In Year 3 children learn to:

• organise paragraphs around a theme;
• in narratives, create settings, characters and plot;
• proof-read for spelling and punctuation errors;
• use the forms 'a' or 'an' according to whether the next word begins with a consonant or a vowel eg a rock, an open box;
• express time, place and cause using conjunctions;
• introduce inverted commas to punctuate direct speech;
• use headings and sub-headings to aid presentation;
• use the present perfect form of verbs instead of the simple past e.g. 'He has gone out to play' in contrast to 'He went out to play'.