Welcome to Year Three

Mr Martin-Cortez

Mrs Goddard

Ms Liz Connolly

Mrs Hallam – Class Teacher

Miss Fletcher

Mrs O’Brien

Ms Rooney

Autumn Term 2

Year 3 had a brilliant start to this half term getting all dressed up in our animal skin outfits for Stone Age Day. We learned all about the changes that took place over time in the way prehistoric communities lived and we and had the chance to explore lots of artefacts and take part in an Iron Age role play. In D&T our models of Stone Age axes looked very realistic. We loved our science all about rocks and fossils – especially discovering different properties and learning about how rocks are formed. In English we practised our perfect punctuation, wrote dialogues and created narrative stories from comic strips. Maths was all about adding and subtracting tricky 3 digit numbers. Our favourite highlights were Bake Off, Santa’s visit, our Christmas lunch and playing in the snow!

Autumn Term 1

We have had a great start to the year with lots of exciting ideas and activities to explore.

In Science we were learning to work scientifically, setting up fair tests and discussing possible variables. We designed water filters, explored density in different objects and attempted made a rainbow of liquids in a glass; when this went slightly wrong, the children were able to suggest ways of improving the experiment next time. Our Geography saw us developing our map skills and knowledge of the local area, kicking off with a walk to Jephson Gardens, following a route and spotting landmarks along the way. We made sketches of the pond which we have turned into landscape watercolour paintings in Art. Continuing on the theme of the local area, we made our own leaflets and also wrote formal letters to our MP, Matt Western, to let him know what other amenities the childrren would like in our town. In addition, our awe-inspiring book, Leon and the Place Between was the starting point for lots of imaginative writing. Maths has been all about place value and enhancing our knowledge of number, ready to start on addition and subtraction next half term. In PE we learned steps from dances around the world and made up our own group routines incorporating those moves in creative ways. We have also enjoyed taking part in Global Goals Day, Year 3 Bake Off and writing about ourselves to send our link school in Bo, Sierra leone as part of the One World Link program.

Year 3 Handbook

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Equipment needed in Year 3:

PE is on a Tuesday and a Wednesday. A PE kit should be left in school and can be taken home to be washed at the end of each half term. Indoor PE kit consists of; black shorts, a white t-shirt or polo shirt, pumps, socks. Black jogging bottoms may be brought in for the winter. All items should be named.

Children should bring in a named water bottle which they have access to in the classroom.

Children have been given a new reading folder and diary; this should be in school on a daily basis as volunteers may hear children read at any time.

Homework Days

Children must read at least three times a week and you are expected to record in the reading record that you have heard them read – this is checked in school every Friday.

A home learning task is set every other Monday and children will be given 10 days to complete it. The task is on a printed sheet which is stuck in the children’s home learning books. Books must be returned to school on the given date for marking.

Maths homework is set every Friday and marked in class the following Friday.

Children have a spelling test every Friday, they will be given spellings in a yellow book which must come back to school the following Friday to allow them to be given their new spellings. Tests will take place in a red book which remains in school.

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