Year 3
Welcome to the Year 3 page
Miss Hayday - Shark Class
Mrs Longbourne - Polar Bear Class
Mrs Peill - 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 to support learning at home.
Spring Term 1 - Take One Artist
Our focus for Spring Term 1 has a artistic theme and is focussed on exploring the painting 'Cat with Red Fish' by Henri Matisse.
In English lessons, our work will focus on the text 'The Iron Man' by Ted Hughes. We will explore the opening to the
story and box up the main ideas to help us understand the structure of the opening. In grammar sessions we will recap using expanded noun phrases, explore how to use the present perfect tense and learn how to use subordinate conjunctions, applying these to our own writing. We will invent our own iron person and write the opening to a sequel and then we will edit and improve our writing. We will then use the text to explore writing a news report about the arrival of the iron person. In spelling sessions, we will focus on using phonics and spelling patterns to spell familiar consonant sounds before exploring words from the Year 3/4 word lists. We will also focus on ensuring that our handwriting is joined and legible.
In Maths, we will explore multiplication and division, learning to use written methods for the two operations. We will learn our 3x, 4x and 8x tables this term, becoming more fluent in rapidly recalling facts from these multiplication tables. Then we will explore perimeter and length before beginning our unit on fractions.
Use the videos below to help practice your 3x, 4x and 8x tables:
In Science lessons this term, we will be exploring Animals incl. Humans. We will explore human and animal skeletons, comparing them for similarities and differences. We will then look at healthy diets, exploring how to make sure that your diet is balanced and gives your body what it needs to stay healthy. Look at the knowledge organiser below for more information about our learning:
BBC Bitesize - the Human Skeleton
BBC Bitesize - Animal Skeletons
Wider Curriculum Work
Our Geography topic this term is Coasts. We will explore the main features of coastlines and look at how to make sure that out coastlines survive and are safe.
Our French topic is Food, Glorious Food, and in PE we will be focussing on gymnastics and basketball. In Art, we will be exploring collage using the work of Henri Matisse and Romare Beardon to inspire our own art pieces. Our learning in RE will explore how Hindus collect good Karma and why this is something they look to do.
Have a look at the Knowledge Organisers below to find out more about our learning this term:
Useful websites to support learning