Welcome to the Year 3 class page!

Welcome to Year 3.

On behalf of all the staff in Year 3, welcome to our class page. This is where you will find all the information you need to know about what we will be doing this term.

In Year 3, we always try to make our learning enjoyable and engaging so that it's memorable. We also work hard in lessons to reach clearly defined objectives and produce work of increasingly high quality.

We recognise that in order to be successful in school, our children need support from both the home and school. A strong partnership with you will make a great difference in your child's education. 

If you ever have any questions or would like a chat about subjects or progress, please do not hesitate to ask.

Mrs Sharples

English

Y3 will explore instruction writing based on 'How to trap a dragon'

They wlll then write their own instructions using ideas gained from what they have read

We will also explore:

Twisted Traditional Tale (The Three Little Pigs – the true story)

Non-Chronological Report (Skeletons and Muscles)

Narrative (Stone Age Boy) 

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Reading

Year 3 will be exploring the Flat Stanley this half term.  Stanley Lambchop is an ordinary boy with an extraordinary problem. One night, a giant pinboard falls on top of him leaving him completely flat.

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Maths

This term Year 3 are exploring Multiplication and division, Lengths and Perimeter, Fractions, Length, Place Value within 20 Mass, Capacity and temperature

We love using the mathematical resources including base 10, counters and number lines to support our learning.

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Religious Education

This half term Year 3 are exploring the topic of 'Galilee to Jerusalem' . We have enjoyed reading from our class bible and learning about the Nativity Story, including the journey of the Three Kings. We have thought about how we can give praise and thanks to God for our special world and all that is in it. 

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Science

Forces & Magnets: compare how things move on different surfaces; notice that some forces need contact between 2 objects, but magnetic forces can act at a distance; and observe how magnets attract or repel each other and attract some materials and not others.

Rocks: This unit on 'Rocks' takes children through six lessons where they learn how to compare and group together different kinds of rocks on the basis of their appearance and simple physical properties. They learn how to describe in simple terms how fossils are formed when things that have lived are trapped within rock and finally they learn how to recognise that soils are made from rocks and organic matter.

Geography

Why do so many people live in megacities? 

This investigation supports pupils to develop their understanding of the important geographical concepts of settlement and urbanisation through the study of the world’s megacities (cities with a population of over 10 million). This is very important because globally over half of the world’s population now live in towns and cities – in the United Kingdom this figure has reached 80 per cent.

Art 

Painting – Arcimboldo

Y3 will study the artist and will then produce their own designs using line and shade (paint)

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PE (Physical Education)

This term Y3 will have PE on Tuesday

Music

Clarinet

Homework

Homework will go home on a Friday and returned the following Wednesday.

This will include Spellings, Maths, a reading book and for timestables please log on to TT Rock Stars. 

Spelling Test will be on Fridays.