St John’s CE School
Year 3 Curriculum Information Spring Term 2017
Literacy Topics:
 Legends
 Word detectives – Spellings
 Non- chronological reports
 Poems
Spelling:
To consolidate knowledge of KS1 Letters and Sounds building on from Six-Phase phonics teaching program.
Extend the knowledge of spelling strategies and apply to high frequency and cross-curricular words
Children will be encouraged to use joined up writing in all their work.
Numeracy
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Rehearse place value in 3-digit numbers, order them on a number line and find a number in between; compare
number sentences; solve additions and subtractions using place value; multiply and divide by 10, count in steps of
10, 50 and 100.
Add pairs of 2-digit numbers using partitioning, recognise and sort multiples of 2, 3, 4, 5, and 10; double the 4
times-table to find the 8 times-table; derive division facts for the 8 times-table; multiply and divide by 4 by doubling
or halving twice
Identify 1/2s, 1/3s, 1/4,s 1/6s, and 1/8s; realise how many of each make a whole; find equivalent fractions; place
fractions on a 0 to 1 line; find fractions of amounts
Recognise right angles and know they are 90°; understand angles are measured in degrees; recognise ° as the
symbol for the measurement of degrees; name and list simple properties of 2D shapes; begin to understand and
use the term perimeter to mean the length/distance around the edge (border) of a 2D shape; begin to calculate
using a ruler; know a right angle is a quarter turn; know 360° is a full turn; begin to understand angles and identify
size of angles in relation to 90°
Place 3-digit numbers on empty 100 number lines; begin to place 3-digit numbers on 0-1000 landmarked and
empty number lines; round 3-digit numbers to the nearest ten and to the nearest hundred; use counting up as a
strategy to perform mental subtraction.
Understand place-value in 3-digit numbers; separate 3-digit numbers into hundreds, tens, and ones; add two 3digit numbers using vertical written addition, add 2- and 3- digit numbers using vertical written addition.
Add two 2-digit numbers mentally; add 2-digit to 3-digit numbers mentally using place value and rounding; add
two 3-digit numbers using expanded written method begin to move tens and hundreds moving towards formal
written addition; add two 3-digit numbers using expanded column addition; investigate patterns in numbers when
adding them; choose to solve addition using a mental method or expanded column addition.
Tell the time to the nearest minute on analogue and digital clocks, time events in minutes and seconds; find a
time after a given interval, calculate time intervals; solve word problems involving time
Double and halve numbers up to 100 by partitioning; solve word problems involving doubling and halving; multiply
numbers between 10 and 25 by 1-digit numbers using the grid method; divide multiples of 10 by 1-digit numbers
using known tables facts; see the relation between multiplication and division
Science
Children will have Science lessons on Tuesdays
The topics this term are: Rocks and Soils / Light and Plants
Music
Music will be taught through our topics. This term the class will be taking in part in Music Workshop with Terry Hogan
(Barnet Advisory Music Teacher)
Art and Design Technology
Children will be doing work related to our Creative Curriculum topics
P.E.
Swimming this term will be on Monday and P.E /Games on Tuesday (next half term). Please ensure that your child
has a correct and clearly labeled P.E. uniform. Please ensure that all their belongings (even their socks) have their names
clearly displayed next to the labels. P.E./swimming bags must have children’s names on the front.
The swimming bags and the P.E. bags will be sent home after each lesson and children should bring them back as soon as
possible.
Computing
The children will use laptops and ipads in class.
The computing topics this term are:
We are bug fixers - finding and correcting bugs in programs
We are presenters – video performance
R.E.
Exploration of Christian Faith, Identity, Belonging, Temptation & Salvation.
Creative Curriculum
We continue with our Topic Earthquakes and Volcanoes. The class will take part in a workshop – Wednesday 11th
January.
Class trip to the Natural History Museum – Tuesday 17th January
Our second topic is Music based and it will link in with the work they are doing with Terry Hogan.
Homework
Reading- on a daily basis. Please fill in and sign the Reading diaries weekly and send in with the homework. Remember
to discuss the books with your child. This will improve their comprehension skills.
Children will be able to choose a book from the class library and keep it until they finish reading it. They can change
their book on any day of the week. The variety of classroom books is limited and must be supplemented with regular
visits to a Public Library.
Children will get spellings and times tables on a Tuesday, tested the following Tuesday.
Numeracy and literacy/creative curriculum homework will be uploaded to the website on a Tuesday and collected
the following Monday.
Children might be occasionally given extra homework/ project work to do at home.
Please ensure that the children do their homework and bring it to school on the day it is due. The homework is
designed to reinforce what they are learning in school and should be timetabled into their week. All written
homework must be signed by the parent.
Useful Website
www.mathletics.co.uk
http://scratch.mit.edu/
http://resources.woodlands.kent.sch.uk/
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/
If you need reminders of your children’s log ins please put a note in the homework book
Please make an appointment if you have any questions.
We look forward to the term ahead.
Miss N Fitzpatrick & Mrs Sklar