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Curriculum Information for Parents and Carers – Year 3 Autumn Term 2026

The Autumn Term is here and we would like to share with you a summary of what your child is learning in class. We would also like to share some ways that you can support your child at home.

RE

In RE, this term, Year 3 will explore Creation and Covenant, focusing on the Christian belief that God created a good world and called humans into a special relationship with Him. Through the Genesis creation account, Psalm 8 and St Francis’ Canticle of Creation, we will learn how every person is made in the image of God, why rest is important, and how Christian beliefs support human dignity, fairness, and Fairtrade.

Catholic Social Teaching

• Care for Creation: We will learn how God calls us to look after the planet – to be Stewards of Creation.
• Preferential Option for the Poor: We will learn how God calls us to look for those in need and to work hard to support them as best we can.

English

In English, we will be reading the fascinating book Tin Forest by Helen Ward, exploring how we can recycle rubbish and look after an area in our local environment. We will focus on writing an informative and persuasive leaflet. We will then read Leon and the Place Between, by Angela McAllister. Based on this book, we will be writing our own version of part of the story. We will also read The BFG by Roald Dahl and write a fantasy adventure story using a range of storytelling devices. Our last book this term will be the Barnabus Project by Eric Fan and Terry Fan, which we will use to inspire us to write a pet shop brochure.

We will be developing our oracy skills using discussion guidelines and active listening.

In grammar, we will be focusing on sentence punctuation; using conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions to express time, place and cause and plurals; introducing paragraphs to group sentences; expanded noun phrases; using the simple past tense and present perfect form of verbs.

We will practise writing using the school handwriting style focusing on letter shape, size and joins.

Our spellings will focus on spelling patterns which relate to the Y3 and Y4 list of Common Exception Words (tricky spelling words). We will look at root words, prefixes (letter strings added to the start of a root word) and suffixes (word endings). We will also look at homophones (words that sound the same but are spelt differently) and near homophones.

Mathematics

In Mathematics, we will be focusing on deepening our knowledge of place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication and problem solving. This will extend the children’s knowledge of the x2, x5 and x10 times tables to include x3, x4 and x8.

Science

In Science, we will be learning about the interesting topic of Movement and Nutrition. We will extend our knowledge of skeletons and movement. We will also learn about eating for survival and the nutrient groups. We will then study the exciting topic of forces and magnets, building on our knowledge of pushes, pulls and twists, as well as investigating friction and magnetic strength. 

History

In History, we will be exploring the Stone Age from the time of the first people to arrive in Britain through to the end of this era. We will be undertaking an educational visit.

Geography

In Geography, we will be finding out why people live near volcanoes. We will be learning about how the Earth is constructed, as well as how mountains and volcanoes are formed and the effects of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. We will be carrying out fieldwork.

Computing

In Computing, we will first be looking at networks and the internet and then we will be learning how to code using Scratch.

French

As new learners in French, we will first learn to locate France. We will learn French words for class instructions, greetings and salutations, numbers 1-12, days of the week and months, the date and words associated with Christmas. We will learn how to introduce ourselves and answer questions such as, How are you? What is your name? How old are you?

Music

Autumn Half Term 1: We will be studying the Xylophone and Glockenspiel.

Autumn Half Term 2: We will be preparing for the Christmas Carol Service.

PE

In PE, we will be developing our Football, Basketball, Swimming and Dance skills.

Art

In Art, we will be looking at drawing in our topic Developing drawing skills and learning about shading, creating texture and botanical drawing. 

Design and Technology

In DT, we will be looking at pneumatic toys and creating our own pneumatically operated toy.

RHSE (Relationship, Health and Sex Education)

In RHE, we will be looking at our relationship with family, friends and others. We will also look at cybersafety, in particular sharing online information and chatting online safely.

How you can help your child at home

• Reading daily and talking about the book - recalling what has happened
• Completing spelling homework
• Helping with Maths homework
• Providing support with half termly projects
• Lots of talking and listening! This helps build understanding of the world around us, as well as vocabulary
• Talking about what makes people uniquely valuable
• Noticing nature together 
• Discussing simple ways your family can recycle and protect the environment