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Welcome to Year 3!
We will keep the Blog updated each week, to inform you about the children's learning. (Please look below!) Also, please refer to the Home Learning section to see how you can support them with this learning too. If you have any questions, please ask your child's teacher who will be happy to help.
Week Beginning Monday 5th June 2023
Monday is a Non Pupil Day, children start back on Tuesday 6th
We hope you all had a lovely half term. We’re looking forward to our last half term with Year 3 (Where did this year go?) We have lots of learning, fun and sunshine ahead!
Maths
We will be finishing our learning about time this week, before moving on to learn about shape over the next few weeks.
Here are the video links for the lessons we’ll be covering this week:
Time durations: https://vimeo.com/804228030
Minutes and seconds: https://vimeo.com/804228030
Units of Time: https://vimeo.com/804229262
Solve time problems: https://vimeo.com/804229262
English
We will be using ‘Did the Celts really use Hair Gel?’ as the basis for our next non-fiction unit. The text links our Iron Age learning in History and we will begin by familiarising ourselves with the book. We will consider how the text is structured and the features that are used to engage the reader.
Spelling
We have covered the Year 3 spelling patterns for this year. Over the next few weeks, we will be focusing on the errors in spelling patterns which arise in the children’s writing. We will re-teach the spelling patterns which the children are finding trickiest and are most commonly making spelling mistakes with.
We will focus on the remainder of our tricky words. Each class may be on a different set of 6, so please check in with your class teacher if you want to link your spelling home learning to the focus words in class. The sets which we have left to learn are:
- promise, purpose, quarter, question, recent, regular
- reign, remember, sentence, separate, special, straight
- strange, strength, suppose, surprise, therefore, though
- thought, through, various, weight, woman, women
When these have been completed, we will focus on practising the tricky words from the Year 3,4 in the context of the children’s writing. We will also practise in the context of handwriting.
Science
We begin to learn about forces and magnets. After establishing what children have remembered from their previous learning, we will investigate how different surfaces Impact on the distance that a toy car will travel after it is pushed down a ramp.
History
Following our Stone Age and Bronze Age learning, we now enter the Iron Age. This week, we will focus on the ways in which Iron advanced life in Britain.
DT
This half term we will be planning and preparing to make a seasonal fruit tart.
This week, we will do some preparation by looking at the ways in which climate affects food growth. This will help us to know what fruit we can use in our seasonal tart.
RE
Our big question is ‘How and why do people try to make the world a better place?’ This week we are considering in what ways things can go wrong in our lives and in the world and talk about why this may be.
PSHE
Our unit for this half term is ‘Changing Me’ and we begin by considering in what ways Year 3 children have changed since they were babies. We will look at different animals and what they look like as babies compared to the adult animal.
W/C 9th May 2023
We hope you enjoyed the Coronation bank holiday weekend!
Maths
We finish learning about money and begin learning about time:
Subtract money: https://vimeo.com/801930474
Giving change: https://vimeo.com/801930706
Roman Numerals to 12: https://vimeo.com/804225759
Tell the time to 5 minutes: https://vimeo.com/804225920
English
We will continue to write our own ‘Blue John’ story using the skills we’ve been learning:
- Use similes.
- Use commas in lists
- Make appropriate verb choices and use correct verb tense.
Spelling
Our spelling pattern for this week is the pre-fix ‘sub’
root word | prefix sub- + root word |
zero | subzero |
way | subway |
marine | submarine |
titles | subtitles |
merge | submerge |
heading | subheading |
The tricky words to focus on are: (the next 6 spellings on the Y3,4 list which is under the spelling star on the Y3 child page. My computer won’t open downloads at the moment – I will upload them when I’ve fixed the problem!)
Science
We begin to learn about light. We will find out about shadows and investigate how they are formed when an opaque object blocks the light source.
Geography
Our Geography this half term is a study of our local area. Our Geography this half term is a study of our local area. Due to the Bank Holiday weekend, we will defer our Geography learning until next week, when we will be walking around the Quay area looking at changes in physical and human land use.
Art
This half term we will be considering colours and textures in the context of tie dying and weaving. We will be applying the paper weaving skills we learnt last week, to fabric and create a woven piece of material.
RE
Our big question is ‘What kind of a world did Jesus want?’ This week we consider what Jesus’ teaching looks like today and the activities which take place in a church.
PSHE
Our unit for this half term is ‘Relationships’ and this week we will be considering how we can keep ourselves safe online, particularly thinking about who we can talk to if we are worried about anything we have seen online.
W/C 1st May 2023
We hope you enjoyed the Bank Holiday weekend!
Maths
We are learning about money this week.
Here are the video links for the lessons we’ll be covering:
Pounds and pence: https://vimeo.com/801929476
Convert pounds and pence: https://vimeo.com/801929760
Add money: https://vimeo.com/801930050
Subtract money: https://vimeo.com/801930474
English
We will be planning our own ‘Blue John’ story and beginning to write it, including the following skills:
- Use similes.
- Use commas in lists
- Using adverbs
- Make appropriate verb choices and use correct verb tense.
Spelling
Our spelling pattern for this we will be adding the pre-fix ‘sub’
root word | prefix sub- + root word |
zero | subzero |
way | subway |
marine | submarine |
titles | subtitles |
merge | submerge |
heading | subheading |
The tricky words to focus on are: possess, possession, possible, potatoes, pressure, probably.
Science
We are learning about light. We will learning about sun safety. In what ways the sun is good for us, but also how it can be harmful and how we can protect ourselves.
Geography
Our Geography this half term is a study of our local area. Due to the Bank Holiday extended weekend, we will not be covering a Geography lesson this week.
Art
This half term we will be considering colours and textures in the context of tie dying and weaving. This week we will be learning how to weave paper.
RE
Our big question is ‘What kind of a world did Jesus want?’ This week we are considering how Jesus gave messages through stories.
PSHE
Our unit for this half term is ‘Relationships’ and this week we will be thinking about how we can ask for help if we are worried or concerned about something we come across on line.
Week Commencing 24th April 2023
Maths
We continue to learn about fractions.
Here are the video links for the lessons we’ll be covering this week:
Unit fractions of a set of objects: https://vimeo.com/801901253
Non- Unit fractions of a set of objects: https://vimeo.com/801901503
Reasoning with fractions of an amount: https://vimeo.com/801901618
English
We will continue to familiarise ourselves with ‘Blue John’ by Berlie Doherty. It’s a gorgeous book, and links really well to our up coming trip to Kents Cavern. We will then focus on learning some grammar skills which this week will include:
- Use similes.
- Use commas in lists
- Make appropriate verb choices and use correct verb tense.
Spelling
Our spelling pattern for this week is the pre-fix ‘super’
root word | prefix super- + root word |
man | superman |
woman | superwoman |
human | superhuman |
hero | superhero |
size | supersize |
star | superstar |
The tricky words to focus on are: ordinary, particular, peculiar, perhaps, popular, position
Science
We begin to learn about light. We will carry out an investigation to find out which materials reflect the most light and how the use of reflective materials can be helpful in keeping us safe, for example, cats eyes and high visibility jackets.
Geography
Our Geography this half term is a study of our local area. This week, we will walk around our own school grounds and consider the physical and human geography changes that have taken place over time.
Art
This half term we will be considering colours and textures in the context of tie dying and weaving. This week we will be tie dying material to use as weaving strips.
RE
Our big question is ‘What kind of a world did Jesus want?’ This week we are considering how Jesus delivered his messages through stories.
PSHE
Our unit for this half term is ‘Relationships’ and we begin by considering our friendships and how we can negotiate in ‘conflict’ situations and find a ‘win/win’ solution.
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Week commencing 18th April
Maths
We return to our learning about fractions.
Here are the video links for the lessons we’ll be covering this week:
Add fractions: https://vimeo.com/801900963
Subtract fractions: https://vimeo.com/801901064
Partition the whole: https://vimeo.com/801901064
English
We will read and get to know the story ‘Blue John’ by Berlie Doherty. It’s a gorgeous book, and links really well to our up coming trip to Kents Cavern.
Spelling
Our spelling pattern for this week is the pre-fix ‘anti’
root word | prefix anti- + root word |
freeze | antifreeze |
clockwise | anticlockwise |
social | antisocial |
septic | antiseptic |
The tricky words to focus on are: naughty, notice, occasion, occasionally, often opposite.
Science
We begin to learn about light. We will consider what the ‘dark’ is and the different sources of light.
Geography
Our Geography this half term is a study of our local area. We begin by looking at atlases, Digi-maps, and local street plans. We will locate where we live in the country and then where our school is in the context of Exeter.
Art
This half term we will be considering colours and textures in the context of tie dying and weaving. This week we will be creating a mood board.
RE
Our big question is ‘What kind of a world did Jesus want?’ This week we are considering how Jesus called his disciples.
PSHE
Our unit for this half term is ‘Relationships’ and we begin by considering our family roles and responsibilities.
Week Commencing 27th March
Monday 27th we have a visiting dentist - please send your child to school with toothbrush and paste.
Tue 28th 10.30 KS2 Easter Church service
Tue 28th March and Wed 29th March parent evenings
Maths
We finish our learning about capacity
Equivalent Capacities: https://vimeo.com/774867062
Add and Subtract Capacity and Volume : https://vimeo.com/774867409
English
We are writing poetry. We will particularly be looking at similies and adventurous vocabulary in the context of a Dragon Poem. We'll also revisit using possessive apostrophes.
Spelling
Our spelling pattern for this week is the pre-fix ‘super’
root word | prefix super- + root word |
man | superman |
woman | superwoman |
human | superhuman |
hero | superhero |
size | supersize |
star | superstar |
The tricky words to focus on are: ordinary, particular, peculiar, perhaps, popular, position
Science
We continue to learn about food and nutrition. This week we will find out about the diet of lions and butterflies before completing a quiz to see how much we have learnt about food and nutrition.
History
Our Bronze Age learning comes to an end and we will summarise what we have learnt and quiz ourselves on some Bronze Age facts.
DT
This week, we finish our cushion and bring it home.
RE
We will finish our learning about Judaism, this week finding out about Passover.
Week Commencing 20th March
Maths
We continue to learn about mass and then start to learn about capacity
Here are the video links for the lessons we’ll be covering this week:
Compare Mass:https: https: //vimeo.com/774865778
Add and Subtract Mass: https://vimeo.com/774865920
Measure capacity and volume: https://vimeo.com/774866593
English
We are using the last two weeks of this half term to write some poetry. We will particularly be looking at similies and adventurous vocabulary in the context of a Dragon Poem. We'll also revisit using possessive apostrophes.
Spelling
Our spelling pattern for this week is the pre-fix ‘anti’
root word | prefix anti- + root word |
freeze | antifreeze |
clockwise | anticlockwise |
social | antisocial |
septic | antiseptic |
The tricky words to focus on are: naughty, notice, occasion, occasionally,often and opposite
Science
We continue to learn about food and nutrition. This week we will be using a Venn Diagram to sort animals which are herbivores, carnivores and omnivores.
History
Our Bronze Age learning continues. This week, we are using evidence from a Bronze age cist to consider who might have been the person buried there and what he/she used to do.
DT
This week, we begin to sew our cushion pieces together.
RE
We continue to learn about Judaism, this week exploring the story of Moses.
PSHE
Our theme this half term Is ‘Healthy Me’. This week we look at strategies we can use to keep ourselves safe.
Week Commencing 13th March
Thank you for your support with our Y3 French Assembly, we were so proud of the children, they performed brilliantly and their French was fabulous!
Maths
We finish our current learning about Fractions
Following this, up until the Easter Holidays, we will then be learning about Mass and Capacity. Here are the video links for the lessons we’ll be covering this week:
Using scales: https://vimeo.com/774864912
Measuring mass in grams: https://vimeo.com/774865129
Measuring mass in Kilograms and grams: https://vimeo.com/774865421
English
We are planning and then beginning to write our Grendel stories using the grammar skills we have focused on in previous weeks.
Spelling
Our spelling pattern for this week is the pre-fix ‘re’
root word | prefix re- + root word |
heat | reheat |
connect | reconnect |
cycle | recyle |
decorate | redecorate |
new | renew |
place | replace |
The tricky words to focus on are: library, material, medicine, mention, minute, natural
Science
We continue to learn about food and nutrition. This week we will be considering the different dietary needs of animals and how they differ. For example: Bees, Lions and Giant Pandas
History
Our Bronze Age learning continues. Last week we learnt about Monuments and this week we are finding out more about a local Bronze Age Monument (Merrivale, Dartmoor)
DT
Last week we made our cushion templates and this week we will be stitching on our applique and beginning to sew the cushions together.
