Dear Parents, Carers and Children,
Welcome to the Summer term in Year 3. It’s difficult to believe that we are this far through the school year! Here’s hoping that we continue to enjoy the wonderful weather we have had for our first week back. The children will certainly enjoy their time outside even more if the sun is shining. With this in mind, it's always worth packing a sunhat, sun cream and sunglasses as well as the usual waterproof!
It was great to see so many parents at our Progress Evenings at the end of last term. Communication between home and school helps to ensure the wellbeing of the children, so please do keep in touch across this final term of the school year. Information about learning this half term is attached on the overview for this half term. We hope that you find the overview useful in helping you to discuss learning with your children. Dates for upcoming events
Upcoming events:
Thursday 26th June - Year 3 Class Assembly
Date TBC - Discovery Museum Visit
PE UPDATE
Deer Class: PE is on Monday and Tuesday afternoons this half term.
Squirrel Class: Both PE lessons will be on Tuesday afternoon this half term.
This half term we have athletics, with Mr Richardson, and Outdoor Adventures, with the Sports Service.
Children should have PE kits (t-shirt and shorts) including suitable shoes. All lessons are outside.
Curriculum Overview
English - Key Stories
During this unit, we will be focusing on our third key story of the year: The Wishkeeper's Apprentice. We will be reading and discussing this book and other stories linked to the genre. We will be developing our own descriptive writing techniques and looking at how to use subordinate clauses as we write our own 'Conquering the Monster' tales.
Maths
Fractions
Children will learn to:
- Add and subtract fractions
- Partition the whole
- Find unit fractions of a set of objects
- Find non-unit fractions of a set of objects
- Reason with fractions of an amount
Money
Children will learn to:
- Convert pounds and pence
- Add and subtract money
- Give change
Time
Children will learn to:
- Read and write Roman numerals to 12
- Tell the time to 5 minutes
- Tell the time to the minute
- Read time on a digital clock
- Use am and pm
- Use start and end times
- Calculate durations
- Solve problems with time
Science - Plants
We will be looking at the parts and functions of plants and developing our scientific skills by using and creating classification keys. We will also be exploring the role of pollination and thinking about our responsibilities relating to this in creating environments that allow this to happen. If the weather allows, we hope to use the outdoor learning area to see this in action in the wild.
Geography - Rivers
In Geography , we will be learning about rivers. This will include looking at how rivers are used around the world and how human activity affects rivers. We will learn about the stages and features of a river, and how land use changes from the sources to the mouth. We will also look at the impact that flooding can have.
Computing - Stop Frame Animation
In Computing this half term, the children will use a range of techniques to create a stop-frame animation using tablets. Next, they will apply those skills to create a story-based animation. The unit will conclude with children adding other types of media to their animation, such as music and text.
Music - Enjoying Improvisation
We will be exploring the structure of songs , looking for patterns in songs that we recognise. We will be listening, singing, playing and improvising .
PSHE - Economic Wellbeing
In PHSE this half term, the children will be looking at how we pay for things and budgeting. We will also consider the impact of spending and the careers that we might like to pursue.
Spanish - In the Classroom
We will learn the names for familiar classroom objects as well as some familiar classroom commands. We will continue learning the alphabet in Spanish.
Art - Prehistoric Art
We will reflect on our learning about the Stone Age in History earlier this year as we learn about Prehistoric Art. We will learn about cave art and its purpose, before using charcoal and then a typical cave art palette of colours to create an animal picture in the style of prehistoric cave art. To complete this unit, we hope to create a piece of collaborative art using handprints.
Hinduism - God and Worship in the Home
We will learn about the beliefs and practices of people who follow the Hindu religion. In particular, we will learn about their ideas about God and how they worship at home.
PE - Athletics and Outdoor Adventures
In PE this half term, we will be working outdoors to develop our skills for these sports. Teamwork, communication and cooperation will be themes running throughout the lessons alongside the skill development.
Learning at Home
SPELLINGS: Test and new lists given on Friday
TIMES TABLES: Friday
READING: Children should aim to read at least 3 times a week at home, and regularly change their school reading books. Please remember to support the children by hearing them read and recording this in their planner. They should have their reading book and planner in school every day but it should return home each evening too.
As always, thank you very much for your on-going support, and please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any further questions or concerns during this half term.
Credits:
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