Welcome to Year Three
Hello and welcome to Year 3 – a fun year awaits!
Mr Sharp and Mrs Winder are very excited to see you at the start of an exciting new year where lots of new learning and times of enjoyment are about to happen!Before you find out about what we are going to do this half-term, let me tell you about some key pieces of information:
- Our PE days are Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Children should come to school on these days wearing their PE kit (red fleece, red t-shirt, black shorts/trousers and black trainers – no jewellery please!
- Music lessons will take place on Mondays. Children should bring their recorders to school with them on these days.
- Mrs Collins will teach the class on a Monday morning for Mr Sharp’s planning time.
Homework
Spring 2
Welcome to Spring 2 in Year 3 – the weather is warming, the weather is brightening and an exciting half-term of learning awaits!
A big thank you and well done to all those children in class who continue to access the range of homeworks set for them! Lots of activities from across the curriculum are set on Teams: remember that children need only complete 4 of the activities set for them. As well as the homework set on Teams, daily practice on Times Tables Rockstars and Spelling Shed will ensure children have the required fluency skills to complete more challenging tasks in school. 5 games on each of these activities a day would be great! I’m delighted to report that there are some fantastic achievements linked to times tables in class at the moment so do keep on practising! Listening to your child read daily remains extremely beneficial for their progress in school so please do continue to listen to and read to your child at home.
In maths this half-term, we shall work on money including counting money and solving problems requiring addition and subtractions skills. Children will also learn about statistics, seeing how different information can be represented in different charts and answering a range of problems on this. Children will also work on length including how to measure in metres, centimetres and millimetres as well as convert measures too.
In English, we will learn how to perform a poem ready for our World Book Day performance. We will also learn how to write an e-mail to somebody in our class. As well as this, the children will use all their writing skills to produce a story.
Our history and science learning about the Stone Age and Rocks will both be concluded at the start of the half-term before children beginning learning about the processes of volcanoes and earthquakes as part of their geography learning. In Science, children will learn all about how to keep our body healthy as well as the importance of skeletons and muscles.
Our DT this half-term will link back to our history learning as children will design and create a roundhouse in the style of the Bronze Age Britains! Our art this half-term also involves sculpting and making as children will first create a polar bear using a bubble-wrap armature and Modroc before creating an iceberg landscape using collage skills.
In RE, children will learn about a range of creation stories from different faiths. In PSHE, children will learn about different jobs and skills before setting their own targets based on the career they may like to have in the future!
Thank you all for your continued support! We look forward to another positive half-term in Year 3!
Spring 1
Happy New Year from everyone in the Year 3 team – welcome to Spring 1!
Whilst it doesn’t feel much like spring, we are delighted to welcome the children back to Year 3 for what is one of our favourite terms of the year!
Well done to all those children in class who continue to access the range of homeworks set for them! Lots of activities from across the curriculum are set on Teams: remember that children need only complete 4 of the activities set for them. As well as the homework set on Teams, daily practice on Times Tables Rockstars and Spelling Shed will ensure children have the required fluency skills to complete more challenging tasks in school. 5 games on each of these activities a day would be great! Listening to your child read daily is also extremely beneficial for their progress in school so please do continue to listen to and read to your child at home. Look out for a new weekly homework video which can be found on Teams explaining homework for the week! Thank you to all those children who are accessing all the homework set for them – the positive difference can really be seen in class!
The half-term will launch with a visit from Hand to Mouth who will discuss and present ideas to the children all about fair trade. Children will then begin learning about what fair trade is. In PSHE, we shall explore the importance of laws, rights and freedoms before beginning to look at how to safely use the internet. Work in our computing lessons will focus on emails this half-term whilst in music, children will learn how to sing, play and compose using the Bob Marley song Three Little Birds as inspiration. Videos linked to these lessons will be added to Teams each week should you wish to explore the song together at home! Maybe you’d like to learn how to play it too!
In maths this half-term, we shall continue our work on multiplication and division. Children will learn how to multiply two-digit numbers by one digit numbers. Being able to recall times tables facts will be beneficial for these lessons so keep on with TT Rockstar practice as much as you can.
