Welcome to Year 3’s Class Page!

Welcome to the first year of the Juniors, how exciting!

In Year 3 we expect the children to respect each other, to have a positive attitude towards their learning and most importantly, to have fun!

Spring Term - What will we be exploring?

English - English lessons take place every day and are interlinked with our weekly topic, guided reading and grammar lessons. During the Autumn 1 half-term, we will be reading a range of texts related to our first History topic 'Extreme Earth'. We will explore texts such as Pebble in My Pocket, The Street Beneath My Feet and Fossil Girl. 

Reading - Reading takes place every day in school in a variety of ways: whole-class guided reading sessions, individual reading, subject lessons and our daily home time story session. With daily guided reading sessions that focus on a weekly text, our pupils are able to explore a wide range of text types throughout the academic year. The children will develop their reading speed, expression abilities and general comprehension skills through a range of retrieval, vocabulary and inference-based activities. All of the fundamental reading skills are of high priority, but ensuring your child enjoys reading is the main thing that matters! #ReadingRocks

Please encourage your child to read as often as possible outside of school. If you need any recommendations, please ask. Lovereading4kids.co.uk is a wonderful website for recommendations, but we have a vast selection in school. Remember, comprehension and an appreciation of what you have read is of equal importance to speed and fluency. It is so important that each and every child has an enjoyment of reading. There is a book for everyone! If you're not sure what your child should be reading next, please come and ask.

Maths - Children engage with daily mathematic lessons and added challenges. Each morning the children complete a '10 a day' fluency sheet to consolidate and refresh their skills / previous learning. During this half-term the focus will be multiplication & division, before moving on to exploring fractions!

Science - Science lessons take place every Monday afternoon. The children will be learning about rocks. We will be conducting our own experiments, exploring/testing different types of rocks and we will even be making our own chocolate rocks!

Geography – Geography lessons will take place every week and this half-term our topic is 'Extreme Earth'. We will be focusing on volcanos, tornados, tsunamis and earthquakes. This makes strong links to learning in English and Science. The children will be exploring concepts such as natural disasters and how they can impact human life and the environment.This topic will be linked across the curriculum and enjoyed in subjects such as English, Guided Reading and Art and Design.

Art & Design – This half-term our topic is 'Fruits & Vegetables'. We will be creating observational drawings, working on our sketching techniques and printing with real fruits and vegetables. We will also be creating spring inspiried artwork, in the style of Beatrix Potter.

R.E - This half-term we will be exploring Christianity,with our theme being salvation and our enquiry question ‘What is good about Good Friday?’.

PSHE – Our first PSHE unit is 'Healthy Me' where we will be exploring things that we can do to keep our bodies and minds happy and healthy.

P.E - Physical education lessons are every TUESDAY morning, so don't forget to bring the correct kit, ready for this day. This is a white T-Shirt, black shorts and a pair of black pumps. It would be ideal if this kit was clearly labelled and kept securely in a labelled P.E. bag, so that any misplaced items can be returned quickly. Have a pair of track pants and something warmer available as we will be outside as often as possible.

3S = Have an extra PE session on a TUESDAY morning for this half-term only.
3M = Have an extra PE session on a THURSDAY afternoon for this half-term only.

Homework - Reading will be the children's main activity that is expected outside of the classroom. If the right book is found, this should not seem like hard work!

Both Y3 classes have their own reading at home reward systems. If your child reads a minimum of three times a week at home, they will recieve their weekly stamp, reward or sticker.

Weekly spellings will be handed out every Friday, we ask for them to be completed and handed in by the following Friday. Spelling tests take place on a Friday morning, right after our Good News assembly. 

Reading Eggs and Purple Mash will host extra weekly activities, please ask for any login details if you are unsure. We encourage the children to also login into TTRockstars at home to increase their general times table fluency. Of course, any additional research or work is richly encouraged and will only benefit your child's progress throughout the year.

If you have any questions or queries, please contact the school office to arrange an appointment or speak to us during drop-off and pick-up times! Our door is always open.

Miss Shakeshaft, Mrs Mainprize & Year 3 Team :) 

Reminders:
• Bring a fresh bottle of water every day.

• Bring your reading book and reading record every day.

• PE lessons are every Tuesday morning.

• Read at home at least 3 times a week - this can be with your reading book or by logging onto Reading Eggs.

• Toast and milk can be ordered for the half-term on Parent Pay. If you are unsure how to use Parent Pay, please contact the school office.

• Spellings are handed out every Friday and tested the following Friday morning.