Year 3
Welcome to Year 3’s class page
"Welcome to our classroom, where the fun never stops and the adventure never ends."
Miss Hilton and Mr Ratcliffe
Welcome Back!
Myself & Mr Ratcliffe are so excited to welcome you all back to school after the Easter holidays. We hope you made some wonderful memories with your families and friends and had a well-deserved rest! We can’t wait to find out all about it!
The classroom is ready for your return, and we are so excited about starting the first half of the Summer Term together.
Our Creative Curriculum
Autumn Term – Stone Age to the Iron Age
Spring Term – Romans & Natural Disasters
Summer Term – The Potteries
What can you find on our class page?
Below we will share information about our curriculum and class routines and provide resources for children to use to enhance and further their learning at home.
We will also share photographs of our work throughout the year for you to see!
Our Class Saint – Saint Sebastian
During our transition sessions in July, Year 3 chose Saint Sebastian to be their class Saint. They chose him because he was a very brave man and spoke so beautifully about Jesus that others became Christians. We were excited about inviting parents to school on Tuesday 23rd January as we celebrated the feast day of Saint Sebastian with a special assembly. During this summer term we will be linking the life of Saint Sebastian to the Gospel Values of being eloquent and truthful. We have already learnt how St Sebastian spread the word of God, which was his truth, and we can follow his example.
He is the patron saint of athletes and soldiers. His Feast Day is 20th January.
Home Reading
Reading helps children with their knowledge, understanding and language. Children are taught to read in school. However, it is important that you encourage your child to read at home daily and listen to them read a couple of pages of their book every night. Our goal is to achieve 100% reading each week - remember the class with the highest reading % wins a treat!
Reading books will be changed every Tuesday and every week the children will also choose a library book to read over the weekend.
Click the video link below for tips on how to support your child by reading at home.
Parents, you must sign your child’s reading diaries, so your children can be rewarded with a stamp for their efforts.
Spellings
Each week children will receive spellings from the Year 3 National Curriculum to practice in class and at home.
New spellings will be stuck into your child’s reading diary every week on a Wednesday.
We are now using the Emile spelling app for spelling homework. All children have a login in which will be stuck into the front of their reading diary in September.
Please help your child to practise their spellings at home and over the weekend as their main test will be each Wednesday.
Homework
Homework is to be completed in the provided exercise book or fluency book each week. Children will be given 3 pieces of maths in their fluency books and 1 piece of grammar in their homework book. The grammar will be handed out every Wednesday (to be completed by the following Monday). Fluency books will go out every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Children also log in to Times Table Rockstars and are expected to practise their times-tables weekly.
Click the link below to access our school login in page. Then log on using your child’s username & password, it will also be stuck in your child’s reading diary.
https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student/12628
What will we be learning this term?
Summer Term 1
R.E
Unit I: Easter
- The children will know the Stories of the Road to Emmaus and Breakfast at the Shore.
- They will understand that through these events the Apostles of Jesus became aware of his presence amongst them.
- They will know that the Church celebrates the presence of the Risen Christ at the Eucharist. They will be able to identify moments in the Mass when this is celebrated.
Gospel Values
Eloquent & Truthful
Children will be planning and delivering collective worship based around the Gospel Values each week.
Prayers
We will be learning the Apostles' Creed. 
English
Narrative - Book focus: The Twits
- We will be reading the tale of the Twits by Roald Dahl.
- We will be writing character descriptions.
- Writing our own chapters based upon similar ideas.
Non-Fiction – Play-scripts
- Learning about the features of play-scripts.
- Turning our new chapters into play-scripts.
- Performing our play-scripts to an audience.
Guided Reading: The Boy Who Grew Dragons by Andy Shepherd
We will focus our reading skills around:
- The way characters relate to one another.
- Knowing which words are essential in a sentence to retain meaning.
- Draw inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions.
- Recognise how commas are used to give more meaning.
- Recognise inverted commas.
- Explain the difference that the precise choice of adjectives and verbs make.
Maths
Mass & Capacity
Children will be able to;
- Use scales.
- Measure mass.
- Measure mass in grams and kilograms.
- Recognise equivalent masses.
- Compare mass.
- Add and subtract mass.
- Problem solve.
- Measure capacity and volume in litres and millilitres.
- Recognise equivalent capacities.
- Compare capacity and volume.
- Add and subtract capacity.
Science: Helping Plants to Grow
The children will be able to -
- 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.
- Identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants: roots, stem/trunk, leaves and flowers.
- 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.
Click the link below to learn about plants and how they grow.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zy66fg8
History: The Potteries (Local History)
The children will answer the following questions.
- What did the pottery industry do for Stoke on Trent?
- Why did the pottery industry start here in Stoke on Trent?
- What advantages did the pottery industry bring?
- Who were the famous potters?
- Why was the Pottery Industry successful?
- How has it influenced Stoke on Trent today?
The children will
- Place events on a timeline in chronological order
- Research to find answers to specific historical questions based on locality.
Art: Pottery Design
Children will -
- Know how to use IT to create art which includes their own work and that of others.
- Know how to use digital media to combine with other media.
- Know how to use sketch books to produce a final piece of art.
- Know how to use different grades of pencil to shade and show different tones and textures.
- Know how to compare the work of different artists.
French: In a French Classroom
Children will be able to –
- Understand and follow simple classroom instructions
- To name school bag objects and recognise if they are feminine or masculine.
- To ask a question about something you do not have.
- To read and understand short sentences.
- To prepare and present a short spoken text.
Computing: We are co-authors!
In this unit, pupils collaborate to create a ‘mini Wikipedia’. They then go on to add or amend content on the real Wikipedia.
In:
- Session 1 they plan their class wiki
- Session 2 they use Wikipedia to find information
- Session 3 they create their class wiki
- Session 4 they edit the class wiki
- Session 5 they edit Wikipedia
- Session 6 they review their work.
PSHE: Healthy Me/Relationships
Week 1 – Being fit and healthy
Week 2 – What do you know about drug?
Week 3 – Being Safe
Week 4 – Safe or Unsafe
Week 5 – My Amazing Body
Week 6 – Family Roles and Responsibilities
Week 7 – Friendship
Music: Disco
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Mrs. Wallace will continue to teach our music sessions. Together, we will listen to range of pieces of music from this genre and learn about the indicators of this style. We will use this knowledge to appraise several pieces of disco music. The class will use their knowledge of disco music to compose a riff. We will continue to develop our recorder skills by learning 3 new notes and continuing to practice playing as an ensemble with different groups playing different parts. |
P. E: Swimming & Athletics
Swimming: Starts again on Monday 22nd April
This half term children continue swimming at Fenton Manor on a Monday afternoon. Children will need to ensure they bring their swimming kits to school on a Monday. Girls must wear a swimming cap.
Athletics (Wednesdays)
Children will -
- Develop flexibility, strength, technique, control and balance.
- Demonstrate effective sprinting techniques, displaying an understanding of key teaching points.
Please ensure that your child’s P.E kit is in school by the start of every week.