Welcome to Year 3!
Year 3 Staffing
Miss Force (Rex Class ) and Mrs Crossley (Slinky Class)
Mrs Gibson (Rex Class) and Mrs Wright (Slinky Class) PPA Cover teacher
Mrs Azad - Teaching Assistant (Rex)
Mrs Clay - SEND Teaching Assistant (Rex)
Mrs Holt - SEND Teaching Assistant (Rex)
Mrs Shah - Teaching Assistant (Slinky)
Mr Garvey - Teaching Assistant (Rex & Slinky)
Curriculum - scroll down to see newsletters and medium term planning
Summer A - How can we help the Rainforest?
In English
We will be reading ‘There’s a Rangtan in my Bedroom’ by James Sellick and Frann Preston-Gannon and writing our own persuasive texts. We will also be reading ‘Egyptian Cinderella’ by Shirley Climo and writing our own narratives. Finally we will be reading ‘Sticky Ends’, a poem written by Jeanne Willis and practising our performance skills.
In Reading
we will be exploring poems written by both male and female poets.
In Maths
we will be focusing on fractions, money and time.
In PE
we will be linking movements together in gymnastics and trying our hands at a range of athletic skills.
In Computing
we will be taking a journey inside computers to find out how they work.
In PSHE
our learning will be all about looking after our bodies and learning some first aid skills.
In Science,
we will be exploring plants and will start to explore light.
In Geography,
we will be finding out all about the Amazon Basin.
In Art,
we will be starting an outdoor project linking forest school and the skills we have already learnt in art.
In Music
we will listen and appraise a range of music and develop our singing and glockenspiel skills.
Our question this half term in RE is ‘Why do people pray?’.
In Spanish we will be learning:
• Sit and listen to a familiar story being told in Spanish.
• Learn to use picture and word cards to recognise and help retain new
language.
• Remember key parts of the body in Spanish.
Spring B - Why are plants so important?
In English
We will be reading ‘David Attenborough’ by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and writing our own Biographies. We will also be reading ‘There’s a Rangtan in my Bedroom’ by James Sellick and Frann Preston-Gannon and writing our own persuasive texts.
In Reading
we will be exploring the environment and climate change by reading ‘The Promise’, ‘Cookie … and the most annoying girl in the world’, ‘Song of the Dolphin Boy’, ‘Toby Alone’ and a Newsround article about Fertiliser.
In Maths
we will be focusing on fractions, mass and capacity.
In PE
we will be learning performing Egyptian dances and developing teamwork through outdoor and adventurous activities.
In Computing
we will be focusing our learning how to send emails.
In PSHE
our learning will be all about communication.
In Science,
we will be exploring plants.
In Geography,
we will be finding out all about the Amazon Basin.
In Art,
we will be learning all about Georgia O’Keefe.
In Music
we will listen and appraise a range of music and develop our singing and glockenspiel skills.
Our question this half term in RE is ‘Why is the Bible important for Christians?’
Spring A - What do we need to keep our bodies healthy?
In English
We will be reading ‘The Teacher Pleaser Machine’ by Pie Corbett and writing our own Explanations. We will also be reading ‘Traction Man’ by Minnie Grey and writing our own Play Script.
In Reading
We will be exploring New Year, Birds, Wild Animals and Around the World.
In Maths
we will be focusing on multiplication and division and length and perimeter.
In PE
we will be learning the skills involved in playing football and performing dances from around the world.
In Computing
we will be focusing our learning how to send emails.
In PSHE
our learning will be all about friendships!
In Science,
we will be exploring animals including humans.
In Geography,
we will be finding out all about South America.
In Art,
we will be learning all about Wassily Kandinsky.
In Music
we will listen and appraise a range of music and develop our singing and glockenspiel skills.
Our question this half term in RE is ‘What is the Bible important for Christians?’
In Spanish
we will be learning a range of musical instruments.
Autumn B - Is North America Really So Great?
In English
We will be reading The Iron Man by Ted Hughes and writing our own Narratives.
We will also be looking at a range of classic poetry.
In Maths
We will continue working on addition and subtraction for the first few weeks of Autumn B, we will then move onto multiplication and division.
In Science
We will be learning all about forces and magnets, push and pulls!
In Geography
We will be exploring North America, using maps to develop our geographic knowledge and exploring both physical and human features in North America.
In RE
We will be discussing and learning about what God means to different people
In PSHE
We will be exploring friendship, developing our friendships and understanding what makes a good friend.
In Art
We will learn about the artist Wassily Kandinsky and his works, creating pieces inspired by his work.
In ICT
We will be developing our programming skills on Scratch.
In Music
We will listen and appraise a range of music and develop our skills in Glockenspiel.
In PE
We will develop our skills in football and yoga
In MFL
We will be learning a range of animals in Spanish.
Autumn A- Would you rather live in the Stone Age or the Iron Age?
In English
We will be learning how to write our own diary, reading The Stone Age boy by Satoshi Kitamura.
In Maths
We will be developing our knowledge on place value and addition and subtraction, following the White Rose scheme.
In Science
We will be focusing on rocks and fossils!
In History
We will be learning about life in the Stone Age, Broze Age and Iron Age
In RE
We will explore 'Seeing is believing' looking at different religions and what they believe.
In PSHE
We will learn how to stay safe online and combat cyber bullying.
In DT
We will make our own Stone Age Soup
In ICT
We will learn all about how networks are created.
In Music
We will focus on the unit 'Let Your Spirit Fly' covering 5 songs and learning all about them!
In PE –
We will learn skills in Netball and Gymnastics !
MFL
We will learn new Spanish vocabulary, learning numbers, colours and how to say our name!
Forest Schools
Your child will be taking part in Forest Schools and you may be asked to send in a change of clothes - these will get dirty, only send old clothes as they may get spoiled.
Homework
Spelling lists are given out weekly and will be tested.
Children are expected to access Times Tables Rockstars and Spelling Shed on a daily basis.
https://www.spellingshed.com/en-gb/
Please encourage your children to access Spelling Shed. All weekly spellings are taken from spelling shed and class teachers are able to set challenges specific to the child, monitor progress and identify areas in need of more support. It is a fantastic and enjoyable resource to support children in their spelling and the children love it! If you need help with Spelling Shed, please contact the class teacher.
https://ttrockstars.com
TT Rockstars is a great resource to support children in learning their times tables in a fun way. The children love it! Class teachers are able to set times tables specific to the child/year group, create battles against year groups, teachers and friends, monitor each individuals progress and identify areas in need of more support. If you need help with TT Rockstars, please contact the class teacher.
Here are a few useful videos, very popular with year 3, that will help the children with various aspects of English & Grammar!
Nouns - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldeqKZvBpNs
Verbs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caxLA9HWQ5M
Adjectives - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9bXWY1nioE
Adverbs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfenLGAYDeg
Inverted commas - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHyHMfjh1us
Commas (lists) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWVHbN26z9A
Here are a few useful videos, very popular with year 3, that will help the children with various aspects of Maths!
Counting to 100 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TgLtF3PMOc
Counting in 3's - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWxPKnLtnus
Counting in 5's - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amxVL9KUmq8
Greater than, less than, equal to - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6Efzu2sl
