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Year 3

 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 Monday 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

This half term we will write Portal stories, using a model text called 'The Painting'.

We are reading The Christmasaurus, Ellie and the Cat and The Iron Man this term. Some of our book talk sessions will be based around these books. 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.

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.

We are progressing through our KS2 spelling scheme as well as picking up on any gaps in phonics.

 

 

Maths

We are continuing with our learning about multiplication and division. 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 multiplication and division ,we will be working on length and perimeter.

 

 

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 be asking the question 'What are the significant beliefs about Muhammad and Prophethood?' In PSHE, the question is ‘What are families like?’ We will discuss different family units and our parts within them.

In one of our PE units, children will develop and improve techniques with playing handball. Our other PE unit involves creating gymnastic sequences.

Our History topic asks the question 'WHy is it called the Black Country?' We will learn about our locality and how it was affected by the industrial revolution. In Science, we will be studying humans: our skeleton and muscles. Through art, we will learn about the artist Lowry. We will be using paints to mix colours, creating secondary colours. We will use different brush and painting techniques. In Computing, we will be using 'Scratch' to develop animations. In French, we will be learning the names of fruits and how to say what we like and don't like. Through the Charanga scheme for music, children will learn how to compose using their imagination.

Believe, achieve and shine brighter together.
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