Welcome to Year 3

Useful Documents 

Homework

Year 3 Spring 1

Dear Parents and Carers,

I wish you a warm welcome back after the holidays and a very happy new year. We will continue to remind children about our school values of Respect, Good Manners, Patience, Perseverance and Honesty.  We will use our reward system 'Brookhouse Monsters University' to recognise good behaviour and attitudes. If your child is in the winning University team, they will be given a reward at the end of the term.

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.

Our topic for this term is 'Rock and Roll'.

Homework

Please encourage your child to complete their homework each week. Homework is given out on a Friday and is expected to be completed and returned no later than the following Wednesday. As well as completing the homework on the homework grid, your child will be given a list of words to explore on a weekly basis for our Whole Class Reading sessions. It is really important that your child completes this work so that they are ready to access the text that we will be reading the following week.

All children are familiar with using the online learning platforms such as Reading Plus, Purple Mash, Spag.com and TTRS, therefore your child should be able to login and complete any tasks assigned independently. You may feel your child is a fluent reader, however it is still crucial that you read with your child as much as possible at home to support their phonics and comprehension of different texts.

English

Our focus for English this term will be 'Discussion'. We will look at various texts, exploring the language, structure and features used in discussion texts. The children will be immersed in various discussion topics where they will look at different viewpoints and provide their own views. They will then be innovating a discussion text focusing on the structure and the use of effective language. The children will then plan and write their independent discussion texts on their chosen topics, using the skills that they have acquired throughout this unit. 

Whole Class Reading will continue to take place every day, through which we encourage children to focus on new vocabulary in the text and the comprehension of the text. 

The school has purchased a three year subscription with an online reading resource called Reading Plus, which improves pupils' reading age but it does rely on the children using this resource on a regular basis.  Please make sure they are using it at home.  Please support your children in their reading of school books, at home for ten minutes every day.  We will continue to encourage children to improve their Oracy skills through participating in the project Voice 21.

Maths

Our Maths lessons will provide pupils with the opportunity to learn using concrete, pictorial and abstract models. They will then learn to apply this knowledge to reasoning and problem solving - QUACK (Please ask your children what this means). This term we will be looking at measurement, focusing on length, mass and volume. The children will be measuring the length of various objects and converting the measurements into different units of measure for example; meters into centimeters centimeters into millimeters and vice versa. We be using measuring tapes and meter sticks to measure the length of objects longer than a meter. Once the children are confident at measuring, they will move onto solving word problems using bar models. 

There will also be an opportunity for online learning via Purple Mash. Please encourage your child to practice their timetables at home. It is really important that your child learns their times tables, in order to aid them with this, your child can use the online program 'Times Table Rock Stars'.

Science

Our topic for this term is 'Rocks and Soils' Year 3 will work scientifically to understand what rocks are and how rocks are formed. They will carry out various investigations to understand how Scientists categorise rocks. They will become Rock Detectives and compare and contrast different rocks. At the beginning of each session we will deliver a quiz to test key learning, your child can prepare themselves by revising the Science Knowledge Organiser.

Art

This term we are going to explore Parietal art also known as cave art. We will be looking at what materials were used in the Stone Age to create this style of work. We will then be experimenting with different grades of pencils, charcoal and pastels to create our own parietal art.

PE

PE will take place on a Thursday afternoon. Please ensure that your child has their earrings removed or covered by plasters from home on this day. The correct PE uniform must also be worn: Yellow PE shirt, black PE shorts or jogging bottoms and black pumps. 

We will also be starting our swimming lessons, which will take place on a Wednesday morning. Please ensure that your child brings in their swimming kit. This will need to include a large towel, swimming costume or swimming trunks and a swimming cap. Please put them in a large carrier bag. Jewellery is not permitted, please therefore ensure that earrings are removed before Wednesday. 

History

In History, children will be looking at the the Stone Age. We will be exploring the different periods within the Stone Age as well as looking at the main events that took place during this perios. We will be making historical enquiries and ask questions about the Stone Age. We will then compare life in the Stone Age to life now and understand how the Stone Age people moved around, hunted for and gathered food and how they cooked their food. 

PSHE

Children will have the opportunity to share and discuss any concerns or worries. If you have any concerns, 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. We will be focusing on 'Families and friends'. 

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.

As always, we all hope you stay healthy, safe and most importantly stay happy! 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).