Enrichment Opportunities● British Museum

○ Visit the statue galleries on the ground floor or head up to see the mummies in the upper rooms

● Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology (UCL)○ Discover immaculately preserved artefacts at this

purpose-built museum near Russell Square

Year 3- Ancient Egypt - Spring 1

Things you Already Know● The role of hunters and gatherers in prehistoric

societies (Y2).● Key similarities differences about the Bronze Age

and Iron Age (Y3).● How the Stone Age/Bronze Age has impacted

civilisation today (Y3).

Key Vocabulary

New History Skills● To compare Ancient Egypt with Prehistoric

Britain and the present day● Deepening connections between short and

long-term timescales

History Skills you Already Have

● Explore and compare the differences between things that are living, dead, and things that have never been alive. (Y2)

● Compare similarities and differences between different historical eras (Y3)

New History Knowledge● the achievements of the earliest civilizations: an

overview of where and when Ancient Egypt appeared● To understand that the past is represented in

different ways by exploring different accounts of how the pyramids were built

● To describe features of Ancient Egypt and identify changes within its society

● To understand the significance of the pyramids and the Nile

Hieroglyphics Ancient Egyptian form of writing

Pharaoh A ruler in Ancient Egypt

Civilisation The society, culture, and way of life of a particular area

Society People living together in an ordered community

empire An vast group of countries ruled over by a single monarch.

Physical Education● PE will be taught by the pe coaches

every Friday. Additionally pe will be teacher taught every Monday. Please ensure pe kit is worn to school on Friday.

● This half term we will be focussing on coordination, looking at how we can use our body’s movement to achieve success in team sports, through a variety of ball games

Maths

We will be learning about:● Exploring properties of

multiplication and division● Recalling multiplication and

division facts● Using knowledge of multiplication

to divide● Deriving multiplication facts● Representing problems using bar

models● Develop understanding of clocks● Reading analogue times to the

nearest minute.

Year 3Curriculum leaflet

Spring 1

Reading

We will be learning about:● Continue using strategies to

decode unfamiliar words, New daily teacher-guided reading sessions will promote the enjoyment of reading and help children to explore new texts

We will be reading: ‘The Bolds’ by Julian Clary

Writing

We will be learning about:● Non-chronological texts -

Children will○ Improve their

understanding of how to use organisational devices, including heading and subheadings

● Narrative - Children will ○ create settings,

characters and plot○ use and punctuate direct

speech

Religious Education

We will be learning about:● Islam and the important festivals

and traditions of those that follow the religion.

Home Learning

You can help me at home by:● Listening to me read and helping

me create entries for my reading album

● Helping me learn my 3 and 4 times tables

● Complete my maker mat activities and develop my topic knowledge

Computing

We will be learning about:● Be able to create and edit original

content for a given purpose using digital technology and paying attention to the intended audience

● Know that computer networks transmit information in digital form

● Know that email messages are sent and received through servers connected to the internet and Know that search engines select pages according to keywords found in the content