Welcome to Year 3!
Class 3BD
Teachers - Mrs Bajada (Mon & Tue)
Mrs Dight (Wed, Thur & Fri)
Teaching Assistants - Mrs Martin & Mrs Ahamed
Class 3H
Teacher - Miss Harrington
Teaching Assistant - Mrs Martin
Reminders
PE
3BD: Our PE days are Wednesday and Thursday
3H: Our PE days are Wednesday and Thursday
Please make sure pupils are not wearing earrings.
Reading
We recommend your child reads 5 times a week with an adult. This should be recorded in your reading record.
Please send your child into school with their reading record, individual reading book and library book every day!
Homework
Homework will be set on a Friday on google classroom and due to be completed by the following Friday.
Termly curriculum overview
Parent information
Our reading and writing this term will be linked to:
There's a Pharaoh in our Bath!
By Jeremy Strong.
In English, we will be reading the Jeremy Strong book - ‘There’s a Pharaoh in our bath!’. During this half term, the children will be developing their story writing and will be working on their ability to include speech within a narrative. Drama including hot seating and role play will support children with their creative thinking and imaginative storytelling.
Reading
We recommend your child reads 5 times a week with an adult. This should be recorded in your reading record.
Please send your child into school with their reading record, individual reading book and library book every day!
See below for some ideas on how to engage your child in reading and support their reading comprehension...
We use reading Vipers to develop the children's comprehension skills. See document below...
Spelling
Useful English websites:
Maths
This half term, children will be developing their measuring knowledge and understanding specifically in mass and capacity.
We will also be learning about time. We will recap o’clock and half past and then move on to telling the time to the nearest five minutes. The children will learn about the 24 hour clock and will work on their problem solving skills, in connection to telling the time.
Please see below for more information…
This years maths long term plan:
Keep practising those times tables!
So far we have been learning x1, x2, x3, x4, x5, x8, x10.
Useful maths websites:
- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z826n39
- https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/category/22/most-popular
- https://www.educationquizzes.com/ks2/maths/
- https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/maths/primary-maths-age-7-8-year-3/
- https://classroomsecrets.co.uk/home-learning-centre/
Knowledge organisers for this term:
Please read and use at home to support your child's understanding.
This term, our topic is...
Plants
History
This term, our topic is...
Ancient Egypt
Computing
'We are Co-Authors'
- To understand the conventions for collaborative online work, particularly in wikis.
- To be aware of their responsibilities when editing other people’s work.
- To become familiar with Wikipedia, including potential problems associated with its use.
- To practise research skills.
- To write for a target audience using a wiki tool.
- To develop collaboration skills.
- To develop proofreading skills.
PE
This half term, we are excited to go outside for Adventure Activities and Tennis.
French
This half term, our topic is 'At the Cafe'.