RE
We continue to learn about Judaism, this week exploring the story of Moses.
PSHE
Our theme this half term Is ‘Healthy Me’. This week we look at drugs which are safe for us such as medicine which our Doctor prescribes us and how some drugs are not safe for us such as tobacco.
Week Commencing 6th March 2023
Monday 6th March is our celebration of World Book Day. Children are invited to come to school as a book character, and our entire day will be devoted to World Book Day. The children will rotate around the three Year 3 classes and carry out fun activities linked to each teacher's choice of book. The rest of the day we will be taking inspiration from the World Book Day website to lead our chosen activities.
During the mornings of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday we will be assessing the progress children have made during Year 3, in their Reading, Writing and Maths. We will also be practising for our parent assembly which will be on the Friday afternoon.
Friday 10th March is our Parent Assembly from 2.15pm in the Studio. If you are able to come along, please go to the office door and wait until we are ready for you to join us. The children are invited bring in a top which matches the colours of the French Flag (Squirrels: blue, Hedgehogs: white and Moles: red), as much of our assembly will be linked to our French languages curriculum.
We will return to a more normal timetable next week!
Weeks Commencing 20th and 27th February 2023
Home Learning
Please refer to our Home Learning Section of the Year 3 Class Pages.
Monday 20th February
We will be introducing our History Bronze Age learning for this half term, with a craft workshop. Children can come to school in non-uniform which is suitable for craft activities. Normal lunch time arrangements. The activities will take place in the children’s classrooms at school.
Year 3 are learning about the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age this year. To consolidate learning about the Stone Age and prepare for future learning about the Bronze and Iron Age, we have organised an informative, fun and craft filled Workshop Day. Activities and resources will be provided from ‘History off the page’ and will be run by the class teachers throughout the day. Activities will include:
- A carving
- A cave painting
- Woven fabric
- A coil pot
- A clay tablet with writing
- A stater (an Iron Age coin)
Maths
We begin a unit of learning linked to fractions.
These video links will show you what we are learning:
Understanding the denominators of unit fractions https://vimeo.com/772428568
Compare and order unit fractions https://vimeo.com/772428693
Understand the numerators of non-unit fractions https://vimeo.com/772428818
Understand the whole https://vimeo.com/772428932
Compare and order non-unit fractions https://vimeo.com/772157075
Fractions and scales https://vimeo.com/772429201
Fractions on a number line https://vimeo.com/772429367
Equivalent fractions on a number line https://vimeo.com/772429568
English
We will get to know the book ‘Grendel: A Cautionary Tale about Chocolate’ during the first week. During the second week, we will begin to focus on the following:
- To use dialogue to show character.
- To use and punctuate direct speech.
- To vary the position of the reporting clause.
- To use question marks and exclamation marks to punctuate.
- To use synonyms for said and adverbs
We are now writing our own Amazon adventures, including a diary entry, a letter and a fact file.
Spellings
Week commencing 20th February
The tricky words to learn this week are:
important, interest, island, knowledge, learn, length
Our spelling pattern this week is: Adding the suffix ‘…ian’
root word | root word + suffix -ian |
magic | magician |
electric | electrician |
music | musician |
optic | optician |
Week commencing 27th February
The tricky words to learn this week are:
library, material, medicine, mention, minute, natural
Our spelling pattern this week is: Adding the prefix ‘re…’
root word | prefix re- + root word |
heat | reheat |
connect | reconnect |
cycle | recyle |
decorate | redecorate |
new | renew |
place | replace |
Reading
This half term our Guided Reading will be in the form of a carousel of reading activities and for these two weeks, the text we are focusing on is ‘The Penguin in Lost Property’ by Jan Dean.
Science
We will be learning about food and nutrition for animals including humans. These are the key things we will be learning about over the next few weeks:
- To know that animals need to eat to get the nutrients they need.
- To know that food contains a range of different nutrients such as carbohydrates, protein, vitamins, minerals, fats, sugars, water and fibre.
• To know different amounts of nutrients are needed to stay healthy
• To know that a piece of food will often provide a range of nutrients
Geography
We will be following up our Stone Age History, but learning about changes as Britain moved into the ‘Bronze Age’. During these first two weeks, we will learn about the process of smelting and the monuments which were built in the Bronze Age, including ‘Merivale’.
R.E.
Our big question for this half term is: How are Festivals and Family Life, important in Judaism?
During our first two weeks we will learn about the Jewish festivals of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
Design Technology
This half term we will be following a Kapow Unit of Work which will focus on designing and making small cushions. During the first two lessons we will re-visit how to use the running stitch which we learnt in Year 2 before learning cross stitch.
Weeks Commencing 30th January and 6th February 2023
Home Learning
Please refer to our Home Learning Section of the Year 3 Class Pages.
Maths
We continue to learn about length and perimeter.
These video links will show you what we are learning:
Equivalent lengths (m and cm) https://vimeo.com/772155253
Equivalent lengths (mm and cm) https://vimeo.com/772155680
Add lengths https://vimeo.com/772156522
Subtract lengths: https://vimeo.com/772157075
Perimeter: https://vimeo.com/772157895 and https://vimeo.com/772158193
English
We have been learning the following skills:
- Apostrophes for contraction.
- Apostrophes for possession.
- Prepositions to express time, place and cause.
We are now writing our own Amazon adventures, including a diary entry, a letter and a fact file.
Spellings
Week commencing 30th January
The tricky words to learn this week are:
forwards, fruit, grammar, group, guard, guide
Our spelling pattern this week is: Words with the sh sound spelt ch
- chute
- brochure
- chalet
- chandelier
Week commencing 6th February
The tricky words to learn this week are:
heard, heart, height, history, imagine, increase
Our spelling pattern this week is:Adding the suffix -ion
- correction
- contraction
- construction
- location
- concentration
- exaggeration
Reading
This half term we will be reading ‘Beasts of the Olympus’ during out whole class Guided Reading sessions. We will be developing our vocabulary and comprehension skills.
Science
We will be learning about plants. These are the key things we will be learning about over the next few weeks:
- Identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants: roots; stem/trunk; leaves; and flowers.
• Explore the requirements of plants for life and growth (air, light, water, nutrients from soil, and room to grow) and how they vary from plant to plant.
• Investigate the way in which water is transported within plants.
• Explore the part that flowers play in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal.
Geography
We will be following the Unit ‘Why are Jungles so wet and Deserts so dry?’ We have looked at the difference between weather and climate and located the Earth’s climate zones. We are now learning to understand how climate affects animals and plants.
We will learn why the Amazon is so wet and humid and Arica is the driest inhabited place on Earth.
R.E.
Our big question for this half term is: How do festivals and family life show what matters to a Muslim? We have learnt about the 5 pillars of Islam, Salah (Muslim prayer) and the importance of the Mosque.
We are now learning about Ramadan and Eid.
Art
This half term we will be following the Kapow Unit of Work: ‘Formal elements of Art’. We have learnt to recognise and draw simple geometric shapes found in everyday objects, applied this to an observational drawing of a can of drink. We have used modelling wire to create a basic fish shape.
We will now learn how to create tone through shading and will make a sock puppet.
Weeks Commencing 16th and 23rd January 2023
Home Learning
Please refer to our Home Learning Section of the Year 3 Class Pages.
Maths
We will finish our current unit on multiplication and division and then begin to learn about length and perimeter.
These video links will show you what we are learning:
Divide 2 digits by 1 digit https://vimeo.com/772117900
Divide 2 digits by 1 digit with remainders https://vimeo.com/772128909
Measure in metres and centimetres https://vimeo.com/772154057
Measure in millimetres https://vimeo.com/772154331
Measure in centimetres and millimetres https://vimeo.com/772154575
English
Our key learning will be focused on using the following skills:
- Apostrophes for contraction.
- Apostrophes for possession.
- Prepositions to express time, place and cause.
Once we have focused on learning these skills, we will begin to write our own Amazon adventures, beginning with writing a diary entry.
Spellings
Week commencing 16th January
The tricky words to learn this week are: earth, eight, eighth, enough, exercise, experience
Our spelling pattern this week is adding the suffix ‘-ation’:
root word | root word + suffix -ation OR drop the e before adding -ation |
inform | information |
limit | limitation |
sense | sensation |
admire | admiration |
prepare | preparation |
Week commencing 23rd January
The tricky words to learn this week are: experiment, extreme, February, forwards, fruit, grammar
Our spelling pattern this week is to investigate words with the ‘c’ sound spelt ‘ch’
character
chaos
chemist
chorus
school
echo
mechanic
stomach
Reading
This half term we will be reading ‘Beasts of the Olympus’ during out whole class Guided Reading sessions. We will be developing our vocabulary and comprehension skills.
Science
We will be learning about plants. These are the key things we will be learning about over the next few weeks:
- Identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants: roots; stem/trunk; leaves; and flowers.
• Explore the requirements of plants for life and growth (air, light, water, nutrients from soil, and room to grow) and how they vary from plant to plant.
• Investigate the way in which water is transported within plants.
• Explore the part that flowers play in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal.
Geography
We will be following the Unit ‘Why are Jungles so wet and Deserts so dry?’ We have looked at the difference between weather and climate.
We are now locating the Earth’s climate zones and finding out about them using climate graphs.
R.E.
Our big question for this half term is: How do festivals and family life show what matters to a Muslim? We are learning about the 5 pillars of Islam and will be finding out more about Salah (Muslim prayer) and the importance of the Mosque.
Art
This half term we will be following the Kapow Unit of Work: ‘Formal elements of Art’. We have learnt to recognise and draw simple geometric shapes found in everyday objects, applied this to an observational drawing of a can of drink. Now we will use modelling wire to create a basic fish shape.
Weeks Commencing 5th & 9th January 2023
Thursday 5th January: Back to School!
Home Learning
Please refer to our Home Learning Section of the Year 3 Class Pages.
Maths
We will be refreshing the children’s learning of their X2, X4 and X8; the link between multiplication and division; and related facts – how division facts can be understood from multiplication facts and how we can build on these facts to multiply and divide 2 larger numbers. These video links will show you more:
Consolidate X2, X4, X8 https://vimeo.com/485432791
Link between division and multiplication https://vimeo.com/485433674
Related facts https://vimeo.com/486330232
English
We will familiarise ourselves with the book ‘Rainforest Rough Guide’ by Paul Mason.
Our key learning over the next few weeks will be focused on using the following skills:
- Apostrophes for contraction.
- Apostrophes for possession.
- Prepositions to express time, place and cause.
Spellings
The tricky words to learn this week are:
decide, describe, different, difficult, disappear, early
Our spelling pattern this week is adding the suffix ‘ture’:
adventure
picture
capture
temperature
furniture
future
creature
Reading
This half term we will be reading ‘Beasts of the Olympus’ during out whole class Guided Reading sessions. We will be developing our vocabulary and comprehension skills.
Science
We will be learning about plants. These are the key things we will be learning about over the next few weeks:
- Identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants: roots; stem/trunk; leaves; and flowers.
• Explore the requirements of plants for life and growth (air, light, water, nutrients from soil, and room to grow) and how they vary from plant to plant.
• Investigate the way in which water is transported within plants.
• Explore the part that flowers play in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal.
Geography
We will be following the Unit ‘Why are Jungles so wet and Deserts so dry?’ We will begin by looking at the difference between weather and climate.
R.E.
Our big question for this half term is: How do festivals and family life show what matters to a Muslim?
Art
This half term we will be following the Kapow Unit of Work: ‘Formal elements of Art’, beginning by learning how to recognise and draw simple geometric shapes found in everyday objects.
Weeks Commencing 21st and 28th November 2022
Home Learning
Please have a look at the information in our Home Learning yellow star which is in the Year 3 class pages menu. As a school, we emphasise the value of daily reading. Your child has a home a reading record to support this – please ensure it is filled in and comes into school each morning. We also encourage regular practising of X table skills and number bond facts through Times Table Rock Stars and Numbots. The link to these programmes is in the Home Learning yellow star.
Maths
We will be learning about multiplication and division. This starts with a focus on arrays and then progresses to multiplying and dividing by 3 & the 3 X table; this is then repeated for the 4 and 8 times tables.
Here are links to some White Rose videos which cover this learning. We won’t be using these directly in class, but you may find them helpful for supporting your child at home.
