Year 3

The Year Three Team are:

Mrs James (3J) Miss Baker (3B)

Miss Brotherhood

Please note that all Home Learning can be found on our new 'Seesaw' Home Learning Platform.

Topics for the Spring Term

Spring 1 - Through the Ages (Stone Age)  

Spring 2 - Urban Pioneers

English

We will be studying and producing a variety of work based on a number of books during this half term. These will include:-

Stone Age Boy - Satoshi Kitamura

How To Wash A Woolly Mammoth - Michelle Robinson

The Selfish Giant - Oscar Wilde

Maths

SPRING TERM 1 

Children will learn to: 

• recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 3, 4 and 8 multiplication tables
• write and calculate mathematical statements for multiplication and division using the multiplication tables that they know, including for two-digit numbers times one-digit numbers, using mental and progressing to formal written methods
• add and subtract money, giving change in pounds and pence
• Interpret and present data in the form of bar charts, pictograms and tables

Science

Describe in simple terms how fossils are formed when things that have lived are trapped within rock. Recognise that soils are made from rocks and organic matter.

RE

This Islam unit will teach your class about key aspects of the Muslim faith. They will work creatively to enhance their learning experience. They will find out where Islam originated, about special places linked to Islam and about key festivals in Muslim life. The children will also learn about symbols in Islam, the Muslim holy book and the main beliefs held by Muslims.

History

This project teaches children about British prehistory from the Stone Age to the Iron Age, including changes to people and lifestyle caused by ingenuity, invention and technological advancement.

PE

PE will be on a Monday afternoon and children will need to wear their PE kit to school. The kit will comprise of black jogging bottoms/leggings, a white t-shirt and their school jumper.  Trainers will also need to be worn into school.

Reading

‘Home Readers’ will be Oxford Reading Tree books and we ask that you read with your child at home as much as possible.  Oxford Reading Tree books can be changed once an adult has confirmed completion of their current book.

Homework

Homework will be set on our Seesaw Home Learning Platform.

Spellings will be given for the whole half term. Spellings are tested on a Friday.

At the moment the children have been asked to read each night and continue to work on Times Tables Rock Stars and Manga High.

If you have any problems logging in, or you cannot see your child's name on the list, email Mrs Rigby