Year 3

Year 3 is the first year in Key Stage 2. As we are a primary school, the biggest change for the children is moving classrooms and the higher expectations in terms of the work they are producing. We aim to ensure that the children enjoy their learning in Year 3 as much as possible and do this by planning fun, engaging and inspiring activities. The children take part in maths and English lessons in the mornings, while the afternoons are devoted to other subjects such as science, PE, art, design and technology, geography, history, PSHE, computing, music and RE. In Year 3, the children begin to learn a Modern Foreign Language, which at William Hildyard is Spanish. Where possible, we try to link our learning into three main topic areas, which run over the course of two terms. These topics are explained in a bit more detail below:

Terms 1 and 2

Back in Time to Ancient Britain!

During this topic, we will be learning about prehistoric Britain which is divided into 3 ‘ages’ known as the Stone Age, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age. If you want to find out a little more before we get started, have a look at this website!

Terms 3 and 4

The Ancient Egyptian's

In Terms 3 and 4, we find out all about The Ancient Egyptians including identifying Ancient Egypt's location and it's key geographical features. We will investigate why the River Nile was important to Ancient Egyptians and what the significance of the Rosetta Stone was. We will also study the process of mummification and look at it's connection to ancient Egyptian beliefs about the afterlife. 

Terms 5 and 6

Why are Rainforests important?

Our final topic in Year 3 sees us learning all about Rainforests of the world. We will find out about biomes and learn how to name and describe the four layers of tropical rainforests. We will halos learn about indigenous people in the Amazon Rainforest and how these people use the resources of The Amazon. Finally, we will explore the negative effect that humans are having on our rainforests.