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Year 3 Book List
Year 3 Autumn Term
Through the Ages
In the Through the Ages project, your child will learn about three different periods of British prehistory: the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age. They will discover terminology relating to time and sequence dates to make a timeline. They explore the changes to people, homes and lifestyle throughout the different periods and investigate examples of prehistoric settlements, monuments, burials and artefacts in detail. They will also study how technology improved over time, including how the discovery of different metals changed the way that people lived.
�� Recommended text | �� Novel study text
Non-fiction | Waterstones | Amazon | Author | ISBN |
Stone Age (DKfindout!) | Klint Janulis | 9780241282700 | ||
The Stone Age (Collins Big Cat) | Juliet Kerrigan | 9780008163808 | ||
Stone Age to Iron Age (The History Detective Investigates) | Clare Hibbert | 9780750281973 | ||
Stone Age Bone Age!: A book about prehistoric people (Wonderwise) | Mick Manning | 9781445128924 | ||
The Secrets of Stonehenge | Mick Manning | 9781847805201 | ||
Skara Brae (Prehistoric Britain) | Dawn Finch | 9781474709255 | ||
Stone Circles (Prehistoric Britain) | Dawn Finch | 9781474730471 | ||
Savage Stone Age (Horrible Histories) | Terry Deary | 9781407165592 | ||
Stone Age to Celts: The Study Book (Discover & Learn) | CGP Books | 9781782941958 | ||
Stone Age to Iron Age (Fact Cat) | Izzi Howell | 9780750299381 | ||
Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages (Explore!) | Sonya Newland | 9780750297363 | ||
The Stone Age & Bronze Age (Discover Through Craft) | Dr Jen Green | 9781445137469 | ||
Bronze Age and Iron Age Hill Forts (Prehistoric Britain) | Dawn Finch | 9781474730488 | ||
Life and Death in a Hillfort (Collins Big Cat) | Juliet Kerrigan | 9780008127732 | ||
Celts (Explore!) | Sonya Newland | 9780750297356 | ||
Fiction | Waterstones | Amazon | Author | ISBN |
�� �� Stig of the Dump (A Puffin Book) | Clive King | 9780141354859 | ||
Stone Age Boy | Satoshi Kitamura | 9781406312195 | ||
UG: Boy Genius of the Stone Age | Raymond Briggs | 9780141374055 | ||
The First Drawing | Mordicai Gerstein | 9780316204781 | ||
The Stone Age: Hunters, Gatherers and Woolly Mammoths | Marcia Williams | 9781406373486 | ||
The Great Cave (Stone Age Tales) | Terry Deary | 9781472950314 | ||
The Great Storm (Stone Age Tales) | Terry Deary | 9781472950260 | ||
The Great Flood (Stone Age Tales) | Terry Deary | 9781472950406 | ||
The Boy with the Bronze Axe (Kelpies Classics) | Kathleen Fidler | 9780863158827 | ||
Magical Celtic Tales | Una Leavy | 9781847175465 |
Year 3 Spring Term
Rocks, Relics and Rumbles
In the Rocks, Relics and Rumbles project, your child will learn about the different layers of the Earth, including plate tectonics and their potential effects on the Earth's surface. They will investigate different types of rock to learn about their uses and properties. They will also investigate soil and fossils, including learning about the work of Mary Anning. They will have the opportunity to use maps to learn about the lines of latitude and longitude and a compass to learn about the cardinal and intercardinal points. They will also learn about volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis and the long and short-term consequences that these can have.
