Summer Term    -   Rock of Ages

The Year 3  theme for the Summer term is 'Rock of Ages'. The children in History will be studying the Stone Age and we are lauching our topic with a Theatre Group visit to work with the children imagining life in the Stone Age. Our English book  'The Wild Way Home by Sophia Kirtley.' has been chosen for cross curricular links with our History. and finally in Science the children will be studying Rocks and Soils. 

What an interesting and fact finding term lays ahead for the children.

Spring term 2023

Year 3

Welcome to Year 3 and the Year 3 Team.  Mrs Cockill 3LC, Mrs Potts and Miss James 3JP, have been so pleased how the children have started their learning journey in the Autumn Term.  They have been working exceptionally hard and we hope to see lots of more of this in the Spring Term.

Topic

This term our topic is Rotten Romans. We are really excited to explore this topic across the curriculum including History, Design & Technology (later in the term) and English. We will be looking at a variety of texts  which are linked to our theme. 

Homework

Each week, children will be given homework on Friday. This will include Spellings and Maths or English activities. Spellings via 'Spelling Shed' will be accessed online and tested each Friday. We will also be continuing with Times Tables Rockstars in Year 3, which will enable children to learn their timestables at home in a fun, interactive way. Homework is due in every Friday.

Reading

Reading packs will be sent home with children and will include a book of their choosing (within their assessed reading range) and their reading record. It is so important that children read at home with an adult. It plays such an important part of their journey through school and your support in spending time with your child doing this, is invaluable.

PE

PE sessions are on a Tuesday and Thursday. We are currently using a resources called 'real PE' where children are taught important skills so they can enjoy and access sport.  Later on, children will have logins so they can use/demonstrate what they have learnt at home. Please ensure that your child has the appropriate PE kit (including warmer layers such as joggers and sweatshirts for outdoors during colder weather). Children will be asked to either remove stud earrings where possible or, if not, cover them with tape. Long hair should be tied back.  

Swimming sessions will continue with 3JP until 31st January on Tuesday afternoon which they are thoroughly enjoying.  We travel to Atherstone Leisure Centre by coach. 3LC will start their swimming sessions from 7th February 2023.

This Spring we will been looking at several very beautiful, inspiring books with Year 3.  To begin with The Wreck of the Zephyr by Chris Van Allsburg. A beautiful tale, where the children will be taken on a journey with a young boy in a small sail boat. One day the boy decided to go out despite the storm brewing just outside the harbor and against the warnings of an old fisherman. As he sails out of the harbor, a big gust strikes the boat and the strong waves knock him unconscious. When the boy recovers, he finds himself and the boat (the Zephyr) stranded on a strange beach far above shore. We are looking forward to lots of writing and expecting interesting questions to be asked about this very strange tale. 

Google Classrooms

Hopefully we won't ever be going back to Google Classrooms, however for now we will keep it!

The first part of this video shows you how to log into your google classroom. Mrs Haw demonstrates with a Year 6 classroom so ensure you are using the class code given by your own teacher. You won't find the work on the video in every classroom as this was set for Year 6, so once you're logged in you can see what we have set for you in our class. Keep your eyes peeled for our welcome video too!

Daily Dos

Common Exception Words

Times Table practise - Hit the button

Times Tables Rockstars

Purple Mash games

Weekly spellings

Mindfulness / Yoga / Keep fit / Creative

Cosmic Kids https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga

Go Noodle https://www.youtube.com/user/GoNoodleGames

White Rose resources covering current math topic for Spring 2 fractions click here.

Please use the above document to support maths home learning. 

It suggests a maths activity, along with a link to a Youtube information video, for each area of learning. 

There is a link to our weekly spellings at the bottom of our class page. 

This document has lots of different fun ways to practise spellings. Lots of these we have already tried in classes, and lots are new! Please try to practise spellings, or the Year 3 'Common Exception Words' daily.