Year 3
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Latest News
- If you were unable to make it to our curriculum meeting, please click on the link to the side to access the presentation used.
- A reminder that Year 3 have PE every Tuesday - please ensure your child comes to school in the correct PE kit and footwear. If you are unsure on the PE uniform, it can be found on the tab 'Uniform'.
- Year 3 will have the opportunity on a Tuesday this year to learn to play the ukulele.
Important Dates
Monday 12th October - Parent's Evening 4-6pm
Tuesday 13th October - Parent's Evening 4-6pm
Tuesday 13th October – Year 3 Roman workshop
Wednesday 21st October – Whole school photos
Friday 23rd October - Break up for Half Term
Monday 26th October - Friday 30th October - Half Term
Monday 2nd November - Inset Day
Tuesday 3rd November - Children return to school
Wednesday 4th – Friday 6th November – Year 3 bikeability
Monday 18th January - Forest School
Monday 25th January - Forest School
Monday 1st February - Forest School
Monday 8th February - Forest School
AUTUMN
English
During our English lessons throughout the Autumn term, Year Three will be focusing on descriptive writing to create an adventure story based on the text ‘Tiddler’. This will be followed by a non-chronological report based on Ocean life, instruction writing ‘How to make a disgusting sandwich’ and finally a poetry unit with a focus on similes.
Throughout all lessons, we will continue to reinforce and develop the use of writing structure, accurate punctuation and grammar alongside a focus upon the Year 3/4 statutory spelling list (which can be found in the documents).
Reading
During the Autumn term, Year Three will study the texts ‘George’s Marvellous Medicine’ by Roald Dahl and ‘The Boy Who Grew Dragons’ by Andy Sheppard. Throughout both texts, we will focus upon the core reading skills of vocabulary, inference, prediction, explanation, retrieval, sequence and summary.
The children will also take home their own reading book from school based upon their ZPD level. We encourage the children to read every day, whether this be independently or through shared experiences, across a range of text types to support their confidence, fluency and exposure to vocabulary.
Maths
As a school, we follow the Power Maths scheme and the units we cover are outlined in our curriculum overview. These units support the children in developing problem solving and reasoning skills as well as the ability to explain and justify their answers using manipulatives where necessary. In addition to this, we complete a daily 5 in 5 (five questions to test the retrieval of mathematical learning) and TTRockstars to help build confidence, fluency and accuracy within the subject.
In the Autumn term the focus units are: Place value within 1000, Addition and subtraction and Multiplication and division.
Curriculum
During the autumn term, the children will study a variety of interesting units in our wider curriculum which are outlined in our curriculum overview.
Art – Figurative drawings.
History – Ancient Rome
Geography – Blue Planet
Design and Technology - Levers
Science - Skeletons and movement, Rocks, Fossils and Forces
PSHE - Families and friendships, Safe relationships and Respecting each other and ourselves
RE – What do Christians learn from the Bible’s Creation stories?
What are the deeper meanings of religious festivals? (Diwali/Eid al Fitr/Christmas)
Computing – Email and route planners
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Please read with your child daily if you can, if not at least 3 times a week.
Please take time to help your child learn the spellings that are sent home weekly.
Please encourage your child to complete TT Rockstars daily in preparation for the national multiplication check, which they will complete in Year 4.
