History Topic - Emperors and Empires

This term our Year 3 History topic is: Emperors and Empires. We will be learning about the history and structure of ancient Rome and the Roman Empire, including a detailed exploration of the Romanisation of Britain. We will learn about everyday life, the growth and expansion of the empire and the invasion of Britain, including Boudicca’s rebellion and the construction of Hadrian’s Wall.

Project Ideas

Here are some project ideas for you to carry out at home:

Use a range of sources to create a timeline, showing the chronology of the Roman Empire from 753 BC to AD 476. Highlight the dates that show when the Romans were in Britain.
Find out about the everyday lives of children in ancient Rome, using a selection of historical source materials. Write an imaginative diary entry, from the point of view of a Roman child, that includes correct historical information.
With an adult, find a picture of a Roman soldier. Print the image then label their clothing and armour.
Put these people into a diagram to show the hierarchy of ancient Rome.
- emperor slaves plebeians and freed people patricians equites.
- Write a short paragraph to describe the different roles that these people played in Roman society.
Use a range of historical source materials to find out how the Roman invasion transformed the lives of the Celtic Britons. Use the information gathered to write a short non-chronological report with the title ‘How the Romans changed Britain’.
The Romans worshiped many different gods. Find out about these gods and write a short profile about each one.
- Jupiter Diana Pluto Mars Juno

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Maths

In Maths we will be completing mass and capacity before revisiting fractions and moving on to money and time. We will also be concentrating on times tables. Please encourage your children to log into TTRockstars regularly, even 5 minutes now and again will really help their progress.

The overviews and lessons follow the White Rose Maths plans closely.

The link to their site with home learning and advice on can be found here:

https://whiterosemaths.com/advice-and-guidance

Reading - In English we will be reading ‘Born to Run’ by Michael Morpurgo. We will be improving our reading and comprehension skills.

Writing
Our writing will also be based on ‘Born to Run’ working on persuasive letters and adverts.

Reading books should be in school every day
but will be changed (usually) on a Friday.

Science

In Science, we will be studying Plant Nutrition and Reproduction. This project teaches us about the requirements of plants for growth and survival. We will describe the parts of flowering plants and relate structure to function, including the roots and stem for transporting water, leaves for making food and the flower for reproduction.

Art & DT

In Art and Design During art and design, we will be learning about Mosaic Masters. We will look at the history of mosaics, before focusing on the colours, patterns and themes found in Roman mosaic.

In Design and Technology, we will be learning about the purpose, structure and design features of greenhouses, and compare the work of two significant greenhouse designers. We will learn techniques to strengthen structures and use tools safely. We will then use our learning to design and construct a mini greenhouse.

PSHE

In PSE, we will be learning about ‘Why should we eat well and look after our teeth’. We will be learning how to know what a balanced diet is. We will also identify how everyday actions affect our dental health, we will describe ways to maintain good dental health and be able to explain common risks to dental health and how to manage them.

P.E. will be on a Monday and Wednesday. This term's themes are: strike, react, rally', and 'accuracy, power, distance’. These units will give us the opportunity to develop our knowledge of net/wall/rebound based activities and explore a variety of modified games and to explore a range of throwing techniques and consider the differences needed to achieve throwing for accuracy; throwing with power and throwing for distance.

We will continue to use our music platform, Charanga, which the children seem to be thoroughly enjoying. This half term we will be learning Bringing Us Together by Joanna Mangona.

Home / School reading book - We change every Friday and return them Every Thursday
PE - Our PE days are on Mondays and Wednesdays. Come to school dressed in your correct PE Kit (School house T-shirt, school cardigan / jumper, plain black or navy shorts, leggings or joggers, black / dark coloured trainers / pumps)
Library Books - Our Library day is Tuesday. Return and change books when you have finished reading them.

Here is your Year 3 Class Charter challenge sheet. You can also download a copy by clicking on the image.

Download all the Charters as a PDF file

Don't forget that we are always at the end of an email (year3@stthomas.org.uk) and most afternoons in the playground - at the end of the day when the children leave.