Use arrays https://vimeo.com/732395183
Multiply by 3: https://vimeo.com/732395341
Divide by 3: https://vimeo.com/732395377
3 X table: https://vimeo.com/732395412
Multiply by 4: https://vimeo.com/732395444
Divide by 4: https://vimeo.com/732395444
4 X table: https://vimeo.com/732395516
By the end of Year 2, children are expected to know their 2, 5, and 10 times tables.
In Year 3, we will continue to practise these, and will learn our 3, 4 and 8 times tables.
We will finish writing our own Beasties story (using the skills of paragraphing; sub-ordinating conjunctions; expanded noun phrases and punctuating direct speech).
After this, we will begin ‘How Dogs Really Work’ by Alan Snow. This is a fun explanation text. We’ll spend a few lessons becoming familiar with the book and look at the text features and skills which the author has used. Then we will spend several lessons learning these skills:
- Use headings and sub-headings
- Use a range of conjunctions to extend sentences
- Use adverbs
- Use pronouns to avoid repetition.
Reading
Your child should be bringing home a reading book from school each day, and a Reading Record booklet. We really appreciate your support hearing your child read daily at home. Please can you record the reading they have done in their reading booklet. We are using Accelerated Reader in school. Every half term, the children are tested on their reading and comprehension skills, and given a ‘reading zone’ of appropriate books to choose from. Every time they finish a book, they complete a quiz which tests how well they have understood it.
Science
We will be learning about rocks and fossils. Over this fortnight we will go on a school fossil hunt and learn about what fossils are and how they are formed. We’ll also learn about the work of Mary Anning.
R.E.
Our big question for this half term is: ‘What is it like to follow God? Having learnt about the bible story of Noah, we will now focus on the Bible stories about Abraham.
Design and Technology
This half term we will be creating levers and pulleys in cards, linked to our Stone Age theme! We will be practising making different mechanisms which we will then use in a Jack and Jill book for Year 1.
History
Our History for this half term is all about the Stone Age. We will learn about pre-history and how archaeologists use artefacts to find out what life was like in the past.
Weeks Commencing 7th and 14th November 2021
Home Learning
Please have a look at the information in our Home Learning yellow star which is in the Year 3 class pages menu. As a school, we emphasise the value of daily reading. Your child has a home a reading record to support this – please ensure it is filled in and comes into school each morning. We also encourage regular practising of X table skills and number bond facts through Times Table Rock Stars and Numbots. The link to these programmes is in the Home Learning yellow star.
Maths
We will be learning how to add and subtract using the column method.
Here are links to some White Rose videos which cover this learning. We won’t be using these directly in class, but you may find them helpful for supporting your child at home.
Add 2 numbers (no exchange) https://vimeo.com/731049452
Add 2 numbers (with exchange) https://vimeo.com/731050814
Subtract 2 numbers (no exchange) https://vimeo.com/731049925
Subtract 2 numbers (with exchange) https://vimeo.com/731049925
By the end of Year 2, children are expected to know their 2, 5, and 10 times tables.
In Year 3, we will continue to practise these, and will learn our 3, 4 and 8 times tables. Last half term we focused on the 4x table and this half term we will focus on the 3x table.
English
We will be learning how to punctuate direct speech using inverted commas (speech marks). We’ll also continue our learning about sub-ordinating conjunctions and how to structure our writing using paragraphs.
Spellings
We are learning to use the pre-fix: un / in / dis
root word | prefix in- + root word |
complete | incomplete |
visible | invisible |
happy | unhappy |
dress | undress |
like | dislike |
obey | disobey |
The tricky words we are learning to spell are: accident, accidentally, actual, actually, address, answer
Reading
Your child should be bringing home a reading book from school each day, and a Reading Record booklet. We really appreciate your support hearing your child read daily at home. Please can you record the reading they have done in their reading booklet. We are using Accelerated Reader in school. Every half term, the children are tested on their reading and comprehension skills, and given a ‘reading zone’ of appropriate books to choose from. Every time they finish a book, they complete a quiz which tests how well they have understood it.
Science
We will be learning about rocks and fossils. We will learn about the 3 main rock types: igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. We will investigate the properties of some of these rocks – are they hard / soft? Are them permeable?
R.E.
Our big question for this half term is: ‘What is it like to follow God? We will be learning about the bible story of Noah.
Design and Technology
This half term we will be creating levers and pulleys in cards, linked to our Stone Age theme! We will be practising making different mechanisms which we will then use in a Jack and Jill book for Year 1.
History
Our History for this half term is all about the Stone Age. We will learn about pre-history and how archaeologists use artefacts to find out what life was like in the past
Week Commencing Tuesday 1st November 2021
Home Learning
Please have a look at the information in our Home Learning yellow star which is in the Year 3 class pages menu. As a school, we emphasise the value of daily reading. Your child has a home a reading record to support this – please ensure it is filled in and comes into school each morning. We also encourage regular practising of X table skills and number bond facts through Times Table Rock Stars and Numbots. The link to these programmes is in the Home Learning yellow star.
Maths
We will continue to develop our addition and subtraction skills.
Here are links to some White Rose videos which cover the learning for this week. We won’t be using these directly in class, but you may find them helpful for supporting your child at home.
Add and subtract 2 digit and 3 digit numbers not crossing the 100 boundary. https://vimeo.com/461352494
Add 2 digit and 3 digit numbers crossing the 100 boundary. https://vimeo.com/461794950
By the end of Year 2, children are expected to know their 2, 5, and 10 times tables.
In Year 3, we will continue to practise these, and will learn our 3, 4 and 8 times tables. Last half term we focused on the 4x table and this half term we will focus on the 3x table.
English
We will be getting to know ‘The Beasties’ by Jenny Nimmo. The book about a little girl who can’t get to sleep at night. Each night a cute little Beastie tells her a story to help her sleep. It’s a lovely book, and once we become familiar with it, we will begin to write our own Beastie story.
Reading
Your child should be bringing home a reading book from school each day, and a Reading Record booklet. We really appreciate your support hearing your child read daily at home. Please can you record the reading they have done in their reading booklet. We are using Accelerated Reader in school. Every half term, the children are tested on their reading and comprehension skills, and given a ‘reading zone’ of appropriate books to choose from. Every time they finish a book, they complete a quiz which tests how well they have understood it.
Science
We will be learning about rocks and fossils this half term. We will find out how much the children already know and will then look carefully at some igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rock samples using the magnifying lenses.
R.E.
Our big question for this half term is: ‘What is it like to follow God? This week we will be having a look at the Bible and finding out how it is structured and what we might find in it.
Design and Technology
This half term we will be creating levers and pulleys in cards, linked to our Stone Age theme! We will start by looking at some books which use these mechanisms and consider what we will be able to design and make ourselves.
History
Our History for this half term is all about the Stone Age. This week we will find out what the children think the Stone Age was like and begin to explore whether their ideas are. For example, cartoon pictures may combine Stone Age people and dinosaurs, but dinosaurs died out 60 million years before the stone age!
Week Commencing 24th October 2022
Half Term Holiday
We hope the children have a great half term break and look forward to seeing them back in school on Tuesday 1st November.
Pre-Historic Art
Autumn 1st Half Term
Welcome to Year 3 Letter
Weeks Commencing 10th 17th October 2022
Home Learning
Please have a look at the information in our Home Learning yellow star which is in the Year 3 class pages menu. As a school, we are currently emphasising the value of daily reading. Your child will be bringing home a reading record to support this – please ensure it is filled in and comes into school each morning. We are also encouraging regular practising of X table skills and number bond facts through Times Table Rock Stars and Numbots. The link to these programmes is in the Home Learning yellow star.
Maths
We will be focusing on on addition and subtraction skills.
Here are links to some White Rose videos. We won’t be using these directly in class, but you may find them helpful for supporting your child at home.
Add and subtract 3 digit numbers and 1’s not crossing the tens boundary: https://vimeo.com/459319169
Add and subtract 3 digit numbers and 1’s crossing the tens boundary:: https://vimeo.com/459365558
Subtract a 1 digit number from a 2 digit number crossing the tens boundary: https://vimeo.com/461351304
Subtract a 1 digit number from a 2 digit number crossing the tens boundary: https://vimeo.com/461351796
Add and subtract 3 digit and 2 digit numbers not crossing the tens boundary:: https://vimeo.com/461352494
By the end of Year 2, children are expected to know their 2, 5, and 10 times tables.
In Year 3, we will continue to practise these, and will learn our 3, 4 and 8 times tables. We are continuing to sing the 4 times table and also to solve 4X table problems.
English
We will be reading and discussing ‘Beachcomber’ poem by George Mackay Brown. Over the final 2 weeks of this half term, we will be writing our own poems in this style. We will consider our choices of vocabulary, use of expanded noun phrases, prepositional phrases and commas in a list.
Reading
Your child should be bringing home a reading book from school each day, and a new Reading Record booklet. We really appreciate your support hearing your child read daily at home. Please can you record the reading they have done in their reading booklet. We are using a Accelerated Reader in school. Every half term, the children are tested on their reading and comprehension skills, and given a ‘reading zone’ of appropriate books to choose from. Every time they finish a book, they complete a quiz which tests how well they have understood it.
Science
Our current Science unit is all about skeletons and muscles. We’ll investigate the role of muscles in helping us to move. We will also measure how our heart rate changes with exercise and plot this on a bar graph.
R.E.
Our current unit is: ‘What do Christians learn from the Creation Story? This week we ask ‘Who were Adam and Eve and what did they do?’ We will be visiting the Church for Harvest Festival.
Art
We continue with our Cave Paintings by using hand prints.
Geography
Our Geography work this half term is ‘How can we live more sustainably?’ We are finding out the ways in which our school is carrying out sustainable activities, and how we could improve.
Week Commencing 2nd October 2022
Home Learning
Please have a look at the information in our Home Learning yellow star which is in the Year 3 class pages menu. As a school, we are currently emphasising the value of daily reading. Your child will be bringing home a reading record to support this – please ensure it is filled in and comes into school each morning. We are also encouraging practising of X table skills and number bond facts through Times Table Rock Stars and Numbots. The link to these programmes is in the Home Learning yellow star.
Maths
This week we will be focusing on adding and subtracting 1, 10 and 100, including when crossing the 10s and 100s boundaries. Here are links to some White Rose videos. We won’t be using these directly in class, but you may find them helpful for supporting your child at home.
+ and – 1,10,100: https://vimeo.com/454675288
+ ones across a 10 boundary: https://vimeo.com/731046283
+ tens across a 100 boundary: https://vimeo.com/731046824
- ones across a 10 boundary: https://vimeo.com/731047347
- tens across a 100 boundary: https://vimeo.com/731048131
By the end of Year 2, children are expected to know their 2, 5, and 10 times tables.
In Year 3, we will continue to practise these, and will learn our 3, 4 and 8 times tables. We are currently focusing on the 4 times table.
English
We continue to study ‘Intriguing Animals’ by Ben Hoare. (A stunning book, with beautiful art work and lots of facts about different animals written to engage a young reader.) This week we are writing our own information pages about a sea animal.
We will send the finished writing to Plymouth Aquarium.
We will continue to practise our joined handwriting and spellings. We are currently finishing the Year 2 spelling programme (each class is at a slightly different point with this). We will let you know when we begin the Year 3 programme and we will have a weekly focus across the 3 classes and 6 tricky words to learn each week.
We have added the Year 1 & 2 tricky words and the Year 3 and 4 tricky words as a document in the Blog so that you can see if there are any words from the Year 1 & 2 list which your child is still finding tricky. These would be good ones to focus on.
Reading
Your child should be bringing home a reading book from school each day, and a new Reading Record booklet. We really appreciate your support hearing your child read daily at home. Please can you record the reading they have done in their reading booklet.
Science
Our current Science unit is all about skeletons and muscles. This week, we’ll carry out an investigation which will link with our measuring skills in maths. We will measure our height and the length of some of our bones. Will the tallest children have the longest bones?
R.E.
Our current unit is: ‘What do Christians learn from the Creation Story? We began by exploring the school grounds and looking for awe and wonder, and then remembering the 7 days of the Christian Creation Story. This week we will consider what Christians do because they believe God is Creator.
Art
We are learning about cave paintings. We have been drawing our own cave style animals and then scaling them up using charcoal. Last week we made our own paints and this week we will be choosing and using different painting techniques.
