Year 3

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Welcome everybody to the Year 3 section of the website.

Class Teachers:

3Y Miss Yates (AHT)

3C Miss Coxon

3A Mrs Aslaan

LSAs: Miss Bradshaw, Mrs Flanagan, Miss Houghton (HLTA)

If you have any questions, then please don’t hesitate to ask one of the Year 3 team.

Homework

Reading

In Year 3, it is important that you read with your child at least 5 times a week and sign their reading record. Children can access their reading books through reading plus using their log in details. Reading plus is an adaptive literacy program to improve reading speed, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension for students. We will also provide a book which is at the correct level for their reading if they are unable to access reading plus. 

https://student.readingplus.com/seereader/api/sec/login

Maths

Magma Maths is a website that makes math learning interactive, enabling students to show work and providing real-time insights into their thinking. Teachers will assigned children work based on their current learning. Use your child's log in to access the lessons.

https://www.magmamaths.co.uk

At the end of Year 4, all children are assessed on their times table facts. You can find more information here. We expect children to be practising their times table on TTRockstars at least twice a week. 

https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student

Spellings

See weekly spellings where children will learn a new spelling rule and they are tested on understanding this rule the following week. We will also be teaching your child the Year 3 and Year 4 common exception words as well as any Year 1 and Year 2 common exception words too. Weekly spellings will be given out on a Monday to be assessed on the Monday the next week. 

P.E.

Our P.E. days are:

3C – Tuesday morning and Wednesday afternoon

3A – Tuesday morning and Wednesday afternoon

3Y - Tuesday morning and Thursday afternoon

A gentle reminder that our school P.E. kit is a plain white t-shirt, black shorts and black pumps or trainers for outdoor sports, without visible branding. Children can come to school dressed in their PE kit, as long as it is the proper P.E. uniform. Otherwise, they will need to bring it in a separate bag.

Water bottles and snacks

Don't forget to bring a water bottle to school each day - children need to stay hydrated throughout the day. Please label bottles and refill them each day. Remember we can only drink water or milk, not juice outside of lunchtimes.

Children are welcome to bring a healthy snack, such as fruit and vegetables, to school each day for snack time. Breadsticks and milk can be purchased at the start of each half-term (please speak to the school office about this).

English - Ready Steady Write / Ready Steady Read

In our English lessons we will be learning about The Iron Man by Chris Mould. We will be using the text to write a threat narrative. We will be learning to use a or an, apostrophes for missing letters, noun prefixes, possessive apostrophes and using conjunctions. In relation to The Iron Man, we will be writing a trap explanation as our non fiction writing opportunity. In this unit, we will use a or an correctly, commas in a list, expanded noun phrases, using adverbs, using conjunctions and using prepositions.

In our reading lessons, we will be reading: Harry the Poisonous Centipede for our fiction unit and Welcome to my Crazy life' as part of our poetry unit.

Mathematics - First4Maths

• Addition and Subtraction

• Multiplication and Division 

Throughout this period we will revisit learning from previous years to help consolidate learning as well as introduce new learning. The children will continue to consolidate their fluency and accuracy within the four operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

Keep 'Rocking On' on TTrockstars!  If you want to be the best, you have to practise!

Science 

This terms we will be looking at Light. Children will explore the link between light and darkness, observing reflections and investigating different factors that affect shadows.

History

Why did the Romans invade and settle in Britain? Children will investigate why the Romans invaded, how the Celts reacted and how the Romans changed life in Britain.

Geography

Who lives in Antarctica?

Children will describe lines of latitude and longitude, define climate zones and explore human and physical features. 

Art

Drawing - Developing drawing skills

Children will start to develop shading skills and drawing techniques to create botanical-inspired digital drawings.

DT 

Textiles: Egyptian collars

Children will be earning how to cross-stitch and appliqué to decorate and assemble Egyptian collars, which represent the children's unique personalities.

Spanish

Spanish greetings

Pupils will develop foundational Spanish language skills by learning everyday greetings and introductions. It introduces key vocabulary such as ¡Hola! (Hello), buenos días (good morning), ¿Cómo te llamas? (What is your name?), and ¿Qué tal? (How are you?), alongside common responses like bien, mal, muy bien, and fantástico.

Music

We will be learning how to play the Steel Drums and lessons are provided by MAPAS teachers.