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Year 3

Happy New Year!

We hope you had a restful Christmas break. During the next two terms, our topics will be Stone Age to Iron Age - term 3 history focus and Meet the Greeks – term 4 history focus.

Every Monday, the children will receive a spelling sheet to learn and these words will be tested in class every Friday. Please take the time to look through these spellings with your child and complete the activities.

The focus for homework will be weekly spellings, times tables (2, 4, 5 and 10) and independent reading.

In Year 3, the children need to wear their PE kits into school on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in preparation for their PE lessons.

Any questions or queries, please do ask the class teacher – we are at the classroom door at the end of every day and are happy to talk to you.

Year 3 Team

3L – Miss Lance TA – Mrs Dooley

3SB – Mrs Bruna TA – Miss Kennedy (Mrs Seeney on maternity leave)

3S – Miss Spickett TA – Miss Hubbard and Miss Relf

 

Term 3 – Stone Age to Iron Age

In ‘Stone Age to Iron Age’, we will be learning about chronology and placing events in time order. We will explore how people lived throughout these periods, including working, living conditions and family life. Additionally, we will research prehistoric settlements around the UK.

In Maths, we will be learning about multiplication and division. The children will explore how these two concepts are linked and how to use efficient strategies to solve multiplication and division word problems using bar models.

In English, we will have a focus text, ‘Stone Age Boy’, which links to our Stone Age to Iron Age topic. This is a fantastic story in which the children will be engaged in different activities including: instructional writing, non-chronological reports and creative writing. In guided reading, we will be enjoying several texts based around the Stone Age and rocks to link with our topics, where we will explore vocabulary and improve on our retrieval and inference skills.

Term 4 – Meet the Greeks

In Term 4, we will focus our study on Ancient Greece. The children will be interpreting historical evidence and artefacts to understand what life was like for the Greeks. We will study how the Ancient Greeks lived, how they became so successful and how they have influenced our lives today. We will continue to focus on chronology and understanding historical terminology.

In Maths, we will be focussing on telling the time. The children will explore 12 hour and 24 hour clocks, including analogue and digital. We will use our knowledge to solve time problems. Additionally, we will be learning about fractions. The children will understand the part-whole relationship, as well as add, subtract, compare and order fractions.

In English, our focus text will be ‘Mouse, Bird, Snake, Wolf’, which is a graphic novel text. We will begin by exploring the text type and introducing the story, including looking at vocabulary and characters. Through art, poetry and drama the children will understand the narrative and create story maps to retell the story in their own words.