Geography
Our Geography work this half term is ‘How can we live more sustainably?’ We’ve considered renewable and non-renewable resources, and have found out the different ways electricity can be made. This week we will onsider what our school does to help us live sustainably.
Week Commencing 26th September 2022
Home Learning
Please have a look at the information in our Home Learning yellow star which is in the Year 3 class pages menu. As a school, we are currently emphasising the value of daily reading. Your child will be bringing home a reading record to support this – please ensure it is filled in and comes into school each morning. We are also encouraging regular practising of X table skills and number bond facts through Times Table Rock Stars and Numbots. The link to these programmes is in the Home Learning yellow star.
Maths
This week we will complete our learning of place value and then focus on addition and subtraction skills. This week we will be focusing on comparing and ordering numbers, and counting in 50s.
Here are links to some White Rose videos. We won’t be using these directly in class, but you may find them helpful for supporting your child at home.
Compare numbers: https://vimeo.com/457760511
Order numbers: https://vimeo.com/457760822
Counting in 50s:https://vimeo.com/457790310
By the end of Year 2, children are expected to know their 2, 5, and 10 times tables.
In Year 3, we will continue to practise these, and will learn our 3, 4 and 8 times tables. We are currently focusing on the 4 times table.
English
We are studying ‘Intriguing Animals’ by Ben Hoare. (A stunning book, with beautiful art work and lots of facts about different animals written to engage a young reader.) This week we are learning to use apostrophes for possession and will begin to write our own information pages about a sea animal.
We will continue to practise our joined handwriting and spellings. We are currently finishing the Year 2 spelling programme (each class is at a slightly different point with this). We will let you know when we begin the Year 3 programme and we will have a weekly focus across the 3 classes and 6 tricky words to learn each week.
We have added the Year 1 & 2 tricky words and the Year 3 and 4 tricky words as a document in the Blog so that you can see if there are any words from the Year 1 & 2 list which your child is still finding tricky. These would be good ones to focus on.
Reading
Your child should be bringing home a reading book from school each day, and a new Reading Record booklet. We really appreciate your support hearing your child read daily at home. Please can you record the reading they have done in their reading booklet. We are using a Accelerated Reader in school. Every half term, the children are tested on their reading and comprehension skills, and given a ‘reading zone’ of appropriate books to choose from. Every time they finish a book, they complete a quiz which tests how well they have understood it.
Science
Our current Science unit is all about skeletons and muscles. This week, we’ll carry out an investigation which will link with our measuring skills in maths. Will the tallest children have the longest bones?
R.E.
Our current unit is: ‘What do Christians learn from the Creation Story? This week we consider whether believing in God, or having any other faith makes a difference to our lives and whether you need to have a faith to look after the planet?
Art
We are learning about cave paintings. We have been drawing our own cave style animals and then scaling them up using charcoal. This week we will make our own paints!
Geography
Our Geography work this half term is ‘How can we live more sustainably?’ This week we are looking at the different ways in which electricity is generated and how some of these ways are more sustainable than others.
Making Monster Book Marks !
Below here is last year's planning !
Our Curriculum Planning for Summer 2 Half Term
Weeks Commencing 11th & 18th July 2022
Home Learning
Please refer to our Home Learning Section of the Year 3 Class Pages.
Maths
We will be taking 2 weeks to learn about mass and capacity. The key skills we are covering are shown in these video links:
measure mass: https://vimeo.com/556159306
add + subtract mass: https://vimeo.com/560858593
measure capacity: https://vimeo.com/560872737
add + subtract capacity: https://vimeo.com/564668883
English
We will be writing a persuasive letter and including these skills:
- Use paragraphs to structure.
- Use a range of conjunctions to link ideas within sentences.
- Use emotive noun phrases to persuade.
Greater Depth expectation: adapt vocabulary and grammatical structures so that they are appropriate for the intended reader.
Spellings
We have finished our Year 3 spelling programme for the year and so we will be now looking at the areas which come up in the children’s writing. We will also be focusing on editing for spellings in English, using the Year1,2, 3 &4 spelling lists, and dictionaries.
Reading
Our whole class reading this half term is ‘Beasts of Olympus’ with an Ancient Greece theme. We will be reading it together during our daily whole class reading sessions.
Science
We will be learning about forces and magnets this half term. During the next 2 lessons we will be creating a magnetic game.
R.E.
During the next 2 weeks we will be looking at pictures and mini biographies of Mother Theresa, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King and considering: Who were they? What did they do? what impact have they had?
DT
This half term, we are designing and making ‘seasonal tarts’. We are planning and will be making our fruit tart to eat at a small Y3 picnic to celebrate the hard work children have put in to the year.
Weeks Commencing 27th June & 4th July 2022
Home Learning
Please refer to our Home Learning Section of the Year 3 Class Pages.
Maths
We will be taking 2 weeks to learn about shape. The key skills we are covering are shown in these video links:
Right angles in shapes: https://vimeo.com/549181115
Draw accurately: https://vimeo.com/553041402
Horizontal and Vertical: https://vimeo.com/553042103
Parallel and Perpendicular: https://vimeo.com/554200617
Recognise and describe 2D shapes: https://vimeo.com/554200872
Recognise and describe 3D shapes: https://vimeo.com/554201297
Make 3D shapes: https://vimeo.com/554201688
English
We will combine our plans for DT with writing recipe instructions for making a fruit tart. The skills we are focusing on are:
- Use Imperative (‘bossy’) verbs.
- Use prepositional phrases to add detail.
- Use adverbs to sequence.
- Use adverbs to give the reader detail.
- Use an informative tone (Greater Depth)
- Use complex sentences to convey detailed information (Greater Depth
Spellings
We have finished our Year 3 spelling programme for the year and so we will be now looking at the areas which come up in the children’s writing. We will also be focusing on editing for spellings in English, using the Year1,2, 3 &4 spelling lists, and dictionaries.
Reading
Our whole class reading this half term is ‘Beasts of Olympus’ with an Ancient Greece theme. We will be reading it together during our daily whole class reading sessions.
Science
We will be learning about forces and magnets this half term. During the next 2 lessons we will be focusing on magnets.
R.E.
During the next 2 weeks we will be considering the 10 commandments and reflecting upon our personal responsibility for making good choices. We will also be looking at the lives of different religious leaders and considering the difference they have made.
DT
This half term, we are designing and making ‘seasonal tarts’. We have looked at which fruit and vegetables grow best in different climate zones, and how the UK fruit and vegetables are seasonal. Now we are learning about food hygiene and safety and planning what we will put in our tart. Our aim is to bake a fruit tart to eat at a small Y3 picnic to celebrate the hard work children have put in to the year.
Weeks Commencing Wednesday 8th and Monday 13th June 2022
Home Learning
Please refer to our Home Learning Section of the Year 3 Class Pages.
Maths
Time: Please support your child to be able to tell the time using both analogue and digital clocks. They also need to know time facts such as seconds in a minute, minutes in an hour, hours in a day, days in each month… They will learn about the 24 hour clock and how to calculate the duration of time from a start and finish point.
Months and years: https://vimeo.com/539560205
Hours in a day: https://vimeo.com/542519189
Telling the time to 5 minutes: https://vimeo.com/542519509
Telling the time to 1 minute: https://vimeo.com/542538362
am and pm: https://vimeo.com/542538987
24 hour clock: https://vimeo.com/545480332
Finding the duration: https://vimeo.com/545481698
English
We will be immersing ourselves in following and giving instructions! We’ll do this with some art and outdoor P.E. style activities, before looking at some written instructions about ‘How to wash your elephant’, and working out what are the features and skills we will need to include when we begin writing our own instructions.
Spellings
The tricky words to learn this week are:
possess, possession, probably, potatoes, pressure, possible
Our spelling pattern this week is adding the prefix ‘super-‘
root word | prefix super- + root word |
man | superman |
woman | superwoman |
human | superhuman |
hero | superhero |
size | supersize |
star | superstar |
Reading
Our whole class reading this half term is ‘Beasts of Olympus’ with an Ancient Greece theme. We will be reading it together during our daily whole class reading sessions.
Science
We will be learning about forces and magnets this half term. We will be using force meters to record the force needed to move objects on different surfaces.
R.E.
This week we will be considering why the world is not always a good place.
Art
When we have finished our tie dye weaving from before half term, we will be moving on to our new DT project about making a Seasonal Tart. We’ll begin by looking at seasonal and local produce.
Our curruculm planning for Summer 1st Half Term 2022
This week, we will be taking a walk to the quay and around our local area to consider the changes that have taken place over time. This is in the school day, and will only be for about 1 1/2 hours. School uniform, snack, water bottle and normal lunch arrangents.
On Friday afternoon the school is celebrating the Queen's jubillee. Year 3 will be entertaining the other children and staff with Morris Dancing !
Week Commencing 23rd May 2022
Home Learning
Please refer to our Home Learning Section of the Year 3 Class Pages.
Maths
We will spend a few weeks learning about time this week. Any support you can give your child in being able to tell the time would be fantastic. Also, they need to know:
- How many seconds in a minute, minute in an hour, hours in a day ….
- The number of days in each month (and the order of the months)
- Be able to read the time in analogue and digital
- Know the 24hour clock e.g. 1.30pm is also 13.30
nglish
We will make sure we have finished our Blue John story and then we will edit a piece of writing to correct it for punctuation and spelling errors. We will also try to improve some of the vocabulary which has been used to make it more interesting for the reader.
Towards the end of the week, our writing will link to the Queen’s jubilee celebrations.
Spellings
The tricky words to learn this week are:
reign, remember, sentence, separate, special, straight
Our spelling pattern this week is adding the prefix ‘super-‘
root word | prefix super- + root word |
man | superman |
woman | superwoman |
human | superhuman |
hero | superhero |
size | supersize |
star | superstar |
Reading
Our whole class reading this half term is in the form of a carousel of activities. Children explore a text during their first session, and then read this with their class teacher the next day. Following this, they have questions to answer about the text. The following 2 days they read for pleasure.
Science
We will be learning about light this half term. We will learn about Thomas Edison and Lewis Latimer who led the development of the light bulb.
R.E.
This week we will be asking the children ‘What would you like to see in our World today?’
Art
This half term we will be tie dying and weaving. We have tie died our material and are now weaving it. Hopefully, it will be coming home soon!
Geography
We will be taking a short walk down to the quay and around our local area to consider what changes have taken place over time.
Week Commencing 16th May 2022
Home Learning
Please refer to our Home Learning Section of the Year 3 Class Pages.
Maths
Fractions: We continue with our learning linked to fractions.
(Next week we will spend a week focused on learning about time.)
Fractions of a set of objects: https://vimeo.com/530231902
Fractions on a number line: https://vimeo.com/527705765
Equivalent fractions:
English
We are writing our own beginning of a story based on the book ‘Blue John’ by Berlie Doherty. We are including similes and making interesting verb choices to interest the reader.
Spellings
The tricky words to learn this week are:
ordinary, particular, peculiar, perhaps, popular, position
Our spelling pattern this week is adding the prefix ‘anti-‘
root word | prefix anti- + root word |
freeze | antifreeze |
clockwise | anticlockwise |
social | antisocial |
septic | antiseptic |
Reading
Our whole class reading this half term is in the form of a carousel of activities. Children explore a text during their first session, and then read this with their class teacher the next day. Following this, they have questions to answer about the text. The following 2 days they read for pleasure.
Science
We will be learning about light this half term. We will learn about shadows – how they are made and how their size changes during the day and with the distance from a light source.
R.E.
This week we will be considering the role of a church in supporting it’s community.
Art
This half term we will be tie dying and weaving. We have tie died our material and are practising weaving with paper, before we finally weave our tie dyed material and other fabrics.
Week Commencing 3rd May 2022
Home Learning
Please refer to our Home Learning Section of the Year 3 Class Pages.
Maths
Fractions: We’ll be learning about tenths this week.
Find a third: https://vimeo.com/515216707
Making tenths: https://vimeo.com/521487313
Tenths as decimals: https://vimeo.com/521489678
English
Last week, we familiarised ourselves with our new book ‘Blue John’ by Berlie Doherty. This week we will be looking at the author’s choice of verbs and similes. We’ll have a go at writing our own similes. We’ll video ourselves playing and then write a description using interesting verbs (making sure we use the correct verb tense too).
