Year 3
Welcome to the Year 3 page
Miss Hayday - Shark Class
Mrs Longbourne - Polar Bear Class
Miss Kee - Panda Class
Useful Information
Homework - Homework will be given out on a Friday and due in on the following Wednesday. Homework in Year 3 is Spellings and times tables which are tested on a Thursday. All the children have been given a login sheet for Times Tables Rock Stars and Reading Eggs which they can use to practise times tables facts and reading skills at home. If you cannot find your login sheet, please contact your class teacher who can sort out a copy to keep at home.
Reading - Children are expected to read at least 5 times a week at home. Please record reading at home in reading records. Reading records will be checked daily, and a record kept of how many times children have read at home. Children earn apples for certain numbers of daily reads and these get displayed on a class reading tree in the classroom.
PE - We have 2 PE lessons per week - 1 outdoor and 1 indoor. Please ensure PE kit is in school from Monday to Friday.
Below is information about our learning this term as well as links to useful websites for our learning.
Summer Term 1 - Take One Artefact
Our focus for Spring Term 1 has a historical theme - we will be exploring the Rosetta Stone - an Ancient Egyptian artefact that links to our History topic on Ancient Egypt. We will link as much of our work as possible with these, continuing to explore life in Ancient Egypt in History lessons and looking at stories set in Egypt in English lessons and exploring Ancient Egypt through our Art lessons.
In English lessons or work will focus on the text 'Marcey and the Riddle of the Sphinx'. We
will explore prepositions and write setting descriptions as well as write our own stories. Then we will explore newspaper reports, building up our skills to write a newspaper report about the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb. In lessons, we will continue to focus on writing super sentences throughout this term, making sure we punctuate them accurately and use interesting vocabulary. We will explore using different conjunctions to add more detail to sentences as well as using paragraphs to organise our writing on the page.
In Maths, we will continue to explore fractions before looking at money and time. We will continue to explore our 3x, 4x and 8x tables this term, becoming more fluent in rapidly recalling facts from these multiplication tables.
Use the videos below to help practice your 3x, 4x and 8x tables:
In Science lessons this term, we will be looking at Working Scientifically. We will focus on planning and carrying out investigations and how to use our results to draw conclusions. Look at the knowledge organiser for more information about our learning:
Wider Curriculum Work
Our History topic this term is Ancient Egypt. We will explore this Ancient Civilisation, looking at how we know about this fascinating time period from what has been left behind. We will explore the Ancient Egyptian writing system and explore the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun. We will explore 'Who really built the pyramids' by looking at different historical sources before finding out how the Ancient Egyptians lived their lives.
Our French topic is Our School, and in PE we will be focussing on orienteering and rounders. In Art we will be focussing on our sketching skills before looking at using clay to make sculptures. Our learning in RE will explore what Christians believe when they talk about the Kingdom of God.
Have a look at the Knowledge Organisers below to find out more about our learning this term:
Useful websites to support learning