Welcome to Year 3

Welcome back, and may you have a happy new year. We hope that you have had a restful break. In year 3, children are taught by Ms Begum and Mr. Evans. Teaching and learning is supported by Miss Shufflebothom and Miss Johnson.

This half term, in year 3, children will be exploring prehistory - the historical period of Stone age to Iron Age - looking at chronology through time-lines, and exploring subject specific vocabulary and creating a glossary of historical terms. They will also look at artefacts and what they tell us about how people lived in the past. Another aspect that children will explore is the changes that have occurred over this time-span and how early man developed and became more sophisticated. Children will write some similes, create a glossary, and write instructions.

For the second part of the spring term, children will be using the classical novel - The Iron Man - by Ted Hughes to describe the Iron Man, using similes. They will also be writing a setting description, a conversation between the characters in the story, and an alternative ending.

During the second half of the spring term, children will look at rainforests - what they are, where they are and what lives in the rainforest. They will investigate how we, as humans, influence the world in which we live and discuss the pros and cons of deforestation. They will also write a diary entry from the perspective of an animal living in the rainforest.

This term, in Mathematics, children will be focussing on measurement - finding the length of objects, converting units of measure, e.g. 1m=100cm, and also calculating the perimeter of shapes. They will look at mass and capacity, as well as working on fractions - recognising fractions, recognising, finding and writing fractions of a discrete set of objects, recognising equivalent fractions, and adding and subtracting fractions with the same denominators.

PE - Our PE session will continue to take place every Wednesday, and this half term, children will develop their gymnastics skills, so please make sure they are in P.E. kits, every Wednesday. Please also make sure that all jewellery is removed, ear rings taken out and long hair tied back, in line with health and safety guidelines.

Homework - All children have been given passwords for Reading Eggs accounts and Rockstar’s times-tables - please ensure that your child goes onto these and completes some of the activities. Please also continue to listen to your child read at least three times a week. Once you have listened to them read, question them about what they have read. This is a good way of developing understanding of the text.

Kind regards,                       

Year 3 staff