Year 3
WELCOME TO YEAR 3
Meet The Team
Class 8 teacher: Mrs Wiggin and Miss Mohamed
Class 9 teacher: Miss Smith
Teaching Assistants: Ms Malique, Ms Taylor and Ms Lee
PE Day
Tuesday and Friday afternoon.
What have we done this term to make us feel proud?
We have learnt all about ancient Baghdad and what made that city so special. We have explored sacred places and discussed our own special places and why they are important to us. In science, we have done many experiments. We explored how shadows are formed and how shadows change. We have discovered many interesting facts about China. We made our very own pneumatic systems in the shape of a dragon. This was inspired by Chinese culture and the book written by Julia Donaldson Shen and the Magic Paintbrush. We were also very lucky to visit Lapworth Museum! We explored lots of different types of rocks, fossils and we even saw the skeleton of a dinosaur.
What will we be learning about in the Springterm?
Mini adventures:
How do we navigate a long journey?
Was it better to live in the Stone Age, Iron Age or Bronze Age?
How do magnets work?
How did life change for the Railway Children?
English (Reading and writing):
We will write narratives, an informative report and a recount. In reading, we will continue to develop our skills in reading for fluency, answering retrieval questions, exploring new vocabulary and identifying nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs in a text. We would really like to encourage children to read more and to find pleasure in their reading.
Maths
Continue to focus on 3, 4 and 8 times tables. We will develop our understanding of statistics, measurement and column addition and subtraction using three digit numbers. We will practice our unit and non unit fractions in order to solve problems. We will begin to practice our grid method for multiplication and short division to apply this knowledge when solving word problems.
Humanities (Geography and History):
Geo: Use a range of maps and atlases to identify physical and human features. We will know the four compass points and create our own maps using symbols and a key.
His:
•Know that Britain was once covered in ice (known as the Ice Age) using maps, images and timelines.
•Know that the earliest settlers were hunter-gatherers and lived in caves
•Know that hunter-gatherers and travellers became farmers who settled and grew their own food and tamed wild animals
•Know about the settlement of Skara Brae
•Know about Stonehenge and how it is was built.
•Know about the change from Stone Age, to Bronze Age, then to Iron Age.
•Know how people and communities in the Bronze and Iron Age lived in roundhouses. In the Iron Age, these houses became rectangular and were gathered in communities known as hillforts.
The Arts (Music and Art):
In art we will create a collage linked to our mini adventure "How do we navigate a long journey?" We will also sketch our own version of the Iron Man.
In music we will continue to learn with Mrs Davies.
Science:
We will carry out a fair test to discover what objects are or are not magnetic. We will learn the meanings of the words repel and attract and be able to predict which magnet poles will repel or attract.
PE
We will be playing tag rugby, hockey and practising athletics.
RE
N/A
Design and Technology
We will be creating our own magnetic games using our new knowledge on magnets.
Computing
Coding and branching databases.
Personal Development
Working together.
Be safe, be kind, be ready to learn.