welcome to Year 3
The Dolphins are our Year 3 class.
The Dolphin team are Mrs Stickley (Class Teacher) and Mrs Gray (Teaching Assistant).
The Year 3 Learning Journey
The year begins with our topic of ‘The Stone Age through to the Iron Age’’ where the children learn all about this early period of history and how people lived. This topic links with our arts curriculum too where children create cave art, make Mesolithic and Neolithic houses and create Stone Age themed dances. Our learning culminates with a visit to Butser Ancient Farm to see primary evidence from this period. Our science learning is rocks and fossils followed by animals including humans.
In the spring term we climb aboard a ‘Voyage of Discovery’ and trace the adventures of explorers; from Tudor ‘New World’ seafarers to the daring Shackleton expeditions and space explorers of today. We visit Gilbert White Field Studies to learn more about the expedition to the South Pole. We will taste ‘New World’ foods and learn to cook some delicious meals using the exotic new ingredients. In science we focus on magnets.
The Summer Term’s theme is ‘The Rambling River’. Here we investigate the features of rivers and study our local river Wey. Our trip takes us to the River Rother through the Coultershaw Heritage Site. Children learn about the river’s depth, measurements, velocity and the wildlife it sustains. This term we learn about light and plants in science. We think about which foods keep us healthy and what makes a healthy balanced diet. We visit a local ice cream shop, design our own ice cream flavours and then enjoy evaluating the finished product which is produced by the local business for us.