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Year 3

Welcome to Year 3

We hope you had a wonderful holiday and wish you and your families a very Happy New Year.  

Our topic this term is called The War of the Roses and The Tudors, a history topic, in which we will discover how the Tudor family came to power, what impact their decisions had on influencing areas of our life today and the role of Tudor explorers in shaping future generations understanding of the world.

This will be done through: 

  • Finding out about who were the two different sides in the War of the Roses and why it started 
  • Thinking about the value of different sources, paintings, accounts written several years later, eyewitness accounts and the influence of bias and propaganda when investigating the role Richard III played in the disappearance of the Princes in The Tower 
  • Using paintings from artists of the time as a source to tell us about the character of Henry VIII  
  • Looking at the reasons why Henry VIII married six times and the impact and repercussions that had on religion in England. 
  • Comparing the symbols of wealth and poverty in Tudor times – using photographs of Tudor buildings still in existence. 
  • Finding out about the influence Shakespeare has had on literature and some of the language which we use today.  
  • Investigating crime and punishment in Tudor times and comparing to previous work on Anglo- Saxons 
  • Looking at maps before, during and after Tudor times to understand the impact Tudor explorers had on discovering new countries and developing knowledge of the world.  

Throughout our learning, we will be considering three big enquiry question, using our research and newly acquired knowledge to answer them. 

  1. How did the Tudors earn their place on the throne? 
  2. What impact did the Tudors have on our lives today? 
  3. How can we link Tudor explorers to our favourite bag of crisps? 

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Our science topic this term will continue to focus on Plants, before moving on to learning about Animals, including humans.

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Our English units this term will be based on the following texts:  

  • The Last Garden by Rachel Ip
  • Cloud Tea Monkeys by Elspeth Graham and Mal Peet

Guided Reading text this term: 

  • The White Fox by Jackie Morris

For details about curriculum coverage of our English and Guided Reading units, please click here. 

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We continue to follow the White Rose curriculum in maths and the Year 3 topic overview can be found on the Maths Curriculum page by clicking here.  

 For a more detailed breakdown of curriculum coverage during the Spring term, please click here. 

Year 3 Topics

Year 3 Maths

Telling the Time

Year 3 Writing

Year 3 and 4 Spelling list

Reading

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Websites

 

  1. English and Guided Reading Units - Spring Term pdf