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.  

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Please have a look at the following information to see what we will be doing throughout the first half term

English

Seal Surfer 

 This half-term, our learning will focus on Seal Surfer by Michael Foreman. This is an excellent unit of work that builds on key skills developed in Year 2 while introducing new challenges for Year 3. As part of the unit, pupils will be learning how to write their own letters, using the story as inspiration.

 

 

 

Maths

Throughout the year, in maths, we will be following the Red Rose Year 3 Mastery. This half-term, we will be looking at place value, addition, subtraction, length, perimeter and statistics.

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 Rocks, Soils and Fossils, different types and layers, experiments involving density and permeability and the process at which fossils are formed.

Foundation Subjects

PE this half term will be on a Tuesdays and Wednesdays. This term, we will be focussing on invading and protecting space. 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 what a  good leader looks like. This will be focussing on Bible stories of Prophets such as Moses

In History, our focus this half term will be looking at The Stone Age. This is a very exciting topic and I know the children will enjoy learning about how the Stone Age people lived, artefacts from this age and predicting what they were used for and looking at cave paintings.

In French, we will be learning how to speak and write colours and numbers.

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.

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