Year 3
Welcome to Year 3!
Contact:
3CG - Miss Guyatt - cguyatt@redhill.worcs.sch.uk (maternity leave)
Mr James Marsh (maternity cover) jmarsh@redhill.worcs.sch.uk
3CR - Mrs Reece - creece@redhill.worcs.sch.uk
Summer term 2
Curriculum Knowledge
Reading
Focus text: 'Harriet verus the Galaxy' by Samantha Baines
Writing
Focus text 1: Wallace and Gromit: Cracking Contraptions Manual
Purpose: To explain- Instructions on how to work their invention and To persuade - Persuasive pitch to sell their invention
Focus text 2: Escape from Pompeii by Christina Balit
Purpose: To entertain - Diary entry
Maths
Skills focus: Time, Shape, Statistics
Religious Education - How and why do people try to make the world a better place?
Geography - Why do volcanoes occur?
Science - Light: How are shadows formed?
For further information regarding the foundation subjects, please see the Summer 2 Red Hill Riches.
Further information
PE is on Monday (Tennis) and Thursday (Athletics) - please send your child to school in the appropriate outdoor PE kit.
Water bottles need to be brought into school daily - please ensure these are labelled.
Summer term 1
Curriculum Knowledge
Reading
Focus text: 'The Bolds' by Julian Clary
Writing
Focus text 1: There's a lion in my cornflakes by Michelle Robinson
Purpose: To inform - Letter of complaint
Writing skills focus: Conjunctions and formal letter writing
Maths
Skills focus: Money and Time
Religious Education - How do festivals and family life show what matters to Jewish people?
History - How did the Romans keep control of Britain?
Science - Forces and Magnets: How do magnets work?
For further information regarding the foundation subjects, please see the Summer 1 Red Hill Riches.
Further information
PE is on Monday and Thursday - please send your child to school in the appropriate PE kit.
Water bottles need to be brought into school daily - please ensure these are labelled.
Thursday May 15th - Roman Corinium visit
Spring term 2
Curriculum Knowledge
Reading
Focus text: 'The Boy who Grew Dragons' by Andy Sheperd
Writing
Focus text 1: The Egg by M. P Robertson
Purpose: To entertain - Setting description
Writing skills focus: Adjectives and fronted adverbials
Focus text 2: Dare to Care: Pet Dragon by Sally Symes
Purpose: To explain- Explanation text of how to look after a pet dragon
Maths
Skills focus: Fractions and Mass and Capacity
Religious Education - How do festivals and worship show what matters to a Muslim?
Geography - How do people adapt to life in an earthquake zone?
Science - Forces and Magnets: How do magnets work?
For further information regarding the foundation subjects, please see the Spring 2 Red Hill Riches.
Further information
Forest School is on Monday - please send your child to school in the appropriate clothing with their welly boots in a named bag.
PE day is Tuesday (Outdoor - OAA) - please send your child to school in the appropriate PE kit.
Water bottles need to be brought into school daily - please ensure these are labelled.
Parent Stay and Share - Tuesday 25th March, DT focus - making cushions
Spring Term 1
Curriculum Knowledge
Reading
Focus text: 'The Ancient Egypt Sleepover' by Stephen Davies
Writing 
Focus text: The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo
Purpose: To entertain - Write a narrative
Writing skills focus: Inverted commas, fronted adverbials and structure of narrative
Maths
Skills focus: Multiplication and Division and Measurement: Length and Perimeter
Religious Education - What is it like for someone to follow God? (People of God)
History - What are the similarities and differences between Ancient Egyptian civilisation and Britain?
Science - Rocks and Soils: What are the properties of rocks?
For further information regarding the foundation subjects, please see the Spring 1 Red Hill Riches.
Enrichment Opportunities
History Man visit: Ancient Egyptian focus - Tuesday 21st January
Mr Cadle came to visit Year 3 to talk all about life in Egyptian times. Children got the opportunity to play Egyptian games and even had a go at mummification!
