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Year 3 - Cherry
Year 3 What are we learning this year?
Summer 1 Spellings
Welcome To Our Year Three Class Page - Miss Connor
Welcome to Summer 1
Quite unbelievably we are already in the Summer term and the children are working very hard. We have a long half term ahead but lots to look forward to including new topics, a school trip and of course the children's First Holy Communion.
We will do our best as staff to capture the children's amazing learning and achievements and share these with you via the school Twitter pages as well as updating you on key curriculum and timetable changes here on this class page.
The value for this half term is "joy" and we will be encouraging the children to think about ways to show joy as well as finding joy in the simplest of things.
Please note, children will need to bring their Swimming kit on Tuesdays (Swimming costume/trunks and a towel). PE on Wednesdays will now be outdoor, children can wear navy, plain tracksuit bottoms and tops over their St John's blue tshirt.
Teaching Assistants:
Miss Malloy and Miss Hammersley
Miss Connor can be contacted on info@stjohnsrc.net.
Important dates this half term:
Tuesday 16th April - Commencement of Swimming lessons
Wednesday 17th April - Y3 trip to Tatton Park
Saturday 27th April - First Holy Communion at 12 noon
Monday 13th May - Assessment Week
Thursday 23rd May - Music Extravaganza (tbc)
Friday 24th May - School closes for Whit
Curriculum
Please find the information for our core subjects in Summer 1 below:
English: We will begin the term with the text "Libba" and use this to explore the genres of letter writing and biographies before moving on to our next non-chronological report based on the text Egyptology. At the end of this half term, we will use the text "The Green Ship" to extend our narrative writing.
Maths: This half term, we will begin with a unit on Fractions as we did not get this started last term. We will be looking at ordering and comparing fractions as well as finding fractions that are equivalent. We will then move on to Mass and Capacity where we will work with grams and kilograms as well as millilitres and litres.
Religion: As well as preparing for our First Holy Communion in school, we will also explore the themes around Pentecost.
Science: Once we have finished our Animals including humans topic, we will begin out final Science topic of Forces and Magnets.
Humanities: This half term we will start an exciting History topic exploring ancient civilisations including the Ancient Sumer; The Indus Valley; Ancient Egypt and The Shang Dynasty of Ancient China. Please note, we will focus mainly on the Ancient Egyptians.
Homework
Your child will come home each Friday with a colour-banded reading book. These books can only be changed each Friday, however they can be kept longer than a week if necessary.
The children should also be now bringing home a library book (book of choice) which they have chosen to read for pleasure. This book might not be pitched at your child's current reading age but the aim is to encourage the children to find enjoyment in reading through shared stories. Please share the library book at home and even read to your child if necessary, so they can enjoy the story. We aim to visit the library to change these books once a week.
PLEASE ENCOURAGE YOUR CHILD TO BRING BOTH BOOKS ALONG WITH THEIR READING JOURNAL TO SCHOOL EVERYDAY.
In addition, you child will be set weekly spellings which will be assessed in a non-formal way at the end of each week. The idea being that we expect to see correct spellings in children's work, rather than in an independent spelling test.
Times Tables:
The children now have logins for TT Rockstars which is very popular platform for practising times tables. The logins were stuck into the front of the purple books last half term, please let us know if you need these sending home again.
www.ttrockstars.com
This website has great activities to help your child learn, practise and enjoy times table facts in a fun and engaging way.
This year, your child will be given a log in for Atom Prime which is an online platform for homework. Once logged on, your child will find an English and maths task to have a go at. We encourage the children to have a go independently as the program not only adapts to their answers (to make sure it's at the right level) but also provides feedback as to where they went wrong. As soon as the login details have been set up, we will be in touch with further information on this aspect of homework.
PE Days
Our PE Days are Tuesday afternoon (games) and Wednesday afternoon (gymnastics).