Year 3
Welcome to Year 3's page. Please check back regularly to see galleries of what we have been doing in class as well as other useful documents. Please send any necessary communication in with your child in their class wallet which will be checked daily.
Reading
It is encouraged that reading aloud is done every night and recorded using the Boom Reader app (login details have been sent home, but please ask if you are unsure.) Children are free to change their home-school reading books on Mondays and Thursdays.
Home-school reading books may be read through more than once. This will help your child to develop their fluency skills and give further chance for discussion.
Your child will also have the opportunity to bring home a library book of their choice.
As a school, we encourage children to enjoy a wide range of books so please encourage your child to read any books they find interesting at home and log these on the Boom Reader app alongside their school reader.
Spelling
Spelling in year 3 will be developed through the use of the Sounds Write scheme. Children will take part in daily phonics and spelling lessons to enable them to develop their understanding of spelling in both reading and writing. Spellings will be monitored in class and may be set as homework.
Times Table Rockstars
Children can access Times Table Rockstars at home via computer or tablet. They can play as often as they like, but are encouraged to play at least 3 times a week. Certificates for achievement will be handed out over the school year.
Homework
Homework will be set on Wednesdays and Fridays throughout the second half of the Autumn term. Children will receive 1 house point for each completed piece of homework.
PE
For the second half of the Autumn term, PE will take place every Monday and Tuesday. Children should have appropriate PE kit in school at all times. Please can earrings be removed for all PE sessions.
Thanks
Miss Winterbone
Mrs Fox
Mrs Fairbank
Mrs McMullan
Our Galleries
Year-3-Autumn-Curriculum-Gallery (ID 1038)
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Art and Design
Art and Design
We will be looking at the skill of sketching this term as well as exploring ancient art forms and linking this to our learning in history.
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Computing
Computing
This term we have been learning all about keeping safe online as well as what components make up a computer network.
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Design and Technology
Design and Technology
This term, we are celebrating the festive season by using our sewing skills to create handmade fabric Christmas baubles.
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English
English
To begin the Autumn term, we will write a diary entry based on Stone Age Boy imagining we have fallen into the Stone Age. Then, we will learn how to write a clear set of instructions based on How To Wash a Woolly Mammoth. Later on in the term, we will write our own firework poems, and finally our own Christmas calamity narratives.
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French
French
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Geography
Geography
In Geography, we will learn about the UK - its four countries, four capitals, different regions, and important human and physical features.
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History
History
This term, we will begin to delve into the mysteries of the three phases of the Stone Age - the Palaeolithic, the Mesolithic and the Neolithic. We will continue to learn about prehistoric Britain in the Spring Term.
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Mathematics
Mathematics
In Maths this term, we will be learning the skill of column addition and subtraction as well as improving our multiplication and division skills. We will continue to develop our confidence with our times tables (2, 5, 10 and later 3, 4).
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Music
Music
Our first half term is all about 'Let Your Spirit Fly'. We will sing, use clapping rhythms, and use the glockenspiels to play along and look at musical notation. Later, we will dive into our Christmas carol concert rehearsals.
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Physical Education
Physical Education
This term we have been lucky to have dance sessions and circuit training in the hall. We are developing our physical skills in changing direction and speed, using our muscles, and throwing accurately.
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PSHE
PSHE
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Religious Studies
Religious Studies
In RE, we have been learning about the different roles during Mass and the responses we say in Mass. We will also learn more about the Christmas story and the annunciation to St Joseph and the role of the Old Testament prophecies in the story of Jesus.
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Science
Science
Our first focus in Science will be igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks, as well as learning how different rocks form and how fossils form. Later, we will learn about animals including humans, the importance of our bones and muscles to supporting our bodies and what different animals need to survive.
Year 3 Galleries