Hello and welcome to the Year 3 webpage!

Staff
 

3 Spruce Mrs McDade (Year Group Leader and Teacher) Miss Murphy

3 Yew Mrs Myers (Teacher) Mrs Speight and Miss Best

Reading

Reading at home is very important. Please encourage your child to read aloud on an evening and discuss what they have read. You can support your child by asking them questions about what they have read, help them to make predictions and explore what a character is thinking and feeling. 

Please add a brief note (in the reading record) detailing the date and the page they have reached. 

Homework

Spellings are set each Friday and should be practised at home for the test the following week.

It is really important that pupils work on their multiplication facts (times tables) at home. When working with your child, please remember that each fact must be learnt – For example:  3x5=15, 4x5=20.

We will be continuing to practise our recall of these times table facts in our Maths lessons. It would be really helpful if your child could practise the 2, 5 and 10 times tables at home to support their learning in class. 

Please note: Each child has an account on ‘Times Tables Rockstars’ (login details can be found in the front of your child’s reading diary) that they can access at home - there is also a 'Times tables Rockstars' app that you can download to your phone or tablet https://www.ttrockstars.com. It is part of your child's weekly homework to engage with Times Table Rockstars.

PE

Tuesday (outdoor), Wednesday (Indoor)

Please note: Children should come to school in their PE kits on PE days and will spend all day in these. Children must take their earrings out for PE lessons.

Spring 2

Curriculum

English

In English, we will be reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. We will be writing a recount about our trip to Bagshaw Museum and will also be creating our own adventure stories. We will also focus on writing character descriptions for our own made-up characters.

Maths

In Maths, we will be revising our knowledge and understanding of the four operations and practise our rapid recall of times tables facts. We will also consolidate our work on measurement before moving on to learn all about fractions.  

Science

In Science, we will be learning about plants. We will identify and describe the functions of different parts of a plant, understand what plants need in order to grow and we will also carry out investigations to find out how water is transported in plants.

Humanities

In geography, we will be learning about the country of Egypt. We will be developing our locational and place knowledge as we learn all about Egypt. We will use a map to locate where this country is within the world, and we will identify examples of key physical and human characteristics as well as comparing data based on Egypt and the UK.

Art / Design technology

In DT, we will be creating our own shaduf as part of our curriculum focus of Egypt. We will be planning a design, practising a variety of DT skills, making our own working shaduf and then evaluating the process.

PE

In indoor PE, we will be doing gymnastics. We will identify the similarities and differences in sequences. We will develop our movement skills and learn how to create different shapes and balances. In outdoor PE, we will be learning about different throwing skills to play cricket.

PE Kit

INDOOR: Plain white t-shirt and black shorts. 
OUTDOOR: Plain white t-shirt, plain black or grey tracksuit bottoms/ joggers, plain black or grey tracksuit top/ sweatshirt and trainers. No earrings for PE.

Computing

In Computing, we will be learning how to send emails. We will begin by learning about online safety and will then move onto how to compose emails and add attachments.

Other -

In music, we will be looking at Ancient Egyptian music. The children will continue to look at written notation and will begin to compose some of their own music. They will also continue to learn how to play the recorder.  

In Spanish, we will be recapping our learning from the autumn term and also begin to learn how to say what our name and age is before moving onto learning how to say where we are from.

In PSHE, we will be finishing our topic on drug education by learning about the help available for people to remain smoke free or stop smoking. We will then move onto our St John’s Ambulance unit of work where we will focus on calling for help, head injuries and how to treat bites and stings.

In Religious Education, we will be learning about Sikhism. We will be learning about the significance of Guru Nanak in the teaching of Sikh values, learning about key Sikh beliefs and learning about the Guru Granth Sahib.

Spelling (from the Emile Scheme)

 

Group 1

Group 2

 

Maths Curriculum