Welcome to Year 3

Useful Documents 

Homework

Year 3 Summer 2

Dear Parents and Carers,

I wish you a warm welcome back after the holidays.  I hope that you have had a restful break and a lovely Eid.  In Year 3, we will revise our school values of Respect, Good Manners, Patience, Perseverance and Honesty.  We will continue to use our reward system 'Brookhouse Monsters University' to acknowledge positive behaviour and attitudes that are consistent with our values.  Pupils are aiming to achieve silver, gold or platinum awards.  If your child is in the winning University team, they will celebrate with a reward at the end of the term.

Homework

Please encourage your child to complete their homework each week.  Homework will be collected in on a Wednesday to be marked and returned by Friday.  There will also be online tasks to complete on PurpleMash, Learn by Question, SPAG.com, Reading Plus and Times Tables Rockstars.  All children are familiar with using the online learning platforms, therefore your child should be able to login and complete assigned tasks independently.  Furthermore, your child will be given a list of vocabulary to explore on a weekly basis for our Whole Class Reading sessions.  It is important that your child completes this work so they are able to access the text that we will be reading.  You may feel your child is a fluent reader, however it is crucial that you read with your child as much as possible at home to support their phonics and comprehension.

At the top of this page you will find Year 3’s previous and current homework grids, which heavily focuses on reading, spelling and times table practice.  You will also find Year 3’s previous and current knowledge organisers, which will prepare your child for topic quizzes and will take place every week.  We will have a quiz of quizzes at the end of the term to celebrate all the learning taken place across the whole curriculum so far.

Attendance

At Brookhouse, attendance and punctuality are paramount.  Thank you for your support in ensuring that your child attends school every day.  The higher a pupil’s attendance, the more they are likely to learn, and the better they are likely to perform as they progress through school. 

Our topic for this term is 'How does your garden grow?'.

English

This term, our focus in English will be 'Adventure Stories'.  We will begin by reading 'The Enchanted Wood' by Enid Blyton using it as a key text to explore the genre.  Pupils will study a range of Adventure narratives in both written and film formats, identifying key features, language and plot typical of this genre.  They will then apply this understanding to innovate an adventure narrative.  Finally, pupils will plan and write their independent adventure narrative based on a plan drawing on the skills they have acquired throughout this unit.  All units will utilise the 'Talk for Writing' strategy of Imitate, Innovate and Invent.

Reading is a priority of ours at Brookhouse therefore Whole Class Reading sessions take place every day, where pupils are expected to read a range of texts and answer questions by predicting, summarising, retrieving, making inference and explaining.  We also have a specific focus on vocabulary.  In school, we will continue to use the online reading resource called 'Reading Plus' and encourage pupils to complete lessons at home.  It is imperative for you to support your child with reading, please use the question stems to check for understanding.  Also, ensure your child is learning their spellings for ten minutes daily.

Maths

In Maths, our aim is to improve maths fluency, reasoning and problem solving.  We do this through concrete, pictorial and abstract models.  In Summer 2, pupils will begin with geometry.  Pupils will explore angles using mathematical vocabulary and investigation.  This will include making and finding angles in shapes, naming certain angles, comparing angles to one another and describing turns using both angles and fractions.  Next pupils will explore measurement, investigating different types of lines.  In addition, pupils will explore 2D and 3D shapes identifying perpendicular and parallel lines.  Finally, pupils will learn about perimeter.  They will then learn to apply this knowledge to reasoning and problem solving by utilising the QUACK method (please ask your children what this means).  Please encourage your child to practice their times tables at home, in order to aid them with this, your child can use Times Table Rockstars and the maths area on Purple Mash.  All website links can be located on the Website Star above.

Science

In Science, we will learn about biology specifically 'Plants'.  They will know the function of the parts of a flowering plant and describe the life cycle of flowering plants.  At the end of the unit, pupils will use their knowledge to create a fact book all about plants.  Children will be expected to work scientifically by setting up simple practical enquiries including comparative and fair tests, making careful observations and recording findings using simple scientific language, drawings, labelled diagrams and tables.  Please encourage your child to learn their knowledge organiser which will assist them with their weekly quizzes.

Geography

In Geography, pupils will learn about location knowledge, human and physical geography and Geographical skills.  They will be able to name and locate at least five major cities in the UK, not including capital cities.  Then, they will use the eight compass points to follow directions on an OS map.

Design Technology

In Design Technology, pupils will create a herb pot that uses either laminating, corrugating or ribbing.  They will be able to answer questions about their product.  In addition, pupils will be able to describe how and why their herb pot has been made stronger.  Pupils will design, make and evaluate their own work.

Physical Education

P.E sessions will take place on a Wednesday afternoon, our unit is Net and Wall.  Pupils will consolidate striking and ball control skills and devise their own net and wall game.  Please ensure that your child comes into school wearing their full P.E kit.  The kit should include a yellow P.E top with the school's logo matched with black shorts, jogging bottoms or leggings and black pumps or trainers.  Over the top, children will wear their school jumper or cardigan.  All jewellery must be removed, ensure earrings are taken out before the session or covered with plasters. 

In addition, pupils will continue with their swimming lessons on a Wednesday morning.  Please ensure that your child brings in their swimming kit in a large carrier bag.  This will need to include a large towel, swimming costume or swimming trunks and a swimming cap.  Jewellery is not permitted, therefore remove earrings before Wednesday.

PSHE

In PSHE, we will be completing a 'Keeping Safe' unit, where pupils will discuss who keeps them safe in different situations and how to ask for help.  In addition, they will know the importance of rules.  Then, pupils will complete a 'Money and Work' unit, where pupils will know ways that people can keep track of money.  They will recognise that people have different interests and skills which lead to different jobs and sectors.  In addition, they will define gender stereotype, loan and interest.  Furthermore, well-being will also be a key focus throughout the year, with opportunities for pupils to share and discuss any concerns or worries in a safe and supportive environment.

Oracy - Voice 21

As a school we are developing our oracy, learning to talk and learning through talk.  In class, we have created discussion guidelines to aid meaningful discussions.  We will encourage pupils to fully participate by taking on a range of roles and utilising sentence stems to articulate their ideas.  We will provide opportunities for discussion in all areas of the curriculum. 

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to discuss these with us at the beginning or end of the school day.  Alternatively, you can arrange an appointment through the school office.

Thank you for your support, from all of the Year 3 team.

Miss Martin (Class Teacher), Mrs Saleem (Higher Level Teaching Assistant) and Mrs Burondkar (Special Support Assistant).