Year 3
Year 3
Mr Hughes and Mrs Watts
Welcome to Year 3 - Autumn 1st half
I hope you all had an amazing summer holidays and a well deserved break. Most of you already know me from the time I spent covering Mrs Dalton throughout the year last year when the current class were in Year 2, but, if you have not met me as of yet, please don't hesitate to come say hello or, send me a message on class dojo:
Please have a look at the following information to see what we will be doing throughout the first half term
English.
In English, for the first two weeks, we will be reading and discussing the story 'Stone Age Boy'. It is a fantastic story for children at this stage in the year and, allows for great initial Year 3 writing opportunities.
Following on from this, we will be looking at stories about 'A Bear Called Paddington'. This is an excellent unit of work which allows children to build on skills from Year 2 and help with understanding of expectations in Year 3.
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, Length and Perimeter, Addition and Subtraction and Statistics.
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 Thursdays. This term, we will be focussing on invading and protecting space. In Team Theme, children will be practicing tennis and with Mr Hughes on Thursdays, children will be practicing Rugby skills. and will be focusing on games and dance. 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 and we will be looking at The Stone Age. This is a very exciting topic and I know the children will enjoy learning about how Th Stone Age people live (linking to our first two weeks of English and, our class novel, The Stone Age Hunters, Gatherers and Wooly Mammoths), 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 for 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 reading early. they will be rewarded with Class Dojos and go in the weekly draw for a prize.
We had a visit from John Vale today. The children learnt about different creatures and had the chance to hold them. They had a great time!
Portraits and buildings from our country research
Home and school lockdown learning
Science volcano experiment
Our classroom
Harvest song 😊
Maths
White Rose maths is a fantastic resource to use. It has a video to talk you through what the lesson is about. Please try to do one every day.
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/
Home learning - Afer Easter links
English work
The Park text and comprehension questions - https://SUQOPUF.exampro.net
Fact sheet about bumblebees and questions - https://DUOUWUN.exampro.net
Space tet and comprehension -https://JERODUJ.exampro.net
Grammar questions - https://WUSOCIO.exampro.net
Maths work
Addition reasoning problems - https://UAIEOYU.exampro.net
Arthmetic questions - https://XOUYZUK.exampro.net
Science
Science questions linked to Year Three learning - https://BUPUDOM.exampro.net
Home/school learning in the event of school closure - Spring 2020
Activities set for home learning can be found by clicking on the links below:
White Rose maths is a fantastic resource to use. It has a video to talk you through what the lesson is about. Please try to do one every day.
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/
White Rose Maths - Free resources
WHITE ROSE MATHS Home learning
(Click on the link below) for daily lessons and activities including video tutorials for each year group.