Year Three Class Page
The latest news, home learning, learning and events will be posted on this page.
Friday 12th September
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
Friday 5th September
Welcome to Year 3!
It has been an absolute pleasure to welcome the children back to school, and watch them settle into the next stage of their educational journey in Key Stage 2.
We have spent some time this week discussing the new routines for year 3, taking part in a Vision and Values activity afternoon, voting for those who will represent our class for the four main councils in school, and talking about some of the topics we will be covering this half term.
Today we completed our WOW starter for the first unit of work in English, leaving us all intrigued about our new model text and the characters we will meet. All will be revealed next week!
Our 'Meet the Teacher' session is due to take place on Monday 15th September at 9am in the classroom. During this session, I will share further details about the Year 3 curriculum, routines and trips for the year ahead.
Home Learning
Next week we will be listening to all of the children read, and they will be given a new school reading book. As in Year 2, please comment and sign each time your child reads, aiming for 5 times a week, so that we can issue star stamps on their reading trackers. Going forward their book changing days will also remain the same as they were in Year 2, and this has been written on the front cover of their new reading records. Children must bring their reading record and books into school each day as there are ltos of opportunities for children to read with adults and independently.
Today we have completed the majority of the children’s baseline doodle assessments, and so Doodle learning should now be ready for the children to access again from home.
Next Week
Our PE days will be on Tuesday’s and Thursday’s.
In Maths, we will be learning more about place value, building upon the knowledge we acquired in Year 2. In these sessions, we will be looking at number line intervals, as well as representing and partitioning numbers up to 100. This will then be extended to looking at numbers up to 1000.
In English, we will be starting our new model text and looking at the tool kits that will accompany this unit of work.
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.
Mrs Collett