Welcome to Elm Class!

Welcome to Elm Class, home to our wonderful Year 3 children. We are looking forward to welcome the children back to school, and have some really exciting areas of learning to delve into this year. 

 

Our class teacher is Miss Reilly, and we are very lucky to be supported in our learning by Mrs Bond and Mrs Bowen.

 

English

During this half term, Year 3 will be exploring "The Worst Witch" by Jill Murphy. The children will explore poetry and rhyming structures, direct speech and writing instructions to make a magical potion!

 

We will develop our reading and writing skills through the use of VIPERS:

Vocabulary
Inference
Prediction
Explanation
Retrieval
Summary
Using VIPERS helps us to examine the techniques used by the author, delve into the meaning behind words and replicate aspects in our own writing. 

 

Maths

In the Autumn term, Year 3 will begin by studying place value of numbers up to 1000, including written methods for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division using these numbers. We will also look at developing mental calculation strategies for similar questions. Afterwards, children will explore shape and measurement, focusing on understanding and using standard units of length in various practical and mathematical contexts.

 

Science

In Science, we are studying rocks, comparing them by appearance and properties, learn how fossils form, and explore different types of soils.

 

History

In our History lessons, we will be exploring what life was like in the Stone Age in prehistoric Britain.

 

Music

This half term, Year 3 will be learning to play the glockenspiel using Charanga.

 

MFL

The children will build on their initial language acquisition by learning some basic classroom commands and instructions.

 

Art 

In our Art lessons, we are focusing on developing our drawing, shading and tone.

 

Computing

In our Computing lessons this half term, the children will explore networks and search engines. 

 

P.E.

This year, children will have two PE sessions a week. This half term, our outdoor PE session will be in Forest School on a Tuesday afternoon. Our indoor gymnastics session will be Dance on a Thursday.

 

R.E.

In this half term, our question is "Why do people believe in a God they cannot see?"

 

SMSC

We love exploring the units on 1Decision. They are giving the children a good insight into the world and offering advice on how to conduct themselves as good and honest citizens, whilst keeping themselves safe at all times. We are learning about making the right choice and becoming responsible for their actions. 

 

Thank you for your continued support,

 

Miss Reilly 

 

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