Welcome back, everyone! We hope you had a wonderful summer break and are excited to be in Year 3. How amazing is it to think that you are now in Key Stage 2! We have an action-packed term ahead of us, and we hope you're ready to learn lots of new things! 

 

The adults working in Year 3 are:

 

Mrs Foulkes, Mrs Laycock and Miss Andrew

 

So here’s a little look at what we’ll be studying at the start of the school year.

 

 

English

We love reading and will be reading every day - choosing our own books, completing ‘repeated reading,’ sharing stories and reading in lots of our lessons. We will be continuing to use our phonics knowledge and learn to apply this to our spellings.

 

We will also continue to develop our comprehension skills, using our learning technique, VIPERS that teach the children to look at different styles of questions, such as prediction and retrieval.  Year three will be working on improving their handwriting as well as incorporating expanded noun phrases, conjunctions and adverbials within their writing.

 

We will have library time each week. The more children can read at home, the more this will support the work we do in school. Why not become a member of ‘The Meadows library services?’

 

This term our writing will begin using a ‘film clip’ where the children will research how to look after a dog and then put this information into a set of instructions. The writing will follow a number of comprehension lessons building up our VIPER skills.

 

 Maths

We will begin our day with morning maths. It is imperative that your child is punctual each day so as not to miss vital maths arithmetic skills. In our maths lessons, we are going to explore a range of strands such as place value, addition and subtraction and multiplication and division. We will be improving our fluency, reasoning and problem solving skills throughout our lessons.

 

We will be working hard on our multiplication and division skills. Please can you ensure your child is practising their times tables via TTRS at least 3 times per week.

 

In year 3, we will be strengthening our arithmetic skills further and applying these to more reasoning based word problems.

 

Science

Our topic this half-term is Rocks and soil. The children will explore different rocks and their properties, collect and record data from tests, explore different rock families, recognise that soil comes from rocks, set up and carry out some investigations, find out how fossils are formed and draw conclusions from investigations.

 

Geography

We will be learning about the Weather and Climates.  The children will explore what is meant by a climate, biomes and a tundra biome.  They will investigate the climates in deserts and rainforests too.

 

Art and Design Technology

In art the children will be looking at formal elements of art.  They will be exploring the work of Henri Matisse through collage and composition.  

 

Music

In Music, the children will be looking at rhythm and notation.  Listen out to them humming or tapping the rhythms

 

PE

In PE, the children will be working on Communication and tactics and Gymnastics.  It is very important that the children come to school on Tuesday’s and Thursday’s dressed in their correct PE kits.  

 

R.E.

In R.E. we will be looking at 'What do different people believe about God?  This helps children see similarities and difference between religions and understand the impact of faith and beliefs on their lives.

 

 Homework

The children in Year 3 are expected to read at least 3 times per week at home as well as accessing Times Tables Rockstars online at least 3 times per week. Login details have been sent home to you! If you are new to our school, a new account has been created for you. You have also been given access to ‘Spelling Shed’ where the children are encouraged to keep practising their spellings.

 

When listening to your child read, we would kindly ask you to write a comment in your child's reading record. Once a routine has been established with the children, the children can swap their books as soon as they have finished.

 

We will collect all reading records in on a Tuesday in school. Please make sure your child has it in their bag every day just to help set a good routine.

 

 Thanks for your support.

 

We are very excited about our new year in school and are looking forward to sharing it with you.

 

Mrs Foulkes, Mrs Laycock

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