Hello and welcome to the Year 3 webpage!

Staff
 

3 Spruce Mrs McDade (Year Group Leader and Teacher) Miss Murphy and Ms Howe

3 Yew Mrs Myers (Teacher) Mrs Dobson and Miss Best

Reading

Reading at home is very important. Please encourage your child to read aloud on an evening and discuss what they have read. You can support your child by asking them questions about what they have read, help them to make predictions and explore what a character is thinking and feeling. 

Please add a brief note (in the reading record) detailing the date and the page they have reached. 

Homework

Spellings are set each Friday and should be practised at home for the test the following week.

It is really important that pupils work on their multiplication facts (times tables) at home. When working with your child, please remember that each fact must be learnt – For example:  3x5=15, 4x5=20.

We will be continuing to practise our recall of these times table facts in our Maths lessons. It would be really helpful if your child could practise the 2, 5 and 10 times tables at home to support their learning in class. 

Please note: Each child has an account on ‘Times Tables Rockstars’ (login details can be found in the front of your child’s reading diary) that they can access at home - there is also a 'Times tables Rockstars' app that you can download to your phone or tablet https://www.ttrockstars.com. It is part of your child's weekly homework to engage with Times Table Rockstars.

PE

Wednesday (Indoor), Thursday (Outdoor)

Please note: Children should come to school in their PE kits on PE days and will spend all day in these. Children must take their earrings out for PE lessons.

Autumn 2

Curriculum

English

In English, we will be reading Charlotte's Web. We will be writing our own narrative based on the book as well as setting and character descriptions. We will also be writing a set of instructions on how to steal Christmas, just like the Grinch! 

Maths

In Maths, we will be revising our knowledge and understanding of the four operations and practise our rapid recall of times tables facts. We will start by learning about place value and addition and subtraction using an exchange before practising our multiplication and division skills later in this half-term.

Science

In Science, we will be learning about rocks. We will learn about the three main groups: igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. We will also learn about their properties and how they can change. 

Humanities

In Geography, we will be learning about settlements from the Stone Age to the present day. We will look what makes a settlement and how physical and human geographical features affect them. We will compare ancient settlements to those in the modern day to see how life has changed over time.

We will also be taking a walk to Bramley Shopping Centre to investigate about physical and human features and explore it as part of a settlement.

Art / Design technology

This half-term we have Art week in school where we will be creating our artwork for the Christmas gallery. Our pictures are on the theme of the Christmas carol It was on a starry night and the style is inspired by Vincent Van Gogh's painting Starry Night. We will also be making our calendars which will carry the same style. As part of Art week, we have Christmas craft day, where we will be making sock snowmen for our stall at the Christmas Gallery evening. 

PE

In indoor PE, we will be learning how to play handball, we will be practising different throwing and catching techniques balances and we will put these into combined sequences. In outdoor PE, we will be learning how to play football where we will practise the different rules and techniques of the sport.

PE Kit

INDOOR: Plain white t-shirt and black shorts. 
OUTDOOR: Plain white t-shirt, plain black or grey tracksuit bottoms/ joggers, plain black or grey tracksuit top/ sweatshirt and trainers. No earrings for PE.

Computing

In Computing, we will be looking at spreadsheets. We will be learning how to create them and use the data in them, with the end goal of designing and making our own.

Other -

In music, we will be looking at the song ‘Hot Cross Buns’ and 'A sailor went to sea.' The children will be introduced to different percussion instruments and will develop their playing skills.    

In Spanish, we will be learning traditions and celebrations along with days of the week and months of the year. 

In PSHE, we will start off by refreshing our knowledge of the ‘Whitecote Way’. We will then move into learning about the importance of kindness and friendships as part of our Friendship week in school. We will be discussing relationships with friends, peers and adults and how we can stay safe online. 

Spelling (from the Emile Scheme)

Weeks 1 and 2 spelling tests will be a recap of Year 2 common exception words and pre assessment of Year 3 common exception words. The rest of the half-term will follow the Emile spelling scheme. (See below)

 

Maths Curriculum