Thu Sep 9 2010

Year 3

THE NATIONAL NUMERACY STRATEGY

KEY OBJECTIVES TAUGHT IN YEAR 3

  • Read, write and order whole numbers to at least 1000; know what each digit represents.
  • Count on or back in tens or hundreds from any two or three digit number.
  • Recognise unit fractions such as half, third, quarter, fifth and tenth and use them to find fractions of shapes and numbers.
  • Know by heart all addition and subtraction facts for each number to 20.
  • Add and subtract mentally a 'neat multiple of 10' to or from a two digit number.
  • Know by heart facts for the 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables.
  • Understand division and recognise that division is the inverse of multiplication.
  • Use units of time and know the relationships between them (second, minute,hour, day, week, month and year)
  • Understand and use £ and pence notation.
  • Choose and use appropriate operations (including multiplication and division) to solve word problems, explaining methods and reasoning.
  • Identify right angles.
  • Identify lines of symmetry in simple shapes and recognise shapes with no lines of symmetry.
  • Solve a given problem by organising and interpreting numerical data in simple lists, tables and graphs.

THE NATIONAL LITERACY STRATEGY

THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE RANGE OF WORK FOR EACH TERM IN YEAR 3

TERM 1

  • Stories with familiar settings.
  • Plays
  • Poems based on observation and the senses
  • Shape poems
  • TERM 2
  • Myths, legends, fables and parables
  • Traditional stories with related themes
  • Oral and performance poetry from different cultures

TERM 3

  • Adventure and mystery stories
  • Stories by the same author
  • Humorous poetry, and poetry that plays with language, word puzzles, puns and riddles

THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CURRICULUM

The RE curriculum followed by all Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Birmingham is called LEARNING AND GROWING AS THE PEOPLE OF GOD. It has five strands. In Year 3 the following areas are covered.

THE LITURGICAL YEAR

  • Advent
  • Christmas
  • Lent
  • Holy Week
  • Easter
  • Pentecost

SCRIPTURAL KNOWLEDGE

  • We Listen to God's Word at Mass

THE SACRAMENTS

  • Belonging: We Gather as God's family
  • Reconciliation
  • We Listen to God's Word at Mass
  • The Eucharist is a Thanksgiving to God
  • Pentecost

LIVING AS CHRISTIANS

  • Belonging: We Gather as God's Family

PRAYER

  • Eucharistic Prayers

THE SCIENCE CURRICULUM

  • Life Processes and Living Things
    • The Human Body
  • Materials and Their Properties
    • Materials
  • Physical Processes
    • Light
    • Forces
    • Earth and Space

THE HISTORY CURRICULUM

  • The Romans in Britain
  • Anglo Saxons
  • The Vikings

THE GEOGRAPHY CURRICULUM

  • Living in the United Kingdom (including mapping skills)
  • Rainforests People and Culture (contrasting with UK)

THE ART CURRICULUM

The following elements are the basis of the art curriculum and are taught through various ways as follows:

  • Painting
    • using different types of paint
    • using different types of brushes and paper as considered appropriate for the subject matter
    • painting onto hand made canvas
    • wax resist
    • wax and scratch
    • washes of colour
    • textured paint
  • Line and Tone
    • charcoal and chalk for tonal quality
    • tonal values : light and dark
    • use a range of pencils
  • Drawing
    • landscapes
    • use of view finder to isolate an area, look for natural and made made items and focus attention
    • use of camera
    • draw simple diagrams
    • portrait and figure drawing
    • one object obscured by another
    • mapping
  • Colour Mixing
    • in oil and water marbling
    • secondary colours with primary colours
    • tints with white
    • restricted range of colour in a picture
    • hot and cold colours
    • tertiary colours
  • Pattern and Texture
    • textured paint
    • mosaic pattern and texture
    • wallpaper patterns
    • symmetrial patterns
    • compare texture in paintings
  • Textiles
    • tie and die
    • sewing
    • painting and printing onto fabric
  • Information Technology
    • select appropriate tools create meaningful images
    • reduce and enlarge an image
    • produce symmetrical patterns
  • 8.Printing
    • press print
    • block print with card
    • printing with natural objects
    • rubbings
  • Shape Form and Space
    • photographs from different angles
    • detailed paintings showing elements of shape space and different angles

THE MUSIC CURRICULUM

For one and a half terms the pupils are taught by the music co-ordinator.

  • Religious music
    • Developing a repertoire of hymns and Mass settings for the Liturgical Year.
  • All pupils begin to learn to play the recorder. They have the opportunity to audition for the choir and may learn to play the classical guitar after school through private tuition.
  • Sing songs from memory developing control of breathing, dynamics, rhythm, pitch and silence.
  • Explore, select, combine and record sounds to create musical effects based on a variety of stimuli.
  • Rehearse, share and communicate musical ideas with others using a variety of symbols where appropriate.
  • Identify and respond to changes in character and mood in music.
  • Recognise and respond to their own music and to that of others from different times and places.