�� Recommended text | �� Novel study text
Non-fiction | Waterstones | Amazon | Other | Author | ISBN |
Earth (DK findout!) | DK | 9780241285107 | |||
A Finders' Guide to Rocks, Fossils and Soils (Collins Big Cat) | Alison Milford | 9780008208776 | |||
Rocks and Fossils (Discover Science) | Belinda Weber and Chris Pellant | 9780753442531 | |||
The Rock Factory: A Story About Rocks and Stones (Science Works) | Jacqui Bailey | 9780713673562 | |||
Fossils (Collins Big Cat) | Dr Andrew Ross | 9780007336197 | |||
Volcanoes (Usborne Beginners) | Stephanie Turnbull | 9780746074824 | |||
Volcanoes (Collins Big Cat) | Emily Dodd | 9780008127862 | |||
Volcanoes (DK findout!) | DK | 9780241250242 | |||
Violent Volcanoes (Horrible Geography) | Anita Ganeri | 9781407157580 | |||
Earthquakes and Volcanoes (Fascinating Facts) | Collins | 9780008169275 | |||
Everything Volcanoes and Earthquakes | National Geographic Kids | 9780008267810 | |||
Earth-Shattering Earthquakes (Horrible Geography) | Anita Ganeri | 9781407196213 | |||
Earthquakes & Tsunamis (Usborne Beginners) | Emily Bone | 9781409530688 | |||
Living in an Earthquake Zone (Collins Big Cat) | Catriona Clarke | 9780008208783 | |||
Roman Town (Usborne Look Inside) | Conrad Mason | 9781409551621 | |||
Fiction | Waterstones | Amazon | Other | Author | ISBN |
Pompeii: The Lost City (Collins Big Cat) | Fiona Macdonald | 9780007461875 | |||
Mary Anning Fossil Hunter (Collins Big Cat) | Anna Claybourne | 9780008208936 | |||
Pompeii (Usborne Young Reading) | Karen Ball | 9780746068328 | |||
Escape from Pompeii | Christina Balit | 9781845070595 | |||
The Secrets of Vesuvius (The Roman Mysteries) | Caroline Lawrence | 9781842550212 | |||
The Pebble in My Pocket: A History of Our Earth | Meredith Hooper | 9781847807687 | |||
�� �� The Firework-Maker's Daughter | Philip Pullman | 9780440866404 |
Year 3 Summer Term
Emperors and Empires
In the Emperors and Empires project, your child will learn about the growth and decline of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. They will discover the absolute power of the Roman emperors and study the hierarchies of Roman society and the Roman army. They will study the first invasions of Britain in 55 and 54 BC and the Roman conquest of Britain in AD 43. They will learn about Boudicca’s rebellion, Hadrian’s Wall and the Romanisation of Britain, including how Christianity came to Britain and investigate the legacy of Roman Britain in their local area.
�� Recommended text | �� Novel study text
Non-fiction | Waterstones | Amazon | Author | ISBN |
Ancient Rome (DK Pocket Eyewitness) | DK | 9780241343555 | ||
Ancient Rome (DKfindout!) | DK | 9780241250235 | ||
Roman Britain: 100 Facts | Matthes Rupert | 9781782093909 | ||
Roman Britain (Usborne History of Britain) | Ruth Brocklehurst and Abigail Wheatley | 9781409566267 | ||
Roman Sites (Historic Places of the United Kingdom) | John Malam | 9781474754224 | ||
Roman Britain (The History Detective Investigates) | Peter Hepplewhite | 9780750285827 | ||
Julius Caesar (British History Makers) | Claire Throp | 9781474734141 | ||
Geography Matters in Ancient Rome | Melanie Waldron | 9781406291278 | ||
Romans in Britain: The Study Book (Discover & Learn) | CGP Books | 9781782941972 | ||
Meet the...: Ancient Romans (Big Picture Press) | James Davies | 9781787410527 | ||
The Ancient Romans (At home with...) | Tim Cooke | 9780750281874 | ||
The Romans: Clever ideas and inventions (The Genius of) | Izzi Howell | 9781445161129 | ||
The Roman Empire (Horrors from History) | Louise Spilsbury | 9781474777858 | ||
The Roman Tribune: Newspapers from History | Andrew Langley | 9781474754774 | ||
The Usborne Official Roman Soldier's Handbook | Lesley Sims | 9781409567745 | ||
Fiction | Waterstones | Amazon | Author | ISBN |
�� �� Roman Tales: The Goose Guards | Terry Deary | 9781472942005 | ||
Romans on the Rampage! | Jeremy Strong | 9780141357713 | ||
The Romans: Gods, Emperors and Dormice | Marcia Williams | 9781406354553 | ||
Rotten Romans (Horrible Histories) | Terry Deary | 9781407178493 | ||
Roman Myths (Classic Starts) | Diane Namm | 9781454906117 | ||
Boudica's Army (I Was There) | Hilary McKay | 9781407197869 | ||
Tiger, Tiger (Collins Modern Classics) | Lynne Reid Banks | 9780007462940 | ||
Chariots & Champions: A Play About Roman Britain | Julia Donaldson | 9781444941319 | ||
Museum Mystery Squad and the Case of the Roman Riddle | Mike Nicholson | 9781782503644 | ||
A Roman Adventure (The Histronauts) | Frances Durkin | 9781911509103 |