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 Welcome to Year 3!                         

 

                                           

    Year 3 Staffing

 

Mr Freeman - Teacher (Rex Class )

Mrs Crossley - Teacher (Slinky Class) 

Mrs Zesmin-Ali - Teacher (Rex Class)

Mrs Wall - HLTA (Slinky Class)    

Mrs Bostan - Teaching Assistant (Rex)

 Mrs Shah - Teaching Assistant (Slinky) 

Mrs Akram - Teaching Assistant (Slinky)

Mrs Holt - Teaching Assistant (Rex & Slinky) 

Curriculum  - scroll down to see newsletters and medium term planning

Spring A - What was it like to walk in an Ancient Egyptian's shoes?

In English

We will be reading ‘Egyptian Cinderella' by Shirley Climo and writing our own folk tales. We will also be looking at poems with a structure, focusing on calligrams. Finally we will be exploring novels on a theme while reading 'Iron Man’ by Ted Hughes.

Egyptian Cinderella

 Iron Man Chapter 1

Iron Man Chapter 2

Iron Man Chapter 3

Iron Man Chapter 4

Iron Man Chapter 5

 

In Reading

We will be exploring the following texts:

Freedom Soup

Every Month is a New Year

Five New Year Traditions

The Firework Makers Daughter

Lunar New Year

The Accidental Prime Minister by Tom McLaughlin

The Accidental Billionaire by Tom McLaughlin

The Accidental Secret Agent by Tom McLaughlin

 

In Maths

We will be focusing on multiplication and division before moving on to length and perimeter.

 

In PE

We will combine skills such as travelling and turning, with some complexity and confidence while creating a gymnastics and trying our hand at football. 

 

 

In Computing

We will be exploring programming and may even create our own piece of music.

Programming

 

In PSHE

Our learning will be around dreams and goals and will involve lots of teamwork!

 

In Science,

We will be exploring animals including humans, looking at skeletons, joints, muscles, nutrition and diet.

Animals including Humans

 

In History,

We will be exploring Ancient Egypt - what was it like to walk in an Ancient Egyptian's shoes?

Ancient Egypt

 

In Art,

We will be making Egyptian masks.

King Tut's Mask

 

In Music

we will be learning how to play the glockenspiel.

 

Our question this half term in RE is ‘Why is the Bible important for Christians?’.

 

In Spanish we will be learning how to say and write the names of animals.

Animals and Pets in Spanish

 

 

 

 

 

Autumn B Is North America so great?

In English

We will be reading ‘Journey' by Aaron Becker and writing our own mystery story. We will also be looking at the classic poem 'Sound Collector' by Roger McGough and Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Railway Carriage' and writing our own Poem. Finally we will be exploring Transcripts while reading 'Traction Man’ by Mini Grey 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 addition and subtraction before moving on to multiplication and division.

 

In PE

we will combine skills such as travelling and turning, with some complexity and confidence while creating a disco dance sequence and trying our hand at basketball. 

 

In Computing

we will be having a close look at computer animation before creating our own.

 

In PSHE

our learning will be all about how we can look after our mental, physical and emotional health.

 

In Science,

we will be exploring forces and magnets.

 

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 Art,

we will be introducing the idea of abstract art while focusing on the artist Pablo Picasso.

 

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 the story of 'Caperucita Rojo'.
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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 

Three times tables song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XzfQUXqiYY&list=PL0rj3aQ8waozFka1iluh0bVRPQndvz62O&index=11&t=0s

Counting in 5's - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amxVL9KUmq8 

Greater than, less than, equal to - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6Efzu2sl