We've had a busy week in Year 3 as we have begun to explore our new topics for the half term.   

In English, our model text has started to be uncovered; so far, James, who works on the river in London, has found himself helping the firefighters, to try to put out a huge fire that is sweeping across the city. Not wanting to give up, James continues to work through the night. Will the fire ever end?  The last two sections will be revealed next week.

In Maths, we have been exploring place value in a variety of ways, next week we will be building on this by looking at 1000’s.

In Science, we have been learning about Igneous rocks and how they are formed from magma, both under and above the earth’s surface.

In PSHE, we have been thinking about why we have rules and what life would be like if we didn’t have any.  

In History, we are jumping back in time to the Prehistoric era, and will be exploring the Stone Age up to the Iron Age period.  This week we looked at time lines and the term AD.   

Art has always been one of our favourite subjects; this half term we will be linking it with our history topic.  This week we have started exploring Cave Art and shone a light on the famous sculpture ‘Lion Man’ that was created using mammoth ivory over 40,000 years ago.

Home Learning:

In addition to their Doodle learning, the children should be reading at least five times during the week, and getting their reading record signed.  All children have a school reading book and reading record.

Please could any outstanding reading books from Year 2, be returned to me on Monday.

I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible on Monday, for our meet the teacher session.  During this meeting, I will be going through the Year 3 curriculum, expectations and highlights for the year ahead.

Wishing you all a lovely weekend

Mrs Collett