Spellings
The tricky words to learn this week are:
naughty, notice, occasion, occasionally, opposite, often
Our spelling pattern this week is adding the prefix ‘re-‘
root word | prefix re- + root word |
heat | reheat |
connect | reconnect |
cycle | recyle |
decorate | redecorate |
new | renew |
place | replace |
Reading
Our whole class reading this half term is in the form of a carousel of activities. Children explore a text during their first session, and then read this with their class teacher the next day. Following this, they have questions to answer about the text. The following 2 days they read for pleasure.
Science
We will be learning about light this half term. We will learn about reflection, and we will test out how reflective different materials and surfaces are.
R.E.
We will be exploring the questions ‘How did Jesus call his disciples?’
Art
This half term we will be tie dying and weaving. We will continue our mood boards and tie dye our materials.
Week Commencing 4th April 2022
Home Learning
Please refer to our Home Learning Section of the Year 3 Class Pages.
Maths
This week we will be assessing the children’s learning of length, before beginning a unit of work on fractions. We’ll begin by refreshing the children’s Year 2 learning. These videos link with the first few lessons that we’ll be covering before the Easter holidays.
Find a half: https://vimeo.com/511156128
Find a quarter: https://vimeo.com/513814593
Find a third: https://vimeo.com/515216707
English
We have finished our Grendel story and will have a few lessons about using adverbs in the lead up to the Easter holidays. We will be focusing on adverbs which tell the reader how something is happening, e.g. slowly, happily, carefully, quietly…
Spellings
The tricky words to learn this week are:
important, island, knowledge, length, learn, interest
Our spelling pattern this week is adding the suffix ‘ion’
root word | root word + suffix -ion OR drop the e before adding -ion |
correct | correction |
attract | attraction |
construct | construction |
locate | location |
concentrate | concentration |
exaggerate | exaggeration |
Reading
We will be finishing reading ‘The Secret Explorers and the Lost Whales’ by S J King.
Science
We will be consolidating ourlearning about food and nutrition in humans and other animals by creating a ‘schema’ for next year’s Year 3 children. A schema is similar to a mind map, and helps the children’s learning to ‘stick’. We use schema to show the children what they are learning in each unit, and re-visit it each lesson to help consolidate their learning. We continue to learn the vocabulary:
R.E.
Our big question for this half term is: ‘How do festivals and family life show what matters to Jews’ We will be learning about Moses and the Passover festival.
DT
This half term we have been designing and making cushions. We hope to bring them home at the end of the week!
Thank you for the money you donated to the families of Ukraine when you came to our recent assembly. We raised just over £100 in cash donations only. More donations were made via the link in our newsletter. Thank you so much !
We were all so proud of the children during their recent assembly. We know that not everyone is able to get to these events during the school day, so the PowerPoint below will give you a flavour of the assembly's content.
Year 3 Competition!
Week Commencing 14th March 2022
Home Learning
Please refer to our Home Learning Section of the Year 3 Class Pages.
Maths
We have been learning about length. These videos will show you what the children have been learning:
Equivalent lengths (M and cm) https://vimeo.com/504467081
Equivalent lengths (mm and cm https://vimeo.com/504918866
Compare lengths https://vimeo.com/506146737
This week, we will be using the NFER booklets to check in with how the children are progressing with their learning of Maths in Year 3.
English
This week, we will remind ourselves about the rules for punctuating speech and apply these when we write the beginning of our own Grendel style story.
Spellings
The tricky words to learn this week are:
heard, heart, height, history, imagine, increase
Our spelling pattern this week is adding the suffix ‘ly’
|
|
root word | root word + suffix -ation OR drop the e before adding -ation |
inform | information |
limit | limitation |
sense | sensation |
admire | admiration |
prepare | preparation |
Reading
We are reading ‘The Secret Explorers and the Lost Whales’ by S J King. This week we will also be checking in on the children’s reading progress using Accelerated Reader and the NFER booklets.
Science
We will be learning about food and nutrition in humans and other animals. We continue to learn the vocabulary:
Nutrition, nutrients, carbohydrates, sugars, protein, vitamins, minerals, fibre, fat, water.
We will ask why we need protein and carbohydrates and what foods provide these. Then we will be looking at a variety of animals and considering what they eat.
R.E.
Our big question for this half term is: ‘How do festivals and family life show what matters to Jews’ We have talked about what we know about Judaism and watched a video clip of a child explaining what Judaism means to him.
This week, we will learn what happens at the Jewish New Festival of Rosh Hashanah.
DT
This half term we will be designing and making cushions. This week, we will re-cap how to use a running stitch which we learned in Year 2 and will then try our hand with cross stitch.
Week Commencing 28th February 2022
Home Learning
Please refer to our Home Learning Section of the Year 3 Class Pages.
Maths
We will be continuing our learning about statistics with bar graphs and tables. These video links will show you more:
Bar graphs: https://vimeo.com/502337848
Tables: https://vimeo.com/502338566
English
We will be writing a short story over the next 3 weeks, base upon the book ‘Grendel: a Cautionary Tale about Chocolate!’ by David Lucas. It’s a lovely book, and we will spend our first few lessons reading it and getting to know it. When we start writing, we will be learning about speech punctuation, and using? and! to punctuate sentences.
Spellings
The tricky words to learn this week are:
experiment, extreme, favourite, famous, February, forward
Our spelling pattern this week is adding the suffix ‘ly’
root word | root word + suffix -ly |
serious | seriously |
final | finally |
rude | rudely |
nice | nicely |
comical | comically |
It’s different if the root word ends in le. Then we swap the le for ly.
humble + ly = humbly
Here are some more words where we need to swap the le for ly:
root word | swap the le for -ly |
horrible | horribly |
gentle | gently |
simple | simply |
feeble | feebly |
Reading
We will return to whole class guided reading this term, focusing on ‘The Secret Explorers and the Lost Whales’ by S J King
Science
We will be learning about food and nutrition in humans and other animals. This week we will re-cap our learning from Year 2, introduce our key vocabulary for this unit:
Nutrition, nutrients, carbohydrates, sugars, protein, vitamins, minerals, fibre, fat, water.
Then we will consider what purposes food has for humans.
R.E.
Our big question for this half term is: ‘How do festivals and family life show what matters to Jews’
This week, we will learn what happens at the Jewish New Festival of Rosh Hashanah.
DT
This half term we will be designing and making cushions. This week, we will re-cap how to use a running stitch which we learned in Year
Week Commencing 14th February 2022
Home Learning
Please refer to our Home Learning Section of the Year 3 Class Pages.
Maths
We will be starting a 2week block of learning about statistics (pictograms, tally charts, and bar graphs). These video links will show you more about this week’s learning:
Make tally charts: https://vimeo.com/500377891
Draw pictograms: https://vimeo.com/500379996
Interpret pictograms: https://vimeo.com/500378019
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English
We complete our journey down the Amazon, following the ‘Rough Guide to the Amazon’. During this Unit we have written a diary entry, letter and fact file, all about a new species of animal we have found on our journey down the Amazon. The grammar skills we have particularly focused on are:
- Apostrophes for contraction
- Apostrophes for possession
- Prepositions
We’ve also continued to support the children to use the skills we have already focused on. These include structuring the text with paragraphs, expanded noun phrases, writing sentences with more than one clause, subordinating conjunctions, and ensuring accurate punctuation (capitals, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks).
Spellings
The tricky words to learn this week are:
heard, hard, height, history, imagine, increase
Our spelling pattern this week is adding the suffix ‘ion’
root word | root word + suffix -ation OR drop the e before adding -ation |
inform | information |
limit | limitation |
sense | sensation |
admire | admiration |
prepare | preparation |
Reading
During whole class guided reading this half term, we will be running a 20 minute carousel of reading activities. Our focus text for the next 2 weeks is a non-fiction book called about teeth. Your child will rotate over 5 days, between these activities:
- Reading their Accelerated Reader book
- Reading of their own choice
- Pre guided activity linked to the focus text
- Guided reading group with their teacher
- Post guided activity linked to the focus text
Science
We will be completing our learning about plants and find out how much we’ve learnt.
- Identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants: roots; stem/trunk; leaves; and flowers.
• Explore the requirements of plants for life and growth (air, light, water, nutrients from soil, and room to grow) and how they vary from plant to plant.
• Investigate the way in which water is transported within plants.
• Explore the part that flowers play in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal.
R.E.
Our big question for this half term is: ‘How do festivals and worship show what matters to a Muslim? We’ll finish our learning this week and reflect on what we’ve learnt.
Art
This half term we will be using our painting skills with colour mixing and different brush strokes, to create a rainforest painting. We are hoping to create a class painting and to add printing and collage skills towards the end. This week we will be adding origami butterflies to complete our painting.
Week Commencing 31st January 2022
Home Learning
Please refer to our Home Learning Section of the Year 3 Class Pages.
Maths
We will be focusing on money. These video links will show you more:
Convert pounds and pence: https://vimeo.com/497942634
Add money: https://vimeo.com/498286318
Subtract money: https://vimeo.com/498297373
Give change: https://vimeo.com/499227948
Next week, we will begin a few weeks of statistics, looking a tally charts, pictograms, tables and bar charts.
English
We continue our journey down the Amazon, following the ‘Rough Guide to the Amazon’. Over the next few weeks we will write a diary entry, letter and fact file, all about a new species of animal we have found on our journey down the Amazon. The grammar skills we are particularly focusing on are:
- Apostrophes for contraction
- Apostrophes for possession
- Prepositions
We will continue to support the children to use the skills we have already focused on. These include structuring the text with paragraphs, expanded noun phrases, writing sentences with more than one clause, subordinating conjunctions, and ensuring accurate punctuation (capitals, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks).
Spellings
The tricky words to learn this week are:
forwards, group, grammar, fruit, guard, guide
Our spelling pattern this week is adding the suffix ‘ly’
root word | root word + suffix -ly |
serious | seriously |
final | finally |
rude | rudely |
nice | nicely |
comical | comically |
It’s different if the root word ends in le. Then we swap the le for ly.
humble + ly = humbly
Here are some more words where we need to swap the le for ly:
root word | swap the le for -ly |
horrible | horribly |
gentle | gently |
simple | simply |
feeble | feebly |
Reading
During whole class guided reading this half term, we will be running a 20 minute carousel of reading activities. Our focus text for the next 2 weeks is a book called ‘The Pea and the Princess’. Your child will rotate over 5 days, between these activities:
- Reading their Accelerated Reader book
- Reading of their own choice
- Pre guided activity linked to the focus text
- Guided reading group with their teacher
- Post guided activity linked to the focus text
Science
We will be learning about plants. These are the key things we will be learning about over the next few weeks:
- Identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants: roots; stem/trunk; leaves; and flowers.
• Explore the requirements of plants for life and growth (air, light, water, nutrients from soil, and room to grow) and how they vary from plant to plant.
• Investigate the way in which water is transported within plants.
• Explore the part that flowers play in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal.
This week we will continue to focus on seed dispersal, and will check to see how our broad bean investigation is going to explore the requirements of plants for growth.
R.E.
Our big question for this half term is: ‘How do festivals and worship show what matters to a Muslim? We’ll start by exploring what we already know and then will begin to learn about the 5 Pillars of Islam. This week we continue to look at Ramadan and Eid.
Art
This half term we will be using our painting skills with colour mixing and different brush strokes, to create a rainforest painting. We are hoping to create a class painting and to add printing and collage skills towards the end. This week we will be adding printed butterflies to our painted art work.
Week Commencing 24th January 2022
Home Learning
Please refer to our Home Learning Section of the Year 3 Class Pages.
Maths
We will be dividing 2-digit numbers by 1 digit. These video links will show you more:
Next week, we will be focusing on money.
English
We begin our journey down the Amazon, reading ‘Rough Guide to the Amazon’.
We will get to know the book, and look at the different text types within it (diary, letter and fact file).
Spellings
The tricky words to learn this week are:
experiment, extreme, favourite, famous, February, forward
Our spelling pattern this week is adding the suffix ‘ly’
root word | root word + suffix -ly |
serious | seriously |
final | finally |
rude | rudely |
nice | nicely |
comical | comically |
It’s different if the root word ends in le. Then we swap the le for ly.
humble + ly = humbly
Here are some more words where we need to swap the le for ly:
root word | swap the le for -ly |
horrible | horribly |
gentle | gently |
simple | simply |
feeble | feebly |
Reading
During whole class guided reading this half term, we will be running a 20 minute carousel of reading activities. Our focus text for the next 2 weeks is a book called ‘The Pea and the Princess’. Your child will rotate over 5 days, between these activities:
- Reading their Accelerated Reader book
- Reading of their own choice
- Pre guided activity linked to the focus text
- Guided reading group with their teacher
- Post guided activity linked to the focus text
Science
We will be learning about plants. These are the key things we will be learning about over the next few weeks:
- Identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants: roots; stem/trunk; leaves; and flowers.
