Author: year3

Welcome back everyone! This term our topic will be Africa, with lots of cross-curricula activities in English, art, DT, music and even maths!  Below you can find an overview of the term – there’s also a PDF download available.  We are looking forward to all our new learning this term including thinking about our Big Question in RE (What is the Trinity?); working with 3-digit numbers in addition and subtraction and also learning about fractions in maths; writing journey tales and describing settings in English; investigating forces and magnets in science and thinking about our dreams and ambitions in PSHE!  Another term bursting with exciting learning!

 

Term 3 Overview – Africa (PDF Download)

The Year 3 Team
Chestnut – Mr Houghton & Mrs Gunn
Rowan – Miss Ryan & Miss Cox

Anti-bullying week got off to a good start today with #oddsocksday.  We love celebrating our differences!

This term in maths we will be continuing our focus on Key Instant Recall Facts.

Year 3’s focus for term 2 is: ‘I know the multiplication and division facts for the 3 times table′.

To complement the children’s learning at school, please could you help them at home as the key to these facts becoming embedded in the children’s memory is to practise little and often.

If you have any questions, please contact your class teacher via ClassDojo.

Many thanks

The Year 3 Team

Year 3 Term 2 Key Instant Recall Facts (PDF Download)

This term we continue with our topic theme about Rainforests.  Below you can find an overview of the term for your information along with a PDF download option.  We are looking forward to all our new learning this term as we look at Sikhism in RE; multiplication and division in maths; wishing tales, limericks and travel guides in English; skeletons, muscles and a balanced diet in science and celebrating differences in PSHE!

Term 2 Overview – Rainforests (PDF Download)

The Year 3 Team
Chestnut – Mr Houghton & Mrs Gunn
Rowan – Miss Ryan & Ms Cox

Year 3 have been using their maths skills in all kinds of subjects this week – from science to music, art to English, even in PE – and enjoying themselves at the same time!  They made fantastic maths hats to bring in too.  They thoroughly enjoyed the World War 2 code breakers workshop, tackling 7 different puzzles to stop the enemy in their tracks.  We also looked at money and the things we can do with it – spend it, save it or donate it, all thanks to the NatWest Moneysense workshop.  They ended the week with an Escape Room – could they find their way out of the forest by working out 8 different clues? – along with a game of French bingo, un… deux… trois…

On Wednesday 21st October, year 3 took part in a sponsored bounce to support our Maths Week events.

The children in Chestnut and Rowan had a fantastic day on Friday learning about all things Italian! They drew flags, learnt the numbers to 20, played Italian bingo, learned how to say hello and goodbye and to say the alphabet phonetically, played board games, completed a wordsearch and had a “cr-afternoon” making fans, Venetian masks and bridges out of spaghetti and marshmallows!

This year in maths we will be focusing on Key Instant Recall Facts with a different focus each term.

Year 3’s term 1 focus is: ‘I know number bonds for all numbers to 20′.

To compliment the children’s learning at school, please could you help them at home as the key to these facts becoming embedded in the children’s memory is to practise little and often.

If you have any questions, please contact your class teacher via ClassDojo.

Many thanks

The Year 3 Team

Year 3 Term 1 Key Instant Recall Facts (PDF Download)

This term our topic theme is Rainforests which will also feature in our art, music and science.  Below you can see an overview of the term for your information with a PDF download option in the link underneath the picture.  Although we are unable to offer a year group visit to a tropical rainforest, we will be immersing the children in this topic within our school environment!

Term 1 – Rainforests (PDF Download)

The Year 3 Team

We’d like to say a big ‘hello’ to all our new children and families joining us in Chestnut and Rowan this year. We really enjoyed welcoming the children back into school on Thursday and it was lovely to see all of them smiling and excited to be back after such a long time away.

Our PE day will be Thursday.  Please can you ensure your child has a full PE kit in school, clearly labelled so they can participate fully in our PE activities. Please could you also remove any jewellery (e.g. earrings, etc.) before the children come into school.

Please could you also ensure your child has a named water bottle in school each day to keep them hydrated and able to learn.

We look forward to getting to know you all over the next few weeks.  If you have any queries, please direct them to your class teacher via ClassDojo or phone/email the office.

As a reminder, the school day start and finish times are as follows for each class:

Rowan – 8.30am start, 3.00pm finish
Chestnut – 8.50am start, 3.20pm finish

Please adhere to these start and finish times to minimise the number of people on the school site at any one time and to allow social distancing to be observed.

Many thanks for your understanding

The Year 3 Team

Chestnut – Mr R Houghton and Mrs C Gunn
Rowan – Miss N Ryan and Ms V Cox