WELCOME TO

 YEAR 3!

The classroom doors will open at 8:45 and children can begin making their way in. The school day begins at 8:50. The classroom doors will close at 8:55. Anyone arriving after this time will need to enter through the school office at main reception. The school day ends at 3:15pm. 

Our Learning

Welcome to the Spring Term!

We hope that you have had a lovely holiday and spent lots of times with your loved ones! We are very excited about the term ahead. 

In our English lessons, we will start by using the book, 'Escape from Pompeii' as our focus. We will be working on different sentence types, using adverbs and adverbial phrases, write multi-clause sentences, use expanded noun phrases, make inferences and punctuate speech. Our writing outcomes will include a diary entry, writing a letter to a loved one and planning, writing and editing a story. 

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In maths, we will continue to work on multiplication and division. The children will be learning to multiply and divide a 2 digit number by a 1 digit number and learning the 3 and 4 times tables.

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In science, we will continue our learning on light. What is a natural source of light, what is man-made source, how are shadows formed? 

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In RE, we will continue learning our learning about Christianity. We will focus on what the Trinity is and why it is important to Christians.

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In PSHE, our next unit is called 'Safety First'. We  will look at what it means to be responsible. We will also cover peer pressure, risks, hazards and dangers and how to manage different situations. We will also cover road, water and rail safety and then move onto dangerous substances. We will finish this topic by looking at first aid. 

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In Geography, we will finding out about volcanoes and earthquakes. We will be learning the different parts of a volcano and how and why the erupt. We will be introduced to lots of new key vocabulary, for example, 'tectonic plates, equator and lava.'  

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In our computing lessons, we will continue our topic on Spreadsheets before moving onto using PowerPoint  to plan and present out learning. We will also ensure that we keep up with TTRockstars too!

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In PE, we will working on our cognitive skills and also playing Netball.

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In our French lessons, we will be learning the words for different colours. 

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We are so excited for the term ahead, we hope that you are too!

The Year 3 team. 🙂