The Year 3 Curriculum at Glen Hills!
Welcome to our Year 3 curriculum! This introduction will outline the main topics for the year and our home/school expectations. Our main Year Plan is on this website
We teach a variety of topics to ensure the pupils acquire both knowledge and skills.
ICT/Computing
Topic based presentations using publisher and PowerPoint.
Internet researching.
Composing and editing music.
Email and E-safety.
Programming using ipads.
‘Scratch’ animation.
Creating and editing computer games.
Science
Teeth and Healthy Eating
Materials
Life Processes
Living things
Geography
Local environment, ‘Why live in Leicester?’
Where does my food come from?
P.E.
Gymnastics
Dance
Large Ball Skills
Athletics
Small ball skills
Rounders/kwik cricket
Swimming
Art
Natural art sketching
Montage
Paining Techniques
Printing
‘Turner’ study
Silhouettes
D&T
Designing and Making healthy sandwiches
Create sandwich packaging
3D stable structures including photo frames.
Pneumatics and hydraulic systems - moving parts
Ceramics
History
The Ancient Britons
The Romans
R.E
People who inspire us/Faith Stories
Sikhism
Christianity
Harvest
The Easter story
The Christmas story
Mothering Sunday
Music
Reading and composing music.
Violin – Wider opportunities music scheme
Our expectations of parental / school links…
We fully appreciate the vitality of building home/school links at Glen Hills. Homework and tasks will be given out at regular opportunities for your child in year 3. Please go to our Learning Environment and onto the year 3 page for many super links to sites which will assist both you and your child.
Reading with your child! Probably the most vital aspect of ensuring children get a love of books! Ideally, a little bit of reading together should be done every day with specific questioning of the text they have read to assist with comprehension and secured understanding.
Spellings – these will be given out by your child’s teacher to learn and will follow specific spelling rules for year 3.
Maths – times tables (as detailed by your child’s teacher) and number facts will be given out for homework, as well as reinforcement of techniques learnt in school.
Year 3 Knowledge Organisers