Welcome to Year 3!

I am so excited to welcome you to Year 3 for a fantastic year of learning, discovery, and fun! In Year 3, you'll explore new topics, develop your skills, and make wonderful memories with your friends. Our classroom is a place where curiosity and creativity thrive, and I can't wait to see you grow and shine. Get ready for an exciting adventure—your Year 3 journey starts here!

Miss Powell (Class Teacher)

 

Summer 2 Weekly Timetable 

Each day, the children will focus on the core subjects in the morning - Writing, Guided Reading, Maths, Spelling and Times Tables.  Foundation subjects are spread out throughout the week. 

Important sessions to note:

Monday - Hymn Practice, PE (Cricket), Homework will be sent home

Tuesday - Class Prayer

Wednesday - Gospel Assembly

Thursday - Class Prayer, Homework due in, Spelling and Arithmetic Tests

Friday - Praise Assembly, PE (Dodgeball with Luke - Coach), Music with Mrs Allen 

 

Please remember to have your PE kit in school on your PE days. Children need to be in full school uniform, and will get changed at school, prior to their lesson. 

 

Homework

Homework will be set and sent home on a Monday and should be returned by a Thursday. Children should spend 20 minutes on each piece of homework. Children do not need to complete all their homework in one go. Little and often throughout the week is key! English and Maths homework will be sent on a 3-week rotation. 

English Homework - reading or writing 

Maths Homework - consolidation of the week and / or timetables 

Times Tables Rockstars and Spelling Frame - all children have personal logins. Children need to practise every day in preparation for their arithmetic and spelling tests on a Thursday. 

Reading - children need to read every day and have their reading diary signed.

 

What will we learn during Summer 2?

Writing

In our literacy lessons, we will be exploring the following texts;

The Gardener by Sarah Stewart (Non-fiction - Letter) 

 

How a Robot Dog Works (Non-fiction - Explanation) 

The children will develop their writing skills through sentence-stacking lessons and build up to an independent writing task. 

Grammar, punctuation and spelling - KS2 English - BBC Bitesize

SpellingFrame 

 

Reading

During our guided reading lessons this half-term, Year 3 will be reading and analysing the following:

My Skin, Your Skin by Onyinye Iwu (Non-fiction - Discussion)

 

Strict by Michael Rosen (Poetry)

Our lessons will focus on reading fluency, understanding word meanings in context, summarising and answering retrieval questions. We will also focus on building independent inference skills to delve deeper into the different themes, characters and events in each of the texts. 

 

 

Maths

In Maths, we will study Time, Shape and Statistics.

We continue to use White Rose Maths, firstly developing the children's fluency and building on the application of mathematical knowledge to deepen their understanding, master concepts and apply what they have learnt to a range of problem-solving and reasoning. 

 

Videos to support key methods in maths

Multiplication and Division

 

Times Tables 

The children have dedicated time to learn and practise their times tables  to ensure they are increasing in accuracy and speed.  

Times Tables Rock Stars (ttrockstars.com) 

 

RE - Dialogue and Encounter

In this branch, the children will learn how Christians work together with people of different religious convictions and all people of goodwill towards the common good, respecting the dignity of all humanity. They will also encounter other pathways of belief drawing on the teaching of the Church about intercultural dialogue.

 

 

 

Science - Scientists and Inventors

We will be learning about the work of Scientists and Inventors and there role in scientific discoveries. 

We will be learning about 

                                                                  George Washington Carver                

Marie Curie                                  Inge Lehmann

 

 

 

 

 

Geography - Rivers

We will be learning about the journey of a river and how rivers are formed. We will be locating rivers across the world, focusing on Europe, Asia, Africa, South and North America and Australia. 

The children will be able to name a range of rivers across the world and will be able to talk about some of their features. 

 

 

Art - Ceramics 

Physical Education - Cricekt and Dodgeball

Computing - Creating Media - Desktop Publishing 

 

Take a look at what we've been up to in Year 3!