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. 

Topic covered:

Autumn 1:

From the mists of time…

In our history lessons we will be learning all about the Stone Age, and how life for humans changed through the Bronze Age and Iron Age. In art we will study the work of Leonardo Da Vinci and practising the skills of hatching and cross-hatching. In science we be learning to group, compare, and classify different rocks, as well as investigating how fossils are formed, and what soil is composed of. Our Maths topic will be place value for the half term, and in Literacy we will be writing short narratives based on our Stone Age Boy book.

Books to enjoy at home!

Autumn 1

DKfindout! Stone Age by DK 

Find out how early humans hunted a woolly mammoth, made fire, and created cave paintings in this fascinating book for children about the Stone Age.

Stig of the Dump by Clive King

The Thing sitting in the corner seemed to be interested. It got up and moved towards Barney, into the light. Barney was glad to see it was Somebody after all. Funny way to dress though, he thought, rabbit-skins round the middle and no shoes or socks.

Barney spends a lot of time by himself, and often goes wandering off alone. One day he is exploring by the edge of an old chalk-pit, when it gives way. Finding himself in some sort of cave, Barney is astonished to discover a 'somebody' living there: somebody with a lot of shaggy hair and two bright black eyes, wearing a rabbit skin and speaking in grunts.

Barney names him Stig, and the two quickly become best friends. Of course nobody believes Barney when he tells his family all about Stig. But Barney doesn't care. He and Stig are far too busy having a brilliant series of unforgettable adventures.

Savage Stone Age by Terry Deary

Readers can discover all the facts about the Savage Stone Age including:

• what they used instead of toilet paper,
• why a hole in the skull is good for headaches
• and how to make a Stone Age mummy.

My Book of Fossils: A fact-filled guide to prehistoric life by DK

Learn all about how fossils form, where they are found, and how ancient animals are reconstructed. Filled with facts and containing recently discovered species, this book will help even the biggest fossil fans learn something new. Stunning photographs can be studied in detail, while pronunciation guides help with tricky names, and a visual index provides a quick overview of all the key species in the book.