Autumn 1 – The Surprising Stone Age and Me
Our topic this half term is The Surprising Stone Age and Me. We will be looking at how people have changed over time by looking back at the Stone and Bronze Age then looking at our own lives today.
Across the curriculum we will be studying:
- How people lived during the Stone Age
- Developments in technology and civilisation during the Bronze Age
- Earth Rocks! (Science)
In English, we will be studying texts such as ‘Stone Aged Boy’, ‘Ug!’ and ‘How to wash a woolly mammoth’, where we will go on a time travelling adventure. Our writing journeys will include:
- A diary entry
- A kenning poem
- Non-chronological report
- Instructional text
In Maths, this half term we are learning about:
- Find 10 or 100 more or less than a given number
- Recognise the place value of digits
- Compare and order numbers up to 1000
- Read and write numbers
- Solve number problems
- Add and subtract numbers mentally
- Column addition and subtraction
Year 3’s weekly timetable
| Monday | Maths and English homework
This homework will be given out. Please return the following Monday.
Indoor P.E.
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| Wednesday | Reading homework
Books and reading records are sent out. We encourage your child to read frequently at home. Please return on Mondays.
Reading for Pleasure
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| Friday | Outdoor P.E.
Please send your child to school in their outdoor P.E kit. |
