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Year 3: Spring Term
General Statement
English
Mathematics
Science
Computing
We hope that you thoroughly enjoyed your Christmas holidays and that you are ready to
start the new year with a positive attitude to learning. We have an exciting Spring Term
ahead with lots of new topics to get into. If you wish to speak to a member of staff, we
will be happy to arrange a mutually convenient time.
Please note that the following information is subject to change and not set in stone.
Spring Term – First Half
 Classic poetry for performance (The owl and the pussycat, Please Mrs Butler)
 The Hodgeheg (adventure)
 Instructions (how to make Chinese items e.g. lanterns, dragons)
Spring Term – Second Half
 The Abominables (stories from different cultures)
 Persuasion (letters e.g. help the yeti)
Spring Term – First Half
Place Value:
-Solve number problems and practical problems involving these ideas.
Multiplication/ Division:
- Write and calculate mathematical statements for multiplication and division including
for two-digit numbers times one-digit numbers, using mental and progressing to formal
written methods.
Multiplication/ Division:
- Write and calculate mathematical statements for multiplication and division including
for two-digit numbers times one-digit numbers, using mental and progressing to formal
written methods.
Fractions:
- Add fractions with the same denominator within one whole e.g. 5/7 + 1/7 = 6/7.
- Subtract fractions with the same denominator within one whole e.g. 6/7 - 1/7 = 5/7.
Measures:
- Measure, compare, add and subtract: lengths (m/cm/mm); mass (kg/g);
volume/capacity (l/ml).
Spring Term – Second Half
Addition/Subtraction
- Add and subtract numbers with up to three digits using the formal method of columnar
addition and subtraction.
Measures:
- Add and subtract amounts of money to give change, using both £ and p in practical
contexts.
Fractions:
- Recognise and show, using diagrams, equivalent fractions with small denominators.
- Compare and order unit fractions, and fractions with the same denominators.
Geometry:
- Recognise angles as a property of shape or a description of a turn.
- Recognise that two right angles make a half turn, three make three quarters of a turn
and four a complete turn.
Statistics:
- Interpret and present data using bar charts, pictograms and tables.
Spring Term – First Half
 Magnets
Spring Term – Second Half
 Rocks
Spring Term – First Half
 Images, video and animation
Spring Term – Second Half
 Coding and programming
Year 3: Spring Term
French
Music
PE
Religious Education
History
Geography
Design and Technology
Art
Spring Term – First Half
 Numbers 0-20
 How old are you
 Days of the week/Months of year
Spring Term – Second Half
Spring Term
 Gymnastics
 Fitness and Healthy Living
 Competitive Games
 Football and Netball
Spring Term
 Christianity
 Hinduism
Spring Term – First Half
 China – Modern and Historical China
 Who lived in China in the past?
 What was everyday life like in the Shang Dynasty?
 Dem bones
 Shang Di
 Th tomb of Lady Fu Hao
 Where would you place the Shang Dynasty in time?
 How did the Shang Dynasty end?
 What is the legacy of the Shang Dynasty?
Spring Term – Second Half
 Meet the Flintstones – Britain in the Stone, Bronze and Iron Age
 Are the Flintstones like real cavemen?
 What would you ask a caveman?
 When did Stone Age man exist?
 What difference did the Stone Age make to the world?
Spring Term – First Half
 Where in the World is China?
 Zhongguo – The midlle kingdom
 A land of many peoples
 Chinese School?
 Land of the Panda
 Why visit China?
 The Huang He or Yellow River
Spring Term – Second Half
 Locate Stone Age settlements
Spring Term – First Half
 Design and create clay model dragons
 Design and create Chinese lanterns.
Spring Term – Second Half
 What was invented during Stone Age?
Spring Term – First Half
 Design and create a dragon mask
Spring Term – Second Half
 How do cavemen look different to modern people?
 How do we know what is was like during the stone Age?
Year 3: Spring Term
SMSC/British Values
Visits
Spring Term – First Half
 SMSC – Spiritual, moral, social and cultural
 British Values – Democracy, mutual respect and tolerance
Spring Term – Second Half
 SMSC – Spiritual, moral, social and cultural
 British Values –
Chinese Theme Day – 25.1.17
Chiltern Open Air Museum – 2.3.17 and 3.3.17