Welcome to Year 3!!!

The Year 3 team:

3 Crystal  - Miss Higginbotham (You can call me Miss H) 

3 Lion -  Mrs Smith

with Mrs Bedford, Mrs Brookes and Miss Connolly

Important information:

Our PE days are Tuesday and Thursday. Please remove earrings for these days or send in a small pot if children can take them out themselves. Plasters are not allowed instead of removal and we are not permitted to take them out for children.

Bring a water bottle with a sports top each day.

Reading diaries and reading books should be in school every day.

Reading book change day will be Thursday. (This may change.)

Spellings will be set weekly on Doodle (usually on a Friday). The children should aspire to remain in the green zone by working on the little but often principle. We expect them to complete maths and spelling weekly. Rewards will be given for staying in the green zone as well as a bonus award for 1000 stars. 

English

We will begin our English work following 'The Place Value of Punctuation and Grammar'. This involves learning how sentences are structured and punctuated. We will then move on to Non-Chronological Reports, using a model text about the Great Fire of London.

Our first class reader is Esio Trot, by Roald Dahl. Some of our book talk sessions will be based around this book. Children have their reading scheme book and may also borrow a book from the library. Book change for reading scheme books will be on a Thursday to begin with. We encourage the children to record their own reading in their Reading Diary - pages read and short reviews would be lovely to see. We also encourage adults to record in this diary when hearing children read.

We will be continuing the phonics program started in Key Stage 1. Our Reading River is our reading rewards system in Year 3. Children will move along the river each day they read at home. Rewards will be given to those children whose reading diary is signed by an adult to acknowledge that this reading at home has taken place. Five signatures from the weekend to the Friday are what we are looking for.

Maths

We begin the term learning about place value. Our maths understanding starts with practical apparatus before children move onto drawing or writing. Problem solving and explaining their reasoning is an important part of showing mathematical understanding. Following place value, we will be working on addition and subtraction.

To support in maths, please work on number bonds and times tables. Using money and telling the time are also valuable activities that can be practised at home.

We are continuing with our learning about shape this half term, followed by time and statistics.

To support in maths, please work on number bonds and times tables, specifically 2,3,4,5,8 and 10. Any practice with telling the time would be very beneficial. We are also challenging the children to learn their square numbers this year. 

Our RE will focus on the creation and in PSHE we will be thinking about friendship. In Science, we will be studying how sounds are made. 

Our history topic this term is called Royal Rascals. We will be investigating who was the most influential monarch in British history. We will study portraits from the Tudor period, especially by the artist Hans Holbein, and we will learn how to draw a portrait in art.

Our ICT lessons will focus on connecting devices, learning 'What is a device?' and we will also talk about keeping safe on computer systems. In French, we will learn how to introduce ourselves.

Lessons for Music will involve children learning how music is written down. In PE the children will be learning about the fundamentals of PE and the importance of fitness.