Year Three
Throughout the Year, children will develop their Working Scientifically Skills:
- making systematic and careful observations over time
- asking questions surrounding patterns found in data
- gathering records, classifies and presents data in a series of ways
- setting up simple practical enquiries, comparative and fair tests
- using secondary sources with adult support to help clarify results seen.
In Summer 2, children have been learning about Light. This includes:
- knowing that light is necessary in order for animals, including humans, to see things
- knowing that without a light source it is dark and that when it is truly dark, nothing can be seen by the human eye
- knowing that there are many possible light sources and naming some of these
- observing that light is reflected from different surfaces and naming materials which are good or poor reflectors of light
- exploring and discussing how mirrors reflect light
- knowing that it is very dangerous to look directly at the Sun, even when wearing sunglasses to protect the eyes
- explaining what a shadow is and that a shadow is formed when an object blocks the light
- explaining why on some days our bodies cast a shadow and on some days they do not
- knowing that light can travel through some materials but not others and understanding the terms opaque, transparent and translucent
- knowing that a shadow will be approximately the same shape as the object blocking the light but that the size of the shadow can vary by changing the distance of an object casting a shadow from the light source, e.g. moving a shadow puppet closer to a light source
- investigating how shadows in the early morning and evening are longer and are shorter at midday
- learning about NASA Director Nicola Fox
In Summer 1, children have been learning about Forces and Magnets. This includes:
- knowing that different surfaces can affect how far an object travels
- describes how a magnet can repel or attract without physical contact
- knowing that magnetic materials are always metal and materials that are not metal are not magnetic
- knowing that not all metals are magnetic
- investigating and sorting materials are magnetic or non magnetic
- knowing that the ends of a bar magnet are called poles (north pole and south pole) and that they are different
- knowing that like poles (north+north or south+south) repel or force apart
- knowing that different poles (north+south or south+north) attract or force together
- explaining their reasoning when predicting whether or not two magnets will attract or repel each other
- describing how most objects (non magnetic) need physical contact in order to move, stop or change direction
- learning about William Gilbert who created the science of magnetism
In Spring 2, children have been learning about Soils. This includes:
- identifying the different components of soils - small rocks, clay, remains of dead living things etc.
- understanding that soils vary from place to place
- understanding the purpose of soils
Why don't you use some of these games and websites to continue your learning at home:
In Spring 1, children have been learning about Rocks. This includes:
- comparing and grouping rocks of different types
- understanding the properties of different rocks
- understanding how fossils form
- knowing that fossils are the remains of a living thing
- learning about palaeontologist Mary Anning
Why don't you use some of these games and websites to continue your learning at home:
In Autumn 2, children have been learning about Animals Including Humans. This includes:
- learning that animals get their nutrition from what they eat
- learning about the different types of food
- understanding the balance of food types required to keep your body healthy
- learning about the role of skeletons and muscles
- learning about Mary Maynard Daly
Why don't you use some of these games and websites to continue your learning at home:
- How Do Muscles Work?
- What Does Your Skeleton Do?
- Skeleton and Bones Labelling
- What Is A Balanced Diet?
- The Five Fabulous Food Groups
- Healthy Food Sorting
- Food Sources
- The Food Groups
In Autumn 1, children have been learning about Plants. This includes:
- Identifying the parts of flowers and their purpose
- investigating how different plants have different needs
- learning about how water is transported in plants
- learning about pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal in flowering plants
- visiting Kew Gardens to learn about botanical sciences
- updating our nature studies booklet
- constructing houses suitable for areas which often flood
- learning about Aaron P Davies and Kelsey Beyers
Why don't you use some of these games and websites to continue your learning at home:
