Ingol Community Primary School
Year 3
Miss Dodds - Y3 Class Teacher
Miss Crossett and Mrs Hurst - Y3 Teaching Assistants
Welcome to Year 3
Year 3 marks the beginning of Key Stage 2 and an exciting new chapter in each child’s learning journey. As pupils move into this stage, they begin to take greater responsibility for their learning and develop increased independence, both academically and socially.
Please have a look at the following information to see what we will be doing throughout Spring 2
English
This Morning I Met A Whale
Big Blue Whale
This term in English, we will be exploring This Morning I Met A Whale by Michael Morpurgo and Big Blue Whale by Nicola Davies.
This unit will explore two books centred around the topic of whales.
This Morning I Met a Whale is a fiction text that tells the story of a boy who discovers a bottlenose whale in the River Thames. Alongside this, children will read a non-fiction book focused on blue whales, helping them to learn key facts and develop their understanding of these fascinating animals.
By the end of the unit, pupils will use what they have learnt to write a whale fact sheet, combining information from both fiction and non-fiction texts.
Maths
Throughout the year, in maths, we will be following the Red Rose Year 3 Mastery. This half-term, we will be looking at 2-D shapes, statistics, fractions, position and directions and telling the time.
If you need any support with the maths units we are covering this term (in regards to any homework that maybe linked to maths), please don't hesitate to contact me via dojo or, speaking to me before or after school.
Science
During this half term, we will be investigating light and shadows .
Foundation Subjects
PE this half term will be on a Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The children can come to school on these days in their school PE kits. However, when the weather is colder the children can come in dark coloured tracksuit/joggers.
In RE, we will be looking at Christianity and the Holy Spirit.
In geography this term we will be looking at Lancashire. This is a very exciting topic and I know the children will enjoy learning about the county that they live in and the different places in lancashire. We will also be looking at the local area.
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Other Useful Information.
Homework will be given out every Friday, to be handed in on the following Thursday. Children know the expectations are to try and read three times a week (I've said I don't expect them to finish a book but at least 15 minutes each read). If they complete their homework and read, they will be rewarded with Class Dojos and go in the weekly draw for a prize.
Our classroom
