Year 3

Welcome everybody to the Year 3 section of the website.

Class Teachers:

3Y Miss Yates

3T Miss Tideswell

3A Mrs Aslaan

LSAs: Miss Gregg, Miss Brown, Mrs Johnson

If you have any questions, then please don’t hesitate to ask one of the Year 3 team.

Homework

In Lower Key Stage Two, we expect children to read 5 times a week and bring their reading book into school every day. Weekly spellings will be given out on a Monday to be assessed on the Monday the next week. Your class teacher will also provide a weekly Seesaw task relating to any area of the curriculum. For example, children may be expected to complete an activity relating to learning in Arts, Humanities, R.E, Spanish, Science and Wellbeing. The tasks will vary each week. Please check your child's Seesaw page for more details. 

At the end of Year 4, all children are assessed on their times table facts. You can find more information here. We expect children to be practising their times table on TTRockstars at least twice a week. Their login details should be glued into their Reading Record. https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student

P.E.

Our P.E. days are:

3T – Monday and Wednesday

3A – Monday and Friday

3Y – Monday and Thursday

A gentle reminder that our school P.E. kit is a plain white t-shirt, black shorts and black pumps or trainers for outdoor sports, without visible branding.  Children can come to school dressed in their PE kit, as long as it is the proper P.E. uniform.  Otherwise, they will need to bring it in a separate bag.

Water bottles and snacks

Don't forget to bring a water bottle to school each day - it is important for children to stay hydrated throughout the day. Please label bottles and refill them each day.

Children are welcome to bring a healthy snack such as fruit and vegetables to school each day for snack time. Breadsticks and milk can be purchased at the start of each half-term (please speak to the school office about this).

English

In our English lessons, we will be reading The Shell by John Foster and creating our own sound poems.

Our shared reading texts in class for this term are Planet Omar by Zanib Mian and The Stone Age: Hunters, Gatherers and Woolly Mammoths by Marcia Williams. We will be reading this text regularly and completing tasks on it to improve our reading skills, as well as reading for pleasure. As inspiration for our writing this term, will be reading Coming to England by Floella Benjamin where we will be writing our own retelling of the narrative.

Mathematics

In Mathematics this term we will be learning about place value - ones, tens and hundreds using different representations and equipment to compare numbers. This will be followed by Addition and Subtraction. We will work with numbers up to 1000 in each of these areas.

In Year 3, we will be learning to recall and use the multiplication and division facts for the 3, 4 and 8 multiplication tables. Get on TTrockstars!  If you want to be the best, you have to practise!

Science

Throughout the year, we will cover topics in a spiralised curriculum to ensure children retain the information taught. This will include Plants, Animals including humans, Rocks, Light and Materials. We will focus on subject-specific vocabulary and investigation skills. 

History

How much has life changed from the Stone Age?

We will discover when the Stone Age was and what it was like to live during the time. We will also look at what happened during the period; focusing on the lives of nomads. We will use a variety of artefacts, sources and discussion to aid our learning.

Geography

Why do people live near volcanoes?

We will learn about the formation and effects of volcanoes. We will also explore tsunamis and earthquakes and go on a rock exploration around our school.   

Art/DT

In Art this half-term we are studying the work of Andy Goldsworthy and learning how to create natural sculptures using natural materials such as leaves, stones and sticks. In DT next half term we will be crafting our own festive stocking using weaving and sewing skills.