Year 3
Welcome to Year 3
We are looking forward to seeing you in September and can’t wait to start our new exciting learning.
Your class teachers will be Miss Morsley and Mrs Sidhu.
In year 3, each day will start with a morning task to get your brains warmed up while we take turns to wash our hands and prepare for the day ahead.
One of the teachers will always be there to welcome you in so remember to say good morning and share a smile.
This is our class reader.
It is a thrilling fiction book. Why not try one of these other ancient Greek novels?
In English, we will be learning to:
- Write letters, recounts, information texts and narratives
- Use dialogue with accurate punctuation.
- Use a range of nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
- Use paragraphs to organise writing.
- Write sentences using ‘if’, ‘when’, ‘because’ and ‘although’
- Plan, edit and draft our work
- Maintain a consistent joined handwriting style
- Apply spelling strategies
In maths, we will be learning to:
- Count from 0 in multiples of 4, 8, 50 and 100; find 10 or 100 more or less than a given number
- Compare and order numbers up to 1,000
- Add and subtract numbers with up to 3 digits, using formal written methods
- Recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 3, 4 and 8 multiplication tables
- Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator within one whole
In topic, we will be studying the Ancient Greeks. We will learn to:
- Sequence several events or artefacts
- Find out about everyday lives of people in Ancient Greece
- Identify and give reasons for different ways in which the past is represented
- Compare different versions of the same story.
- Use a range of sources to find out about a period of time.
In science, we will be learning to:
- Ask relevant questions and use different types of scientific enquiries to answer them.
- Using results to draw simple conclusions,
- Recording findings using simple scientific language, drawings, labelled diagrams, keys, bar charts, and tables
- Setting up simple practical enquiries, comparative and fair tests
- Observe how magnets attract or repel each other and attract some materials and not others
You will have homework each week, including a reading book, maths and spellings.
Don’t forget to bring your book bag every day and change your reading book every week.
You will also need the correct P.E. kit twice a week for P.E. We will have PE on Monday and Thursday.
Have a safe and wonderful summer and we will see you on Wednesday 3rd September
at 9.00 a.m.
All classes start and end times can be found on the website.