 and 4:00pm.

Thank you!