Year 3

Welcome to Year 3

ART

Pupils study Georgia O'Keefe and recreate their own paintings and sculptures of petals and leaves.  They also look at John Piper's stained glass windows, using tissue paper to create collages, and finally focus on Lichenstein's work.  Here, pupils paint scenes from the local area using water colours.   

COMPUTING

Pupils use the Purple Mash scheme of work and cover topics such as coding, online safety, spreadsheets, databases and word publishing skills.

DT

In Year 3, the children’s first DT project is to design a product, such as snow globes and book hedgehogs, to sell at the Christmas Fair. For food technology, pupils design and make their own sandwiches.  As a link to our Forces unit, pupils design and make a bridge which will withstand an earthquake.  In the summer term, the DT project is led by the Eco Warriors.  Pupils have created scarecrows, bird feeders and wind turbines over the past few years.

GEOGRAPHY

Beyond the Magic Kingdom: what is the Sunshine State really like? Pupils learn all about the state of Florida. 

Why do some earthquakes cause more damage than others? Pupils learn about Christchurch in New Zealand and the history of earthquakes in this region of the world. 

Why do so many people live in megacities? Pupils learn about the increasing population of Milton Keynes and what makes a megacity. 

HISTORY

We learn about the earliest people known to have lived in our country and how people survived. We investigate the world from the Stone Age to the Bronze and Iron Age and how the world began to change from gathering to farming. We also learn about the Roman Empire and its impact on Britain. 

LITERACY

Non-chronological reports 

Descriptive writing

Instructional texts linked to Science

Adventure stories linked to the Stone Age

Poetry - performance poetry and The Sound Collector

Diary entries

Explanation texts

Persuasive letter writing

Balanced arguments linked to Geography