Welcome To Year Three

Macaws' teachers: Miss Street

Toucans' teacher: Mrs. Khan

Y3 teaching assistants: Mrs Afzal, Miss Ulas

Our topic this term:

Urban Pioneers

Our first topic of Year 3 focuses on urban settlements locally, nationally and in Europe. We will start by learning about the main cities in the UK, countries in Europe, local building and monuments. Moving onto parts of a compass, grid references and finding out about what longitude and latitude means. 

In English, we will be creating our own poetry based on our 5 senses. In this unit, we will look at the features of poetry as well as the skill of performing in front of an audience. Our writing will be inspired by one of three different books to then write a book review on - including Silly Billy by Anthony Browne.

We will have a focus on basic punctuation, writing in present tense, neat handwriting as well as the format of a book review. 

In science, we will be learning about Plants. Children will identify and describe a number of common plants and their basic structure. They will also become familiar with how seeds grow into plants and what plants need to be healthy.

In mathematics, the Year 3 children will be developing their understanding of place value, addition and subtraction. They will learn to recognise the value of each digit in numbers up to 1,000, compare and order numbers, and use their knowledge of place value to solve problems. Children will also build confidence in adding and subtracting numbers using a range of written and mental methods, applying these skills to solve mathematical problems and explain their reasoning.

Please look at the PARENT OVERVIEW, also on this page, for a detailed breakdown of what else we will study in Term 1.

We look forward to sharing our work with you!

Reminder: Please make sure that your child comes to school with a water bottle. Don't forget to LABEL EVERYTHING! Thank you for your support. 

Homework

In year 3, we do reading and spellings for homework. Strong literacy skills are vital to a child's development, enjoyment and academic achievement. 

It is essential for a child to learn to read fluently. We strongly encourage your child to read at home 5 times a week. We request that you record this in your child's reading record. Children can write in the book and pages read, but reading diaries must be signed by an adult each time a child reads. The number of times a child has read is counted up on a MONDAY and the more they read, the more credits they will earn.

Children need to complete an online 'Accelerated Reader' quiz in school or at home (link is at the bottom of this page) when they have finished a book to show how well they understood what was read. They can retake the quiz if they aren't successful at first. The children will take a 'Star Reader' test at several points of the year, in order to establish their ZPD, which is the level at which they are reading and relates to the colour banded books that they read at school and home. Children's login details will be in the front of their homework diaries. On a FRIDAY we will check records and children will be awarded credits for each book quiz passed.

Children also need to regularly learn and practise their statutory spellings which are stuck in the back of their homework diary and are below. These are the words that all children in primary schools are expected to know by the end of their key stage as part of the English National Curriculum. We will choose 20 words at random from the list to test in the last week of term to track children's progress.

Year 3 PE

Our PE days are every Tuesday (outdoors) and  Thursday (outdoors), weather permitting. Our topics for Term 1 are Fundamental Skills and Dance. Please make sure children come in wearing full PE kit (trainers, black leggings/joggers, plain white t-shirt and red school jumper) on these days. Earrings must be removed or taped up and hair must be tied up if it can be. 

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