Year 3
Hello everyone, and welcome to Year 3 at Birchwood Grove!
We will use this page to share planning, homework and anything else that may be useful.
Click on the links for the Year 3 Key Objectives in Maths, Reading, Writing & Science (core subjects).
Click here for our Meet the teacher information.
Autumn 2025
Click here for our planning for the Autumn Term.
Growth Mind Set
Our first two weeks in Year 3 will be focused on growth mind set! We are using the text 'The Promise' to inspire our thinking about growth. We will then write fantastic poems about the transformation of the city.
Belonging and Diversity
For the first part of the Autumn term, we will be learning about the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age. To inspire our learning, we will be reading Stone Age Boy, writing non-chronological reports and play scripts. In art, we will be creating Stone Age cave paintings. In DT, we will be learning about mechanisms and creating Stone Henge. There are many musical learning opportunities, including learning to play the clarinet and preparing for our Christmas concert.
For the second half of Autumn term, we will be focused on the Roman Empire. We will read'Escape from Pompeii' to inspire our learning about key events in the Roman timeline, the invasion of Britain, British resistance (Boudicca) and the 'Romanisation' of Britain. Alongside our history learning, we will delve into Roman art, including mosaic and sculpture by creating our own clay busts.
Spring 2026
Click here for the overview of the Spring term
For the first part of the Spring term, we will be reading Planet Omar which will inspire diary and narrative writing in English. Our class text will also help with our learning about the Muslim faith in RE. In Science, we will be learning about Soil and plants. We will be learning about genres in music, with opportunities to listen to different kinds of music and explore our likes and dislikes.
In the second part of the Spring term, linked to our concept of Influence, Truth and Belief, we will be reading a selection of Little People Big Dreams books to learn about significant people in History and how they have influenced the world. We will be writing biographies and persuasive pieces, learning to use ICT in computing to publish our biographies.
Homework
To help with the transition into KS2, we will be increasing the expectations gradually throughout the first half term. Please see below for the expectations:
Reading records
Don't forget to read at home, either with an adult or independently- try to do this five times a week. Record your reading using the Seesaw activity. Each week, if you have completed your five entries, you will be entered into the half-termly raffle draw!
Spelling Shed
New spelling lists will be posted on Spelling Shed each week for you to practice independently- how many can you get correct? Can you be this week's Top Bee? We would like the children to play 3 games of Spelling Shed every week. The spellings will be set on a Friday and we would like the children to complete the 3 games before the following Wednesday. These will follow our spelling pattern focused on in class- we will also post our five words of the week on Seesaw.
Times Table Rock Stars (TTRS)
Keep rocking out and improving your scores- and your mental maths! Times tables are a key part of Key Stage 2 Maths and are so important to practice; the more you do, the more you remember. Will you be this week's Rocker of the Week? We would like the children to play 9 minutes on garage mode. We will set the children their own individual tables to focus on. If there are any questions regarding the times tables that are set please let us know.
My Maths
The children will be set an activity to complete on My Maths each week that is linked to our Maths learning from the week.
Help at Home
Reading
Remember, you should be reading at least five times a week.
Click here for books recommended for Year 3, which are part of our 100 book challenge!
Number Facts & Times Tables
This link will take you to all the times tables songs which we will be practicing at school.
Please play Times Tables Rock Stars https://ttrockstars.com/ How quick can you get?
Hit the Button- This game helps number fluency and speed of recall (not only times tables, but number bonds as well).
Maths Fluency Sheets
Spelling
Play Spelling Shed as part of your homework! Don't forget to also practice the common exception words within our words of the week.
Click here for the Year 2 common exception words.
Click here for the Year 3 & 4 common exception words.