• Explore the requirements of plants for life and growth (air, light, water, nutrients from soil, and room to grow) and how they vary from plant to plant.
• Investigate the way in which water is transported within plants.
• Explore the part that flowers play in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal.
This week we will focus on seed dispersal, and will check to see how our broad bean investigation is going to explore the requirements of plants for growth.
R.E.
Our big question for this half term is: ‘How do festivals and worship show what matters to a Muslim? We’ll start by exploring what we already know and then will begin to learn about the 5 Pillars of Islam. This week we will be looking at Ramadan and Eid.
Art
This half term we will be using our painting skills with colour mixing and different brush strokes, to create a rainforest painting. We are hoping to create a class painting and to add printing and collage skills towards the end. This week we will be adding detail to the large leaf shapes we painted last week.
Week Commencing 17th January 2022
Home Learning
Please refer to our Home Learning Section of the Year 3 Class Pages.
Maths
We will consolidate using the grid and column method for multiplying 2 digit by 1 digit, including with exchange. We will then begin to divide 2-digit numbers by 1 digit. These video links will show you more:
English
Following reading of the book ‘How Dogs Really Work’, will be finish our explanations of how our chosen animals work. The skills we will be using include:
- Use a range of conjunctions to extend sentences
- Use adverbs
- Use headings and sub-headings
- Use pronouns or nouns to aid cohesion and avoid repetition.
Spellings
This week, we are still continuing with last week’s spellings:
The tricky words to learn this week are:
eight, eighth, earth, enough, exercise, experience
Our spelling pattern this week is adding the suffix ‘ous’
root word | root word + suffix -ous OR drop the e before adding -ous |
danger | dangerous |
mountain | mountainous |
poison | poisonous |
hazard | hazardous |
fame | famous |
Reading
During whole class guided reading this half term, we will be running a 20 minute carousel of reading activities. Our focus text for the next 2 weeks is a poem called ‘The Penguin in Lost Property’. Your child will rotate over 5 days, between these activities:
- Reading their Accelerated Reader book
- Reading of their own choice
- Pre guided activity linked to the focus text
- Guided reading group with their teacher
- Post guided activity linked to the focus text
Science
We will be learning about plants. These are the key things we will be learning about over the next few weeks:
- Identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants: roots; stem/trunk; leaves; and flowers.
• Explore the requirements of plants for life and growth (air, light, water, nutrients from soil, and room to grow) and how they vary from plant to plant.
• Investigate the way in which water is transported within plants.
• Explore the part that flowers play in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal.
This week we will focus on the life cycle of a plant, and will check to see how our broad bean investigation is going to explore the requirements of plants for growth.
R.E.
Our big question for this half term is: ‘How do festivals and worship show what matters to a Muslim? We’ll start by exploring what we already know and then will begin to learn about the 5 Pillars of Islam. This week we will be looking at the importance of mosques to Muslims.
Art
This half term we will be using our painting skills with colour mixing and different brush strokes, to create a rainforest painting. We are hoping to create a class painting and to add printing and collage skills towards the end. This week we will be colour blending and adding large leaf shapes to the background we painted last week.
Week Commencing 10th January 2022
Home Learning
Please refer to our Home Learning Section of the Year 3 Class Pages.
Maths
We will be multiplying 2 digit numbers by 1 digit numbers and introducing the column method for multiplication. These video links will show you more:
English
Following reading of the book ‘How Dogs Really Work’, will be writing our own explanations of how our chosen animals work. The skills we will be using include:
- Use a range of conjunctions to extend sentences
- Use adverbs
- Use headings and sub-headings
- Use pronouns or nouns to aid cohesion and avoid repetition.
Spellings
This is a continuation from the first few days back last week.
The tricky words to learn this week are:
eight, eighth, earth, enough, exercise, experience
Our spelling pattern this week is adding the suffix ‘ous’
root word | root word + suffix -ous OR drop the e before adding -ous |
danger | dangerous |
mountain | mountainous |
poison | poisonous |
hazard | hazardous |
fame | famous |
Reading
During whole class guided reading this half term, we will be running a 20 minute carousel of reading activities. Our focus text for the next 2 weeks is a poem called ‘The Penguin in Lost Property’. Your child will rotate over 5 days, between these activities:
- Reading their Accelerated Reader book
- Reading of their own choice
- Pre guided activity linked to the focus text
- Guided reading group with their teacher
- Post guided activity linked to the focus text
Science
We will be learning about plants. These are the key things we will be learning about over the next few weeks:
- Identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants: roots; stem/trunk; leaves; and flowers.
• Explore the requirements of plants for life and growth (air, light, water, nutrients from soil, and room to grow) and how they vary from plant to plant.
• Investigate the way in which water is transported within plants.
• Explore the part that flowers play in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal.
This week we will focus on the functions of different parts of plants and will plant broad beans as part of a class investigation exploring the requirements of plants for growth.
R.E.
Our big question for this half term is: ‘How do festivals and worship show what matters to a Muslim? We’ll start by exploring what we already know and then will begin to learn about the 5 Pillars of Islam. This week we will be looking at the focus of prayer.
Art
This half term we will be using our painting skills with colour mixing and different brush strokes, to create a rainforest painting. We are hoping to create a class painting and to add printing and collage skills towards the end. This week we will be creating a colourwash for the background.
Happy New Year to Hedgehog, Squirrel and Mole Families! We look forward to seeing you all on Wednesday 5th January!
Week Commencing 3rd January 2022
Monday 3rd January: Holiday
Tuesday 4th January: Non-Pupil Day
Wednesday 5th January: Back to School!
Home Learning
Please refer to our Home Learning Section of the Year 3 Class Pages.
Maths
We will be refreshing the children’s learning of their X2, X4 and X8; the link between multiplication and division; and related facts – how division facts can be understood from multiplication facts and how we can build on these facts to multiply and divide 2 larger numbers. These video links will show you more:
Consolidate X2, X4, X8 https://vimeo.com/485432791
Link between division and multiplication https://vimeo.com/485433674
Related facts https://vimeo.com/486330232
English
We will refresh our memories about the book ‘How Dogs Really Work’ and will begin to write our own explanations of how our chosen animals work. The skills we will be using include:
- Use a range of conjunctions to extend sentences
- Use adverbs
- Use headings and sub-headings
- Use pronouns or nouns to aid cohesion and avoid repetition.
Spellings
The tricky words to learn this week are:
eight, eighth, earth, enough, exercise, experience
Our spelling pattern this week is adding the suffix ‘ous’
root word | root word + suffix -ous OR drop the e before adding -ous |
danger | dangerous |
mountain | mountainous |
poison | poisonous |
hazard | hazardous |
fame | famous |
Reading
During whole class guided reading we will be finishing ‘Cave Challenge’ by Bear Grylls. The book combines a story with finding out Geographical and Scientific facts about caves. It is part of a series, so if you child is enjoying it, you could head down to the library to look for more.
Science
We will be learning about plants. These are the key things we will be learning about over the next few weeks:
- Identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants: roots; stem/trunk; leaves; and flowers.
• Explore the requirements of plants for life and growth (air, light, water, nutrients from soil, and room to grow) and how they vary from plant to plant.
• Investigate the way in which water is transported within plants.
• Explore the part that flowers play in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal.
R.E.
Our big question for this half term is: ‘How do festivals and worship show what matters to a Muslim? We’ll start by exploring what we already know and then will begin to learn about the 5 Pillars of Islam.
Art
This half term we will be using our painting skills with colour mixing and different brush strokes, to create a rainforest painting. We are hoping to create a class painting and to add printing and collage skills towards the end.
Wishing Year 3 Families a Happy Christmas!
Week Commencing 13th December 2021
Here are a few things for you to know about this week!
- Our Christmas party is Wednesday. Children can bring party clothes to change into after lunch and an afternoon party snack for themselves (e.g. snack and biscuit). Please make sure it is nut free and provide for your child only as they will not be allowed to share food due to allergies.
- Next Thursday is the school Christmas jumper (non-uniform) day and Christmas lunch. We’re also celebrating our English and DT work. The children want to have a pyjama party to share their fantastic stories! Therefore, on Thursday, children can also bring pyjama bottoms to get changed into!
Thank you for your support and our Best Wishes for the Christmas holiday,
The Year 3 Team
Home Learning
Please continue reading during the Christmas holiday. Enjoy the Christmas break with family and have fun!
Maths
We will be checking how well children have understood the multiplication and division work we have taught and then we will enjoy some Christmas Maths fun!
English
We will be writing to the Elves and asking them why they are creating so much mischief in our Year 3 central area. We’ll write a Christmas Kenning and share our Beastie stories with each other.
Reading
During whole class guided reading we will be finishing ‘Cave Challenge’ by Bear Grylls. The book combines a story with finding out Geographical and Scientific facts about caves. It is part of a series, so if you child is enjoying it, you could head down to the library to look for more.
Science
We will be learning about rocks and fossils this half term. This week we will be focusing on soils and drainage.
R.E.
Our big question for this half term is: ‘What is it like to follow God? This week and next, we will be looking at the Christmas story and what it means to Christians.
Design and Technology
This half term we will be creating levers and linkages in cards. We have been making different mechanisms and have designed our final work which links with our Beasties story. We will be making our finished piece which links with our Beastie story. It should be coming home to you by the end of the week!
Week Commencing 6th December 2021
Home Learning
Please have a look at the information in our Home Learning yellow star which is in the Year 3 class pages menu.
Maths
We will be learning about multiplication and division. Whilst we continue to practise the quick recall of times table facts on a daily basis, our maths lessons will look in more depth at multiplication and division and how we can apply these skills to solve problems. This week we will look at multiplication and division using the 4 and 8 X tables.
These videos will show you how the children will learn this.
Multiply by 4:
Divide by 4:
Multiply by 8:
Divide by 8:
English
We are starting a new Writing Unit which is about explanatory texts, using the book ‘How Dogs Really Work’ by Alan Snow. This week we will explore the book and immerse ourselves in the genre.
Spelling
This week and next, we are going to take a pause from learning new spelling patterns and will focus on using the tricky Year 3 words we have learnt in previous weeks.
Reading
During whole class guided reading we are reading ‘Cave Challenge’ by Bear Grylls. The book combines a story with finding out Geographical and Scientific facts about caves. It is part of a series, so if you child is enjoying it, you could head down to the library to look for more.
Science
We will be learning about rocks and fossils this half term. This week we will be focusing on soils.
R.E.
Our big question for this half term is: ‘What is it like to follow God? This week and next, we will be looking at the Christmas story and what it means to Christians.
Design and Technology
This half term we will be creating levers and linkages in cards. We have been making different mechanisms and have designed our final work which links with our Beasties story. We need to finish making ours ‘mock up’ before we make our final piece.
History
Our History for this half term is all about the Stone Age. This week, we are learning about ‘The Red Lady of Paviland’- archaeologists found the oldest human remains ever recorded in Britain (about 33,000 years old).
Week Commencing 29th November 2021
Home Learning
Please have a look at the information in our Home Learning yellow star which is in the Year 3 class pages menu.
Maths
We will be learning about multiplication and division. Whilst we continue to practise the quick recall of times table facts on a daily basis, our maths lessons will look in more depth at multiplication and division and how we can apply these skills to solve problems. This week we will refresh our Year 2 learning about arrays and then look at multiplication and division using the 3 X table,
These videos will show you how the children will learn this.
Using arrays:
Multiply by 3:
Divide by 3:
Using the 3 X table:
English
We will continue writing our own Beasties story (similar to the stories in The Beasties by Jenny Nimmo). As we write, we will try to show that we can use the skills we’ve been focusing on. These include speech punctuation, writing sentences with more than one clause, using interesting vocabulary (including synonyms for ‘said’).
Spelling
We will continue to practise our joined handwriting, and the spelling focus for this week is to practise this week involve adding im- to root words beginning with m or p.
mature immature
mortal immortal
mobile immobile
possible impossible
patient impatient
polite impolite
The Year 3 tricky words we will be learning this week are:
continue, decide, describe, different, disappear, early
Reading
During whole class guided reading we are reading ‘Cave Challenge’ by Bear Grylls. The book combines a story with finding out Geographical and Scientific facts about caves. It is part of a series, so if you child is enjoying it, you could head down to the library to look for more.
