Welcome to the Year 3 Page
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- Miss Hayday - Shark Class
- Mrs Longbourne - Polar Bear Class
- Mrs Peill - Panda Class
Useful Information
Homework - Homework will be given out on a Friday and due in on the following Wednesday. Homework in Year 3 is Spellings and times tables which are tested on a Thursday. All the children have been given a login sheet for Times Tables Rock Stars and Reading Eggs which they can use to practise times tables facts and reading skills at home. If you cannot find your login sheet, please contact your class teacher who can sort out a copy to keep at home.
Reading - Children are expected to read at least 5 times a week at home. Please record reading at home in reading records. Reading records will be checked daily, and a record kept of how many times children have read at home. Children earn apples for certain numbers of daily reads and these get displayed on a class reading tree in the classroom.
PE - We have 2 PE lessons per week - 1 outdoor and 1 indoor. Please ensure PE kit is in school from Monday to Friday.
Below is information about our learning this term as well as links to useful websites to support learning at home.
Spring Term 2 - Take One
Our focus for Spring Term 2 has a literary theme and is focussed on exploring the graphic novel 'Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx' by Joe Todd-Stanton.
In English lessons, our work will focus on the text. We will explore the story and box up the main ideas to help us understand the structure of the text. In grammar sessions we will recap using inverted commas for speech, explore how to use similes to add detail to a seething and characters then we will learn how to use subordinate conjunctions, applying these to our own writing. We will invent our own characters and write our own adventure set in Egypt before editing and improving our writing. We will then use the text to explore writing instructions about saving Marcy's father from the Sphinx. In spelling sessions, we will focus on using phonics and spelling patterns to spell familiar consonant sounds before exploring words from the Year 3/4 word lists. We will also focus on ensuring that our handwriting is joined and legible.
In Maths, we will explore perimeter and fractions. We will continue to learn our 3x, 4x and 8x tables this term, becoming more fluent in rapidly recalling facts from these multiplication tables.
In Science lessons this term, we will be exploring Light. We will learn why we need light and how we see. We will investigate transparent, translucent and opaque objects then look at how shadows are formed. Look at the knowledge organisers in the Curriculum Documents tab above for more information about our learning.
Wider Curriculum Work
Our History topic this term is Ancient Egypt. We will explore this ancient civilisation, looking at artefacts to find out about daily life as well as exploring their beliefs in different gods and the Afterlife.
Our French topic is Family and Friends, and in PE we will be focussing on Tennis and Fitness. In DT, we will be exploring Dips and Dippers before designing, making and evaluating a dip of our own. Our learning in RE will explore Christianity and ask if the cross is a symbol of love, sacrifice or commitment to Christians. In Music lessons we will explore beat and rhythm to create our own pieces of music.
Please have a look at the Knowledge Organisers in the Curriculum Documents tab above to find out more about our learning this term.