Year 3
Welcome to Year 3
Hello…
Welcome you to our Year 3 home page. We have planned an exciting curriculum that we hope helps the children enjoy being writers, mathematicians and readers. We hope that the children learn skills that help them become life-long learners.
Please get in touch with the team should you have any questions about your child’s Year 3 Journey.
School Day
Drop off: Doors open at 8:30am and close at 8:40am.
Pick-up: We open the school gates at 2.50pm and we open the doors at 3:00pm and close at 3:10pm.
PE Day
In Year 3 PE is on a Tuesday. The children should come in white T-shirt, red shorts and trainers. In colder weather the children can wear a plain blue or grey tracksuit bottoms and jumper/jacket.
Contact
You can contact school through the office, at the school door or through Y3@skeltonprimaryschool.co.uk.
Big Ideas…
| Title | Duration | Purpose | |
| Autumn 1 05/09—27/108 weeks |
Around the World in 80 days | 4 weeks | We want the children to know about the world that they live in; where places are and how people and communities are linked. We want children to grow up to care about where they live and know how and why they should look after it. |
| Settlers and Invaders | 3 weeks | This Big Idea allows children to understand how different people at different times move, invade and settle in new places | |
| RE Unit 1 – 1 week | |||
| Autumn 2 06/11—22/12 7 weeks |
Why We Remember | 1 week | We celebrate Remembrance at Church and in the build up to this service it is important that children understand why we remember the contribution of people during war time. |
| Cracking Coding | 2 weeks | Computing and coding is a new generation skill and it is something that we want our children to be skilled and ready for the challenges of living in a digital world. | |
| What a Performance! | 3 weeks | This Big idea is an opportunity for the children to ready themselves for the annual Christmas performances. It wouldn’t be Christmas without a school performance! | |
| RE Unit 2 – 1 week | |||
| Spring 1 09/01 – 09/02 5 weeks |
Art Attack | 3 weeks | We are lucky to have an incredibly artistic and creative bunch of children at Skelton and this Big Idea is an opportunity to hone art skills and get creative. |
| Keep it safe | 1 week | This is all about Online Safety. It is of paramount importance that all children learn how to stay safe on line. | |
| RE unit 3 – 1 week | |||
| Spring 2
19/02 – 22/03 6 weeks |
Time Travellers | 3 weeks | Another opportunity to learn about how people in the past lived and how their actions impact on what we do today. |
| Just Imagine | 1 week | This is a week of learning all dedicated to books of all shapes and sizes. This is the week of World Book Day, which is something that we love to celebrate! | |
| Time | 1 week | This Big Idea is all about Science and links closely to British Science week, which many school’s take part in. We are always looking for our next Sir Isaac Newton. | |
| RE unit 4 – 1 week | |||
| Summer 1
08/04– 24/05 |
The Great Outdoors! | 4 weeks | In this Big idea we hope to create opportunities for children to study the local and natural environments that surround us. We aim to give children opportunity to do some fieldwork! |
| Golden Nugget | 1 week | A week of learning that is chosen by the Year Group. The Year groups staff will be watching throughout the year to see what the children enjoy and get excited about! | |
| Skelton Sports Week | 1 week | Pretty much what it says on the tin! This week is also be when we be holding the annual year group sports days. | |
| RE unit 5 – 1 week | |||
| Summer 2 06/06—19/07 7 weeks |
Summer Fayre | 3 weeks | This year we will be holding a Summer Fayre instead of a Christmas Fayre. In the build up, the children will be designing and building crafts to sell. |
| Let Me Entertain You | 2 weeks | Two weeks of learning that is based around music and performance that culminates in our famous Skelton Proms | |
| RE Unit 6 – 1 week | |||
| Faster, Higher, Stronger | 1 week | This last Big Idea is a nod to the upcoming Olympic Games. An exciting way to finish the year! | |