Science
We will be learning about rocks and fossils this half term. This week we will be making some fossil replicas using glue and pasta! We have learnt about Mary Anning and will explain how fossils are formed before moving on to learn about soils.
R.E.
Our big question for this half term is: ‘What is it like to follow God? This week we will be looking at the Christmas story and what it means to Christians.
Design and Technology
This half term we will be creating levers and linkages in cards, linked to our Stone Age theme! We have been making different mechanisms and have designed our final work. Now we will make a ‘mock up’ to see if we need to change or improve anything before we make our final piece.
History
Our History for this half term is all about the Stone Age. This week, we are looking at how the Neolithic Stone Age people began to live in dwellings, following the more nomadic life of the Palaeolithic Age.
Week Commencing 22nd November 2021
Home Learning
Please have a look at the information in our Home Learning yellow star which is in the Year 3 class pages menu.
Maths
We continue to learn how to use the column method for adding and subtracting. These videos will show you how the children will learn this.
Add two 3 digit numbers not crossing the 10 or 100 boundary. https://vimeo.com/465482465
Add two 3 digit numbers crossing the 10 or 100 boundary. https://vimeo.com/465738425
Subtract two 3 digit numbers – no exchange
Subtract two 3 digit numbers with exchange
By the end of Year 2, children are expected to know their 2, 5, and 10 times tables.
In Year 3, we will continue to practise these, and will learn our 3, 4 and 8 times tables. Last half term we focused on the 4x table and this half term we will focus on the 3x table.
English
We will begin to write our own Beasties story (similar to the stories in The Beasties by Jenny Nimmo). As we write, we will try to show that we can use the skills we’ve been focusing on. These include speech punctuation, writing sentences with more than one clause, using interesting vocabulary (including synonyms for ‘said’).
We will continue to practise our joined handwriting, and the spelling focus for this week is a continuation of adding the suffix ‘-es’.
Spellings to practise this week involve adding im- to root words beginning with m or p.
mature immature
mortal immortal
mobile immobile
possible impossible
patient impatient
polite impolite
The Year 3 tricky words we will be learning this week are:
continue, decide, describe, different, disappear, early
Reading
During whole class guided reading we are reading ‘Cave Challenge’ by Bear Grylls. The book combines a story with finding out Geographical and Scientific facts about caves. It is part of a series, so if you child is enjoying it, you could head down to the library to look for more.
Science
We will be learning about rocks and fossils this half term. We are focusing on fossils, this week we will be going on a fossil hunt, and are hoping to make some replicas using glue and pasta !
R.E.
Our big question for this half term is: ‘What is it like to follow God? This week we will be looking at the story of Abraham.
Design and Technology
This half term we will be creating levers and linkages in cards, linked to our Stone Age theme! We have been making different mechanisms and will now start to design our final work.
History
Our History for this half term is all about the Stone Age. This week, we are looking at how the Stone Age changed over time, and how archaeologists know this.
Week Commencing 15th November 2021
We had a great trip to Plymouth Aquarium last week! A huge thank you to all our parent helpers.
Home Learning
Please have a look at the information in our Home Learning yellow star which is in the Year 3 class pages menu. As a school, we are currently emphasising the value of daily reading. Your child will be bringing home a reading record to support this – please ensure it is filled in and comes into school each morning. We are also encouraging regular practising of X table skills and number bond facts through Times Table Rock Stars and Numbots. The link to these programmes is in the Home Learning yellow star.
Maths
This is our last week to build on our + and – skills before we focus on multiplication and division until Christmas. We will begin to learn how to use the column method for adding and subtracting. These videos will show you how the children will learn this.
Add two 3 digit numbers not crossing the 10 or 100 boundary. https://vimeo.com/465482465
Add two 3 digit numbers crossing the 10 or 100 boundary. https://vimeo.com/465738425
Subtract two 3 digit numbers – no exchange
Subtract two 3 digit numbers with exchange
By the end of Year 2, children are expected to know their 2, 5, and 10 times tables.
In Year 3, we will continue to practise these, and will learn our 3, 4 and 8 times tables. Last half term we focused on the 4x table and this half term we will focus on the 3x table.
English
Using ‘The Beasties’ by Jenny Nimmo which the children are really enjoying, we will look at how to use subordinating conjunctions in a sentence, and then how to use and punctuate speech.
We have finished the last of the Year 2 spelling patterns and this week, we will start our Year 3 spelling booklet. This week we will be learning about adding the pre-fix '-dis' and '-in'
We can add the prefix dis- to the front of these words to change their meaning:
like
agree
obey
connect
appear
approve
root word | prefix dis- + root word |
like | dislike |
agree | disagree |
obey | disobey |
connect | disconnect |
appear | disappear |
approve | disapprove |
The prefix in- can be added to them to make their opposites. Watch this! Let's build some words with our new prefix in-:
root word | prefix in- + root word |
action | inaction |
visible | invisible |
human | inhuman |
capable | incapable |
complete | incomplete |
The Year 3 tricky words we are learning this week are:
century, circle, certain, complete, consider
Reading
Your child should be bringing home a reading book from school each day, and a Reading Record booklet. We really appreciate your support hearing your child read daily at home. Please can you record the reading they have done in their reading booklet. We are using Accelerated Reader in school. Every half term, the children are tested on their reading and comprehension skills, and given a ‘reading zone’ of appropriate books to choose from. Every time they finish a book, they complete a quiz which tests how well they have understood it.
Science
We will be learning about rocks and fossils this half term. We will be looking at some common fossils with a school fossil hunt and begin to learn about how they are formed.
R.E.
Our big question for this half term is: ‘What is it like to follow God? This week we continue to look at the Old Testament story of Noah, and consider he importance of promises.
Design and Technology
This half term we will be creating levers and linkages in cards, linked to our Stone Age theme! We continue to make different mechanisms and will begin to consider what we want our final piece of work to be like.
History
Our History for this half term is all about the Stone Age. This week we look at some of the changes which took place during the Stone Age.
Week Commencing 1st November 2021
Monday 1st November is a Non-Pupil Day. We look forward to seeing the children back in school on Tuesday 2nd November. We hope they enjoyed their half term holiday.
Home Learning
Please have a look at the information in our Home Learning yellow star which is in the Year 3 class pages menu. As a school, we are currently emphasising the value of daily reading. Your child will be bringing home a reading record to support this – please ensure it is filled in and comes into school each morning. We are also encouraging regular practising of X table skills and number bond facts through Times Table Rock Stars and Numbots. The link to these programmes is in the Home Learning yellow star.
Maths
We will continue to develop our addition and subtraction skills.
Here are links to some White Rose videos which cover the learning for this week. We won’t be using these directly in class, but you may find them helpful for supporting your child at home.
Add and subtract 2 digit and 3 digit numbers not crossing the 100 boundary. https://vimeo.com/461352494
Add 2 digit and 3 digit numbers crossing the 100 boundary. https://vimeo.com/461794950
By the end of Year 2, children are expected to know their 2, 5, and 10 times tables.
In Year 3, we will continue to practise these, and will learn our 3, 4 and 8 times tables. Last half term we focused on the 4x table and this half term we will focus on the 3x table.
English
We will be getting to know ‘The Beasties’ by Jenny Nimmo. The book about a little girl who can’t get to sleep at night. Each night a cute little Beastie tells her a story to help her sleep. It’s a lovely book, and once we become familiar with it, we will begin to write our own Beastie story.
We will continue to practise our joined handwriting, and the spelling focus for this week is a continuation of adding the suffix ‘-ed’ which is quite a tricky one. The video we watch asks the children:
Is there a letter I need to swap?
Is there a letter to double or drop?
swap? fry fried
reply replied
double? trip tripped
plot plotted
drop? tickle tickled
shape shaped
The Year 3 tricky words we are learning this week are: appear, arrive, believe, bicycle, breath, breathe
Reading
Your child should be bringing home a reading book from school each day, and a Reading Record booklet. We really appreciate your support hearing your child read daily at home. Please can you record the reading they have done in their reading booklet. We are using Accelerated Reader in school. Every half term, the children are tested on their reading and comprehension skills, and given a ‘reading zone’ of appropriate books to choose from. Every time they finish a book, they complete a quiz which tests how well they have understood it.
Science
We will be learning about rocks and fossils this half term. We will find out how much the children already know and will then look carefully at some igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rock samples using the magnifying lenses.
R.E.
Our big question for this half term is: ‘What is it like to follow God? This week we will be having a look at the Bible and finding out how it is structured and what we might find in it.
Design and Technology
This half term we will be creating levers and pulleys in cards, linked to our Stone Age theme! We will start by looking at some books which use these mechanisms and consider what we will be able to design and make ourselves.
History
Our History for this half term is all about the Stone Age. This week we will find out what the children think the Stone Age was like and begin to explore whether their ideas are. For example, cartoon pictures may combine Stone Age people and dinosaurs, but dinosaurs died out 60 million years before the stone age!
Week Commencing 18th October 2021
Home Learning
Please have a look at the information in our Home Learning yellow star which is in the Year 3 class pages menu. As a school, we are currently emphasising the value of daily reading. Your child will be bringing home a reading record to support this – please ensure it is filled in and comes into school each morning. We are also encouraging regular practising of X table skills and number bond facts through Times Table Rock Stars and Numbots. The link to these programmes is in the Home Learning yellow star.
Maths
We will continue with our focus on addition and subtraction skills.
Here are links to some White Rose videos. We won’t be using these directly in class, but you may find them helpful for supporting your child at home.
Subtract a 1 digit number from a 2 digit number crossing the tens boundary: https://vimeo.com/461351304
Subtract a 1 digit number from a 2 digit number crossing the tens boundary: https://vimeo.com/461351796
Add and subtract 3 digit and 2 digit numbers not crossing the tens boundary:: https://vimeo.com/461352494
By the end of Year 2, children are expected to know their 2, 5, and 10 times tables.
In Year 3, we will continue to practise these, and will learn our 3, 4 and 8 times tables. We are continuing to sing the 4 times table and also to solve 4X table problems.
English
We are writing our own poems in the style of ‘Beachcomber’. We will consider our choices of vocabulary, use of expanded noun phrases, prepositional phrases and commas in a list.
We will continue to practise our joined handwriting, and the spelling focus for this week is to add the suffix ‘-ed’
root word | swap y to i before adding -ed |
multiply | multiplied |
hurry | hurried |
fry | fried |
study | studied |
We have now completed the tricky words for Year 2 and will begin learning the Year 3 words. The words we are learning this week are: accident, accidentally, actual, actually, address and answer.
Reading
Your child should be bringing home a reading book from school each day, and a new Reading Record booklet. We really appreciate your support hearing your child read daily at home. Please can you record the reading they have done in their reading booklet. We are using a Accelerated Reader in school. Every half term, the children are tested on their reading and comprehension skills, and given a ‘reading zone’ of appropriate books to choose from. Every time they finish a book, they complete a quiz which tests how well they have understood it.
Science
We have been learning about skeletons and muscles this half term and we will check to see how much we have learnt! After half term we will be learning about rocks and fossils.
R.E.
Our current unit is: ‘What do Christians learn from the Creation Story? This week we will be visiting the Church to celebrate Harvest.
Art
We will be finishing our Paul Klee inspired fish art and using some of our finished work to create a display in our Year 3 central area. After half term, we will be creating levers and pulleys in cards, linked to our Stone Age theme!
Geography
Our Geography work this half term is ‘How can we live more sustainably?’ This week we will learn about how habitats can be created for birds. After half term, we will follow a History Unit of work about the Stone Age.
We thank you for your support during this first half term in Year 3, and hope your children have a lovely break over the half term holiday!
Week Commencing 11th October 2021
Home Learning
Please have a look at the information in our Home Learning yellow star which is in the Year 3 class pages menu. As a school, we are currently emphasising the value of daily reading. Your child will be bringing home a reading record to support this – please ensure it is filled in and comes into school each morning. We are also encouraging regular practising of X table skills and number bond facts through Times Table Rock Stars and Numbots. The link to these programmes is in the Home Learning yellow star.
Black History Month
Mr Doku led an assembly last week on the theme of Black History Month. Children been invited to enter a whole school competition on this theme to create a poem, poster, picture or song. Please hand any entries to your class teacher who will pass them on to Mr Doku. There will be a small prize for the winner.
Maths
This week we will begin our focus on addition and subtraction skills.
