Dear parents,

Inside this leaflet is a map which shows all the

areas of the curriculum that your child will be
learning this term.

General
• We have P.E. on Tuesdays. Children are
allowed to wear P.E. Kits to school on that day.
Please ensure your child’s name is clearly
labelled.
• Homework will be set on Fridays and needs
to be returned on Wednesday’s. Please
encourage your child to read daily at home, as CURRICULUM LEAFLET
reading is vital for your child’s success at
school.
• Please encourage children to bring in a Warwickshire and West
bottle of water of school each day.
Midlands
Thank you! Year 3

Miss Ravi and

Miss Macek
Spring 2024
 MATHEMATICS
Topics: Multiplication and Division, Length
and Perimeter, Fractions, Mass and Capacity
Daily Maths Meetings to revise other
aspects of maths (times tables, doubling,
halving, and number bonds).
All children need to learn their times tables
and number bonds at home to support
their maths skills.
SCIENCE
Spring 1 – Light
Children will learn that we need light in order
to see things and that dark is the absence of
light. They will learn that shadows form when
light is blocked by an opaque object.
Spring 2 – Plants
Children will learn about the functions of
different parts of a plant and what plants
need to grow and thrive.
GEOGRAPHY
Spring 1 – Rivers
Children will develop their understanding of
rivers, recognising where they are in the
world and how humans are connected to
them. They will explore and locate the key
rivers throughout the world.
Spring 2 – South West of England
The South West of England there are
counties such as Gloucestershire, Bristol,
Wiltshire, Somerset, Dorset and Devon
MUSIC
Pupils will explore different genres of music:
Three Little Birds by Bob Marley – a Reggae
song and The Dragon Song - by Joanna
Mangona and Pete Readman
ENGLISH
The children’s writing include:
• Retelling familiar stories
• Persuasive letters
• Non-chronological reports
We will be focussing on the following features:
 Verb tense
 Similes
 Subheadings
 Paragraphing
Our key texts this term are:
- One Plastic Bag by Isatou Ceesay
- Madame Pamplemousse and her
Incredible Edibles by Rupert Kingfisher
Our punctuation focuses will be:
• Accurate use of full stops and capital letters,
including proper nouns.
• Begin to use a range of punctuation including
inverted commas for direct speech.
Phonics and Spelling
• To make sure that we know how to write the
high frequency words quickly and
automatically.
HISTORY
Spring – The Anglo-Saxons, Picts and
Vikings
Children will learn about Britain’s
settlement by Anglo- Saxons and Scots,
as well as the Viking and Anglo-Saxon
struggled for the Kingdom of England to
the time of Edward the Confessor.
SPANISH
Pupils will be learning the names of
different fruits and different musical terms
including musical instruments.
ART
In Spring 1 our topic is ‘Art of Ancient
Egypt’ we will be making our own papyrus
to paint on and using clay to sculpt a
sphinx. In Spring 2 we are looking at Anglo
Saxon Art. We will be drawing Anglo Saxon
patterns and painting illuminated
manuscripts.
DT
Pop-up books – The children will be
learning the process of designing and
making. They will be learning about
mechanical systems and linkages.
PSHE
Pupils will learn about living in the wider
world, including how communities can make a
difference within society?
R.E.
‘Why is pilgrimage important in some
religious traditions?’ And ‘What does
Sikhism teach us about selfless service?’
P.E.
Pupils will be working cooperatively in small
team games, developing group tactics. They
will also be learning inclusive games.
COMPUTING
Desktop publishing: Children will learn about
using software programmes, understanding
how to use font sizes, colours and designs
appropriately.