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St Peter-In-Thanet CE Junior School
St Peter-In-Thanet CE Junior School

Year 3

Welcome to St Peter’s!  

The Year 3 team are really look forward to welcoming your child into their class and supporting them on the start of their journey at St Peter’s.

Things to note: 

  • Every Monday, the children will receive their spellings 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 throughout the week. 

  • We encourage daily reading and appreciate this being evidenced in their reading record to support them in class. Reading frequently helps your child to make progress and therefore we encourage your child to be read at home a minimum of three times per week. 

  • PE days for Terms 1 & 2: Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays

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

 

Year 3 Team 

3L – Mrs Lance and Miss Proctor (TA) 

3B – Mrs Bruna and Miss Relf (TA) 

3J – Mrs Jones and Mrs Dooley (TA) 

 

During the next two terms, our topics will be Animals including humans (Term 1) which is Science focused and The United Kingdom (Term 2) which is Geography focused. 

 

Term 1 – Animals including humans 

In our topic this term, ‘Animals including humans’, we will focus on living things. We will explore where animals live, how food chains work and what a healthy body needs to survive. We will also be product designers in DT, where the children will sample, design, make and evaluate their own smoothie products. 

In Maths, we will be learning about place value and the number system. We will begin to look at a range of calculation strategies which will equip us with the knowledge and skills to solve a variety of problems. As always, we will have a focus on learning our times tables fluently and efficiently.  

In English, we will have a focus text, ‘Wolves’, which links to our Science topic. This is a fantastic story in which the children will be engaged in different activities including: role-play, discussion of the text and creative writing. We will be setting high expectations for presentation, punctuation and spelling. In guided reading, we will be enjoying a non-fiction text about Wolves, where we will explore factual information and improve on our comprehension skills. 

 

Term 2 – The United Kingdom 

In Term 2, we will focus our study on the UK and its geographic features in our topic, The United Kingdom. During this geography-based topic, we will explore and compare physical and human features and environments across the countries within the UK: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, as well as begin to develop a range of geographic skills. 

In Maths, we will be focussing on formal calculation strategies for addition and subtraction. We will also be learning how to measure and compare length, add and subtract lengths and calculate perimeter.  

In English, our focus text will be ‘Coming to England’, which links to our United Kingdom topic. We will learn how to write letters and improve on our vocabulary knowledge. In guided reading, we will be exploring poetry and understanding how different poems are formed.