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Greenfields Primary School

Termly Overview

Year 3 - Autumn 2014

Spellings: these will be given out each Monday and then tested on the following Friday.

Maths: a homework task will be set each Friday and needs to be handed in by the follow-

ing Friday. The task may be paper-based, or on I am Learning.

Reading: children should be reading at least three times per week at home and this

should be recorded in their planner. Please refer to the Reading Focuses in the planner

for ideas for questions you could ask during home reading.

Reading

The children will be... listening to and discussing a wide range of fiction, poetry,

plays, non-fiction and reference books or textbooks

asking questions to improve their understanding of a text

drawing inferences such as inferring characters feelings,

thoughts and motives from their actions, and justifying infer-

ences with evidence Our class reading book this term will be Stig of the Dump and

we will be basing a lot of our literacy around this.

Writing Letter writing to Stig

Story writing

Non fiction booklet on fire safety

Spoken language listen and respond appropriately to adults and their peers

ask relevant questions to extend their understanding and

knowledge

Read, write and order whole numbers to at least 1000; know what

each digit represents.

Understand division and recognise that division is the inverse of

multiplication.

Choose and use appropriate operations ( including multiplication and

division) to solve word problems, explaining methods and reasoning.

Identify right angles.

Solve a given problem by organising and interpreting numerical data

in pictograms, tables and graphs.

Maths lessons this term will also now include the following

objectives from the new curriculum:

Add and subtract numbers with up to three digits

Add and subtract amounts of money to give change, using both

and p in practical contexts

Count from 0 in multiples of 4, 8, 50 and 100

Recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 3, 4 and 8

multiplication tables

Solve problems involving simple algebra

Draw 2-D shapes and make 3-D shapes using modelling materials;

recognise 3-D shapes in different orientations and describe them

Identify forces that are acting on an object.

Suggest directions in which forces are acting.

Study stationary objects and identify forces acting upon them.

Describe magnets as having two poles and observe how magnets attract or repel each other.

Observe how magnets attract some materials and not others.

Compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of whether they are attracted to a magnet, and identify some

magnetic materials.

Plan fair tests and decide what to measure and what equipment to useMake and record measurements

To draw conclusions

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