Welcome to Year 3

Below is information about what your child will be learning this term. Every Friday you'll also find homework on google classroom for your child to practise over the course of the week.  

 PE Days

Your child will have 2 PE sessions a week. One with their class teacher and another with our PE specialist. Please check your child’s PE day and ensure they are dressed in appropriate PE uniform on these days (jogging bottoms/leggings/white t-shirt, jumper and trainers)

Each class will have their PE lessons on:

Autumn Curriculum

Reading

As the children are now in year 3, they will be following a reading programme called ‘Destination Reader’.  During their reading lessons, we will be looking at different reading strategies and thinking about how we can use them in our lessons successfully. Some strategies we will be covering this term include, retrieval, summarising and predicting. The texts we will be looking at include, ‘Izzy Gizmo’, ‘The Tin Forest’ and ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’.

Reading at Home

We will continue to work on our reading habits, encouraging all children to change their books regularly and bring their Rhome books in everyday. We encourage every child to read at home everyday for 10 minutes at least and record it in their R@home book. Children will also have access to their Reading Eggs accounts, where they can read online books and practise comprehension questions. 

Writing

This term we will be writing a variety of different text types. Included will be, writing a familiar story with an alternative ending and stories with a clear dilemma. To support children with these, it is important to read a variety of texts and encourage children to use their imagination when writing their own stories. 

During our writing lessons, we will also be focusing on different grammar skills. The grammar skills that we be taught and revisited include:

• Simple sentences 
• Compound sentences
• Adjectives
• Fronted adverbials 
• Directed speech

 Handwriting

We will continue to teach children both print and cursive writing depending on where each individual child is at with their handwriting. Handwriting lessons will be taught at least 2-3 times weekly.

Maths

In maths this term, we are going to be covering the following units:

Addition and Subtraction

In this chapter,  children will focus on adding and subtracting using the column method. We will be working with 3 digit numbers and understanding the place value of each digit. We will then move on to renaming and learn how to rename the ones and the tens. Renaming will be used for both adding and subtracting. 

Multiplication and Division

In this chapter, children will be introduced to the 3, 4 and 8 times tables which are the key multiplication facts that year 3 children need to learn.  They will learn ways to remember their multiplication facts and make links to known facts to also support them. Later on in the term, we will then move on to division where children will then learn the difference between grouping and sharing.  Children will only be dividing by 3, 4 and 8.

We use https://play.ttrockstars.com/ to help with times tables practice. You can find your child's log in on the front cover of their homework book. 

Jigsaw PSHE

 The two topics we will cover this term include, ‘Being me in my world’, and ‘Celebrating Differences’. We will be focusing on us as an individual in the first half term and what makes us so special. Later in the term, we then move on to understanding how we are different and celebrating the people around us. We will have discussions around how families are different, our cultures are different and our traditions are different. This is a great way to learn about others. 

Non-Core

In the first half term, our focus will be on Geography and comparing two different countries in the world. We will be researching Zimbabwe and England and then making some comparisons as well as noticing the differences. Children will learn to ask questions and then research to find the answers. Children will recap human and physical features and find out which feature each country has. 

After the October half term, we will then move on to Science and ‘Light.’ We will be exploring different light sources and how we can use them in everyday life. We will aim to be a scientist for the day and take part in some ‘WOW’ moments and then ask some scientific questions. We will then look at how shadows are formed and find patterns on how the size of shadows change throughout the day.

Design and Technology

Towards the end of term, we will then move on to ‘Design and Technology’ where we will explore pneumatics and make our very own pneumatic toy! Children will need to design and make their toy then evaluate it to see what and how they could improve it for next time.

Indoor Physical Education

  This term in P.E will be covering gymnastics where we will learn and variety of shapes and rolls. These include:

• tuck
• straddle
• pike
• teddy bear roll
• egg roll
• log roll
• dish

We will then finish off the term learning the skills needed to play badminton where children will attempt to play a rally!