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Welcome to Year 3 

Miss Sharma and Miss Richardson 

Spring 1

 

 Our driver theme this term is focussed on the Bronze Age and the Iron Age.  This will be a continuation of the learning we did about the Stone Age in the Autumn Term.  The children will consider ‘Who made metal first?’.  They will find out why bronze was a significant change from the Stone Age.  They will think about what the people used bronze for to help them in their daily life.  We will then look at the changes that happened during the Iron Age.  The children will learn about Stonehenge too.   

 

English

In English, we are focusing on explanation texts and instructional writing.  We will start with an exciting text based on our theme.  It is called The Boy with the Bronze Axe by Kathleen Fidler and it is based in Skara Brae  - a village we found out about during our learning about the Stone Age.  We will be writing a character description using one of the main characters from the book.  We will then be learning how to write an explanation text using the features needed.

 

 

 

Reading, as always, will be a crucial part of the children’s learning. The children will have a variety of reading lessons this year, whole class comprehension lessons, Little Wandle reading groups, AR quizzes, as well as one to one reading.  

 

 

 

 

 

Maths

 

In maths this half term, we will be learning about multiplication and division.  The children will use different manipulatives to explore what happens when we multiply and divide by 10 and 100.  We will then use partitioning to multiply and divide a 2 digit number. We will look at the skills needed to do these calculations where we need to regroup as well as linking these to solving problems. Later on, we will be learning about time. This will include reading analogue and digital clocks as well as measuring time and intervals of time. It would be helpful at home to encourage children to read the time whenever possible.        

 

Science

 

This half term we will be learning about circuits and switches.  We will find out how to make a complete circuit and how to draw it onto paper.  We will then investigate switches and find out how a switch works.    

 

RE

 

In RE, we will be exploring a focussed enquiry question: ‘Could Jesus heal people?  Were these miracles or is there some other explanation?’.  We will think about what a miracle is and then listen to a few different stories from the Bible where Jesus performs a miracle. 

 

Art

 

In art this half term we will be focusing on Bronze age and Iron Age jewellery.  We will look at some examples of jewellery from these ages and will sketch them.  We will learn how to apply shading in our work.  We will then design our own pendent necklace and will make one using papier mâché.     

 

PE

This half term the children will be having their sessions of Forest School on Thursdays.  These are led by Amanda who the children worked with in Year 2.  The children will be doing lots of exciting activities in the woods. They will also be having their PE lessons with Miss Abbott too on Tuesdays.       

 

Computing

In computing this half term we will begin our units of work on spreadsheets and touch typing. We will also do an exciting unit about emails where the children will learn to read and send emails using their We Learn365 account.   

 

PSHE

 

In PSHE this half term the children will consider many aspects linked to the unit ‘Dreams and Goals’.  The children will explore how to stay motivated when they are doing something challenging, how to have a positive attitude and how to work well in a group. 

 

Important information

  • PE this half term is timetabled for Tuesday and Forest School on Thursday. Children should come to school wearing a white T shirt, black shorts/joggers and trainers/plimsolls. For Forest School, the children can come to school in what they would usually wear on a PE day but they will also need to bring in: a waterproof coat, waterproof trousers and wellies to change into before their afternoon session. They can also bring in any additional warm clothes, hats, gloves etc, as it may be quite cold! The children may get muddy so please only send your child in with items you don’t mind getting muddy. The children can leave their wellies in school for the whole half term or they can take them home each week (please do put their name in all their belongings).  

 

  • The children will need to bring in their reading books and reading records every day. They will be able to quiz on their AR books during the school day. 

 

  • Homework will be sent every week.  The tasks are outlined in the weekly email sent to parents and are explained in class.  There will be an English task and a maths task that links to the lessons we have been doing during the week.   Children will also need to read to an adult 3 times per week and record this in their reading records.  They can also use Timetables Rockstar to help them secure their multiplication and division facts. 

 

  • Spellings will be sent home weekly in their yellow spelling books.  These will be a focus during our spelling lesson during the week.  It would be great to learn any tricky words at home. Please bring in the yellow spelling books on Friday so you can have the next set of words.  

 

 

How you can help your child at home

Children can access Purple Mash at home to do some extra games with the spellings for the week. They can also access the computing lessons for this half term.

Support your child in learning multiplication and division facts for the 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 10 times tables.

Listen to your child read at least 3 times per week and have discussions about the text (record the reading sessions in their reading records).

 

If you have any queries or questions about this information or any other concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. 

Many thanks,

Miss Sharma.

 

Useful links:
English:

Oxford Owl- provides access to free e-books (you have to create a free account to view them).

 

Your child has an individual log-in for this website. They can play spelling games based on lists of words. Please email Miss Sharma if you need reminding of your logins. 

 

Use these links to find an interesting image. What do you think is happening? Can you describe what is happening in your exercise book? Can you write a story about it?

 

On the Pobble 365 website, there is a different image everyday for you to use. If you click on 'Pick a Day' in the right hand corner of the Pobble 365 website you can select an image from any day. 

 

This website gives you access to thousands of free audio books, suitable for children to listen to once you sign up for free. 

 

Audible also has a large variety of free audiobooks for you to listen to. 

Spotify have recently introduced thousands of audiobooks to listen to if you have a subscription with them.

 

BBC Bitesize has lots of games and activities to revise spelling, punctuation and grammar (SPAG).

 

The School Reading List provides a variety of suggested texts that are appropriate for your children. 

Maths:

This website has LOTS of age appropriate maths resources and they have produced home learning packs for each year group with helpful videos and activities for each day of home learning. 

 

This website has lots of fun maths games. 

 

Look out for updates on inter-class battles!

 

BBC Supermovers : Select KS2 Mathematics to find all of our times tables dances and routines!

 

Other subjects:

Lots of free videos, games and presentations about different topics and themes, see what takes your fancy!

 

Once clicking this link, choose 'Espresso' from the drop down log-in menu in the top right hand corner. You have been given, in the front of your exercise books, a username and password for this website. 

 

Free resources to help learn more about Science, History and Geography topics.

 

With this link you can take a virtual tour around the British Museum, London. 

 

This website has lots of activities you can do in the garden, as well a lots of information about animals and plants for research tasks.

 

These games are the first steps of computer programming, they are very engaging for children. 

 

This is a typing game for children to become confident in typing on a keyboard. 

 

This website has fun movement videos for children.

We work with a company called SEND Supported at school and they are releasing newsletters each week offering support and guidance to parents of children who many have additional needs in school. Please find below a link to these newsletters:

There are also lots of other resources and information available on their website. The 'Things to do Issue 2 - Resources' file has some lovely activities for all children regardless of whether they have additional needs or not. There are lots of great visual puzzles and games for children to play so please have a look if you can. There are also resources available now to support with developing children's memory skills in 'Thing to do Issue 3 - Resources.'

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