In English, we will begin reading a new book called The Last Bear which tells the story of a girl’s journey to Northern Europe. Children shall use this to inspire setting and character description writing before writing their first narrative of the year. Our English work will also inspire our art work as children learn how to model using Modroc to create their own polar bear models.
In history, children will begin to learn about the changes which happened in Britain from the beginning of the Stone Age to the Iron Age. Children will learn how humans developed from hunter-gatherers to farmers using drama, art and archaeological findings to help develop their understanding. This will link with our science as children learn about rocks (igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic) as well as the process of fossilisation.
Thank you all for your continued support! We look forward to a jam-packed but entertaining half term!
Autumn 2
In Maths this half-term, children will learn and build upon key skills relating to addition and subtraction before beginning a focus on times tables. Children will learn how to complete addition and subtraction using the column method. Quick recall skills are really useful for this. They can be practised using the One-Minute-Maths app produced by White Rose Maths.
Maths homework will be set via MyMaths (login details can be found in a separate email). Work linked to what children have been learning in class will be covered and children should aim for 100% in the activities set – an activity with a score of less than 75% should be attempted again. 5 minutes of games on TT Rockstars should also be completed each night. Years 3 and 4 are important years for learning times tables and regularly practice using TT Rockstars will set children up well for tackling challenging parts of the curriculum including multiplication, division and fractions – not forgetting the end of Year 4 Times Tables Check. Homework will be modelled to the children in class.
In geography, children will learn about the United Kingdom. There will be a particular focus on map work with children learning how to locate cities and counties using a variety of maps. In science, children will begin work learning about forces and magnets. After an initial introduction to pushes and pulls, children will investigate what magnets are, what different magnetic materials are and how magnets are useful.
In English this half-term, our first piece of work will centre around Remembrance as we write letters to some of the local people to our school who sadly lost their life during the war. We shall also write a non-chronological report using our facts about the United Kingdom to help us write using paragraphs and use a range of headings and sub-headings.
In RE, children will learn about what makes a good life. Children shall read and find out about a range of bible stories, learning from them some of the teachings of Jesus. In PSHE, children will learn about respectful behaviour and also about personal boundaries and how to treat others. In Music, children will continue to learn the recorder (the notes B, A and G) as well as learning to sing a range of songs. In Computing, children will learn how to program and code using a piece of software called Scratch.
Mr Sharp and Mrs Winder are available to speak to at the door for minor queries but should a longer appointment be required, please can these be made via the school office.
Thank you for reading – here’s to another great half-term!
Autumn 1
In Maths this half-term, children will learn and build upon key skills relating to place value, addition and subtraction. Children will learn about hundreds, tens and ones before learning how to add and subtract using the column methods. Quick recall skills can be practised using the One-Minute-Maths app produced by White Rose Maths.
Maths homework will be set via MyMaths (login details can be found in a separate email). Work linked to what children have been learning in class will be covered and children should aim for 100% in the activities set – an activity with a score of less than 75% should be attempted again. 5 minutes of games on TT Rockstars should also be completed each night. Years 3 and 4 are important years for learning times tables and regularly practice using TT Rockstars will set children up well for tackling challenging parts of the curriculum including multiplication, division and fractions – not forgetting the end of Year 4 Times Tables Check. Homework will be modelled to the children in class.
In history, children shall learn about life in our country during the reign of Queen Victoria. Children will learn about key dates related to her life as well as changes which occurred during her reign – most notably focusing on the lives of children in the newly built coal mines and woolen mills.
In English this half-term, our first piece of work will centre around George’s Marvellous Medicine and creating a character description about Grandma. Later on in the half-term, children will write a diary from the perspective of a Victorian child-worker. Learning spellings is really important and activities will be set via Spelling Shed. Spellings will also be sent home on paper to practise too. Children should also read at home (10 minutes each night would be great!) and also enjoy being read to as well!
In RE, children will learn about the key attributes of leaders and focus on some key leaders from different faiths such as Jesus, Moses and Guru Nanak. In PSHE, children will learn about families and relationships and how families are different. In Music, children will begin to learn the recorder (the notes B and A) as well as learning to sing a range of songs. In Computing, children will learn about networks.
Mr Sharp and Mrs Winder are available to speak to at the door for minor queries but should a longer appointment be required, please can these be made via the school office.
Thank you for reading – here’s to a great year!