Welcome to Y3!

General Information

Staff: 

Teachers: Mr Winter and Mr Wood

Teaching Assistants: Mrs Flint and Miss Torpey

P.E:

Children will come to school dressed in their uniform and will bring their PE kit in a labelled bag.

Some PE sessions will take place outside unless there are extreme weather conditions i.e. ice, snow or heavy rain.

Please ensure they have the appropriate kit e.g. jogging bottoms/leggings and a jumper/hoodie.

Homework:

Home learning menus are given out at the start of every half term highlighting activities and projects the children can complete based on their current topic.

Each half term, children will be encouraged to complete homework from a 'homework menu' from their class teacher. This will be a range of activities relating to their current topic that parents can complete with their children.

Please do share photographs of your children carrying out the tasks by sharing them with the year group's Twitter page. 

Subject Knowledge Organisers

For more information around subject coverage, knowledge and skills, head on over to our Foundation Subjects section on the website which can be found here.

Topic blurb Summer 1 

During Summer 1 half term, our topic will be called “Catastrophe!” The topic driver for this will be the subject of Geography and natural disasters. We will learn about different types of natural disasters such as: earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions. We will learn about the different parts of volcanoes and what causes earthquakes. In Science, we will be learning all about light and how it is affected by transparent, translucent and opaque objects. We will understand that light is a type of energy that can be reflected from some objects and also how it can be dangerous. In art, we will focus on Stephanie Peters’ artwork based on natural disasters. We will use acrylic paints and different techniques, such as cross hatching, dappling and dabbing to create different textures. In literacy, we will be writing a character description, using Ted Hughes’ Iron Man as a stimulus. We will be reading Ted Hughes’ Iron Man in book study. In maths, we will be learning about fractions, money and time.

Books to enjoy at home!

Summer 1

Iron Man by Ted Hughes

The Wild Robot: Now a major DreamWorks animation! by Peter Brown

Children's Encyclopedia of Natural Disasters (Arcturus Children's Reference Library) by Anne Rooney

Light and Shadows: Let's Experiment! by Matteo Crivellini