Here are links to some White Rose videos. We won’t be using these directly in class, but you may find them helpful for supporting your child at home.
Add and subtract multiples of 100: https://vimeo.com/459318816
Add and subtract 3 digit numbers and 1’s not crossing the tens boundary: https://vimeo.com/459319169
Add and subtract 3 digit numbers and 1’s crossing the tens boundary:: https://vimeo.com/459365558
By the end of Year 2, children are expected to know their 2, 5, and 10 times tables.
In Year 3, we will continue to practise these, and will learn our 3, 4 and 8 times tables. We are continuing to sing the 4 times table and also to solve 4X table problems.
English
We will be reading and discussing ‘Beachcomber’ poem by George Mackay Brown. Over the final 2 weeks of this half term, we will be writing our own poems in this style. We will consider our choices of vocabulary, use of expanded noun phrases, prepositional phrases and commas in a list.
We will continue to practise our joined handwriting, and the spelling focus for this week is to add the suffix ‘-ment’
The 6 tricky words we are learning this week are: whole, wild, worse, you, your, who
Reading
Your child should be bringing home a reading book from school each day, and a new Reading Record booklet. We really appreciate your support hearing your child read daily at home. Please can you record the reading they have done in their reading booklet. We are using a Accelerated Reader in school. Every half term, the children are tested on their reading and comprehension skills, and given a ‘reading zone’ of appropriate books to choose from. Every time they finish a book, they complete a quiz which tests how well they have understood it.
Science
Our current Science unit is all about skeletons and muscles. This week, we’ll investigate the role of muscles in helping us to move. We will also measure how our heart rate changes with exercise and plot this on a bar graph.
R.E.
Our current unit is: ‘What do Christians learn from the Creation Story? This week we ask ‘Who were Adam and Eve and what did they do?’
Art
We will be continuing our Paul Klee inspired fish art. We have painted a pastel water colour background and now need to draw on our fish and cross hatch them.
Geography
Our Geography work this half term is ‘How can we live more sustainably?’ This week we will learn about different ways to create electricity.
Week Commencing 4th October 2021
Home Learning
Please have a look at the information in our Home Learning yellow star which is in the Year 3 class pages menu. As a school, we are currently emphasising the value of daily reading. Your child will be bringing home a reading record to support this – please ensure it is filled in and comes into school each morning. We are also encouraging regular practising of X table skills and number bond facts through Times Table Rock Stars and Numbots. The link to these programmes is in the Home Learning yellow star.
Maths
This week we will complete our learning of place value and then focus on addition and subtraction skills. This week we will be focusing on comparing and ordering numbers, and counting in 50s.
Here are links to some White Rose videos. We won’t be using these directly in class, but you may find them helpful for supporting your child at home.
Compare numbers: https://vimeo.com/457760511
Order numbers: https://vimeo.com/457760822
Counting in 50s:https://vimeo.com/457790310
By the end of Year 2, children are expected to know their 2, 5, and 10 times tables.
In Year 3, we will continue to practise these, and will learn our 3, 4 and 8 times tables. We are continuing to sing the 4 times table and also to solve 4X table problems.
English
We continue to study ‘Intriguing Animals’ by Ben Hoare. (A stunning book, with beautiful art work and lots of facts about different animals written to engage a young reader.) This week we are writing our own information pages about a sea animal.
We will continue to practise our joined handwriting, and the spelling focus for this week is to add the suffix ‘-less’
thank thankless
hope hopeless
fear fearless
care careless
We don’t have to swap, double or drop any letters when we add the suffix -less. Here is the rule:
If a suffix starts with a consonant letter (-less), it is almost always just added straight on to a root word. No changes are made to the root word.
The 6 tricky words we are learning this week are: who, why, where, wear, were and water.
Reading
Your child should be bringing home a reading book from school each day, and a new Reading Record booklet. We really appreciate your support hearing your child read daily at home. Please can you record the reading they have done in their reading booklet. We are using a Accelerated Reader in school. Every half term, the children are tested on their reading and comprehension skills, and given a ‘reading zone’ of appropriate books to choose from. Every time they finish a book, they complete a quiz which tests how well they have understood it.
Science
Our current Science unit is all about skeletons and muscles. This week, we’ll carry out an investigation which will link with our measuring skills in maths. Last week we measured our height and the length of some of our bones. This week we will be plotting our results on bar graphs. Will the tallest children have the longest bones?
R.E.
Our current unit is: ‘What do Christians learn from the Creation Story? This week we consider whether believing in God, or having any other faith makes a difference to our lives and whether you need to have a faith to look after the planet?
Art
We will be learning about the artist Paul Klee and will be drawing and painting fish in his style. We have learnt how to draw a fish and the skill of cross hatching. This week we will find out more about the artist Paul Klee and his fish paintings and begin our own Paul Klee inspired art work.
Geography
Our Geography work this half term is ‘How can we live more sustainably?’ This week we will continue to consider what our school does to help us live sustainably.
Week Commencing 26th September 2021
Home Learning
Please have a look at the information in our Home Learning yellow star which is in the Year 3 class pages menu. As a school, we are currently emphasising the value of daily reading. Your child will be bringing home a reading record to support this – please ensure it is filled in and comes into school each morning. We are also encouraging practising of X table skills and number bond facts through Times Table Rock Stars and Numbots. The link to these programmes is in the Home Learning yellow star.
Maths
We continue to learn about place value. This week we will be focusing on adding and subtracting 1, 10 and 100. We will also compare and order numbers.
Here are links to some White Rose videos. We won’t be using these directly in class, but you may find them helpful for supporting your child at home.
+ and – 1,10,100: https://vimeo.com/454675288
Compare numbers: https://vimeo.com/457760511
Order numbers: https://vimeo.com/457760822
By the end of Year 2, children are expected to know their 2, 5, and 10 times tables.
In Year 3, we will continue to practise these, and will learn our 3, 4 and 8 times tables. We are currently doing lots of singing of the 4 times table.
English
We continue to study ‘Intriguing Animals’ by Ben Hoare. (A stunning book, with beautiful art work and lots of facts about different animals written to engage a young reader.) This week we will learning about how to group similar information into paragraphs. We will then begin to write our own information pages about a sea animal.
We will continue to practise our joined handwriting, and the spelling focus for this week is to add the suffix ‘-ful’
Did you know that we can make an adjective by adding the suffix -ful to lots of root words?
thank + ful = thankful
It means someone is full of thanks.
Look what happens to the word ‘full’ when it becomes a suffix:
full becomes -ful when it is a suffix.
Reading
Your child should be bringing home a reading book from school each day, and a new Reading Record booklet. We really appreciate your support hearing your child read daily at home. Please can you record the reading they have done in their reading booklet.
Science
Our current Science unit is all about skeletons and muscles. This week, we’ll carry out an investigation which will link with our measuring skills in maths. We will measure our height and the length of some of our bones. Will the tallest children have the longest bones?
R.E.
Our current unit is: ‘What do Christians learn from the Creation Story? We began by exploring the school grounds and looking for awe and wonder, and then remembering the 7 days of the Christian Creation Story. This week we will look at amazing creations that man has made and ask how we should look after our planet.
Art
We will be learning about the artist Paul Klee and will be drawing and painting fish in his style. We have learnt how to draw a fish and the skill of cross hatching. This week we will find out more about the artist Paul Klee and his fish paintings.
Geography
Our Geography work this half term is ‘How can we live more sustainably?’ Last week we explored what we mean by living sustainably. This week we will continue to consider what our school does to help us live sustainably.
Week Commencing 19th September 2021
On Tuesday, we have a day off of our normal curriculum, on the theme of moths. We have a visiting artist who will be helping the children to make moths out of the recycled milk bottles, and an author who will be sharing their story book ‘The Moth’s Whisper. With their class teacher, the children will be writing and illustrating Kenning poems about moths! This is part of a school-based project with the Art and Energy Collective. The moths will be displayed for 2 weeks in Princesshay in early October before travelling to Glasgow to be displayed at the COP26 climate change conference.
Maths
We continue to learn about place value. This week we will be focusing on number lines, firstly to 100 (re-cap of Year 2 learning), and then to 1,000.
Here are links to some White Rose videos. We won’t be using these directly in class, but you may find them helpful for supporting your child at home.
Number line to 100: https://vimeo.com/454674857
Number line to 1000: https://vimeo.com/454675110
By the end of Year 2, children are expected to know their 2, 5, and 10 times tables.
In Year 3, we will continue to practise these, and will learn our 3, 4 and 8 times tables. We are currently doing lots of singing of the 4 times table.
English
We continue to study ‘Intriguing Animals’ by Ben Hoare. (A stunning book, with beautiful art work and lots of facts about different animals written to engage a young reader.) This week we will be writing sentences about sea creatures and using conjunctions so that our sentences have more than 1 clause.
We will also be practising our joined handwriting, and the spelling focus for this week is to add the suffix ‘-ful’
Did you know that we can make an adjective by adding the suffix -ful to lots of root words?
thank + ful = thankful
It means someone is full of thanks.
Look what happens to the word ‘full’ when it becomes a suffix:
full becomes -ful when it is a suffix.
Reading
Your child should be bringing home a reading book from school each day, and a new Reading Record booklet. We really appreciate your support hearing your child read daily at home. Please can you record the reading they have done in their reading booklet.
Science
Our current Science unit is all about skeletons and muscles. This week, we’ll re-cap the names of some bones and then find out what the functions of our skeletons are and learn about different types of skeletons like endoskeletons and hydrostatic skeletons.
R.E.
Our current unit is: ‘What do Christians learn from the Creation Story? We began by exploring the school grounds and looking for awe and wonder – we found plenty of flowers and mini-beasts to inspire us! This week we will be covering the 7 days of the Christian Creation Story.
Art
We will be learning about the artist Paul Klee and will be drawing and painting fish in his style. Last week we learnt how to draw a fish and this week we will be learning the skill of cross hatching.
Geography
Our Geography work this half term is ‘How can we live more sustainably?’ Last week we explored what we mean by living sustainably. This week we will begin to consider what our school does to help us live sustainably.
Week Commencing 13th September 2021
Maths
We will be learning about place value for the next few weeks. We will start by looking at different ways we can represent numbers to 100 and how we can partition them. We will then progress to do this for numbers to 1000.
Here are links to some White Rose videos. We won’t be using these directly in class, but you may find them helpful for supporting your child at home.
Represent numbers to 100: https://vimeo.com/451808270
Hundreds: https://vimeo.com/452145744
Numbers to 1000: https://vimeo.com/452145986
By the end of Year 2, children are expected to know their 2, 5, and 10 times tables.
In Year 3, we will continue to practise these, and will learn our 3, 4 and 8 times tables. We will begin with the 4 times table this half term.
English
We will begin to look at ‘Intriguing Animals’ by Ben Hoare.
It is a stunning book, with beautiful art work and lots of facts about different animals written to engage a young reader. We’ll mostly be focusing on the sea creatures to fit with our topic of ‘The Deep Blue’.
Alongside this, we will also be practising our handwriting, spellings and dictionary work. (In future weeks, we will let you know which spelling patterns & tricky words we are focusing on).
Reading
During this week and next, we will hear your child read and make sure that they know which books to choose from the library. We’ll begin a book to read with the class, and will talk about what we like to read. We really appreciate your support hearing your child read daily at home.
Spellings
Details to come about spellings next week.
Science
Our current Science unit is all about skeletons and muscles. This week, we’ll find out what the children already know and will start to learn the names of some bones.
R.E.
We will begin a new unit: ‘What do Christians learn from the Creation Story? More details to come next week.
Art
We will be learning about the artist Paul Klee and will be drawing and painting fish in his style. This week we will begin by learning how to draw a fish.
Geography
Our Geography work this half term is ‘How can we live more sustainably?’ We’ll being by exploring what we mean by living sustainably.
Week Commencing 6th September 2021
We hope your children have enjoyed their summer break and we are looking forward to welcoming them into Year 3!
Monday 6th and Tuesday 7th are Non-Pupil Days
Children come back to school on Wednesday 8th
(Please bring in their PE kit to stay in school, and each day they should have a water bottle and a healthy snack for break times.)
During Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, we will help your child to settle into Year 3, get to know them, begin our learning and have some fun! Our normal timetable will begin the following week.
Each week, on the Year 3 Blog, we aim to provide a summary of what we will be learning during the week. We hope this will help you to support your child at home and to be reassured when you ask them what they’ve done at school and they say ‘Nothing!