Welcome to Year 3!
Key information
Tokyo – Y3D Class Teacher: Miss Davenport
Teaching assistant: Mrs Machin
Seoul – Y3S Class Teacher: Mrs Storey
Teaching assistant: Miss Wright
Year 3 Weekly Timetable
Accelerated reader login link:
https://global-zone61.renaissance-go.com/welcomeportal/6706008
PPA cover/support staff: Sports coaching (PE) and Mrs Valente will be working across Year 3 for PPA cover on Thursday.
Pick up and drop off: All Year 3 children will enter school through the junior playground door at 8.40am (this is the door they normally enter through). The school day begins at 8.45am. Children should be collected at 3.20pm from outside of their respective classroom doors. The gates will open at approx. 3.10pm
PE Days: Monday and Thursday PM every week.
Children should come to school in their PE kit suitable for outdoor weather.
Curriculum overview for Summer term
Our Summer topic: Who were the Egyptians?
Our Summer 1 English writing book this half term is ‘Journey’ by Aaron Becker
We will be using various genres of writing to explore new vocabulary and learn new writing skills which are outlined below.
Our Summer 2 English writing book will be focussed on ‘Zeraffa Giraffa’ by Dianne Hofmeyr.
We will be using various genres of writing to explore new vocabulary and learn new writing skills which are outlined below.
English Reading
Our book for guided reading in Summer 1 is called ‘Illustrated atlas of Britain and Ireland'
We will work on various reading skills which are outlined below.
Our book for guided reading in Summer 2 is called ‘The Egyptian Cinderella' by Shirley Climo
We will work on various reading skills which are outlined below.
Class read:
Our teachers are reading ‘The Boy who Stole the Pharaoh's Lunch’ by Karan McCombie.
Maths
The maths units we will cover this term are:
Adding and Subtracting Fractions:
- Adding fractions
- Subtracting fractions
- Partitioning a whole
Money
- Pounds and pence
- Converting pounds and pence
- Adding and subtracting money
- Finding correct change
Time:
- Roman Numerals to 12
- Telling the time to 5 minutes
- am and pm
- Days and hours
- Hours and seconds
- Years, months and days
Shape:
- Turns and angles
- Right angles
- Horizontal and vertical
- Parallel and perpendicular
- Making and recognising 2D and 3D shapes
Times tables focus: 2’s, 5’s, 10’s, 3’s, 4’s and 8’s.
Useful resources:
We understand the importance of children learning alongside their adults at home, so here are a few resources to help you along the way!
BBC Supermovers: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers
Hit the button: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
BBC Bitesize: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/zbr9wmn
Times Tables rockstars: https://play.ttrockstars.com/
PurpleMash: https://www.purplemash.com/sch/wistaston#/portal/wistaston/child
Other areas of the Curriculum:
Science: Light and Dark (Summer 1) Plants (Summer 2)
Computing: Emailing (Summer 1) Branching Databases (Summer 2)
PSHE: Relationships (Summer 1) Changing Me (Summer 2)
PE: Sports Day/Town Sports (SCNW - Thursday) and solve, explore, challenge (Summer 1)
DT: Egyptian Collars (textiles) (Summer 2)
Art: Telling stories through drawing and making (Summer 1)
RE: Why is water symbolic? (Summer 1) Why is fire use ceremonially? (Summer 2)
Music: Love Music Trust (Food Fabulous Food)
French: Fruits and vegetables, hungry giant
Geography: How did geographical features affect the Ancient Egyptians?
History: The Ancient Egyptians
PE
This term the Year 3 children will have PE on a Monday with teachers and Thursday with Sports Coaching Group.
On these days we ask that children come to school in their PE clothes rather than their school uniform.
Weather dependant they can wear their shorts and school coloured PE t-shirt and house PE sweatshirt. If the weather is cold, then tracksuit bottoms/leggings would be more suitable. Trainers are preferable to pumps as it is possible the children may be outdoors for some lessons.
Please ask at the office if you are unsure on the expectations of PE kits.
Year 3 Homework.
Homework is always set on a Monday and is completed by 8am on the following Monday. Children will be asked to find their homework online. If a child is off on a Monday, the expectation is that the child will ask a friend/teacher or use the website for the homework before the Monday deadline.
Y3 homework in a nutshell:
- Spellings (test every Monday)
- Reading (3 times a week with an adult)
- Planner signed by a parent or guardian every week
- 30 mins of TTRS
Year 3 Weekly spellings.
The Y3 spellings will be put onto the learning poster each week.
To encourage the children to use an online system for homework, as they will in later education, and to promote sustainability within school, please note that these spellings will not be given out on paper. Children will be expected to access the learning poster at home to learn their spellings. The spellings we use are mapped in the school spelling curriculum and we may revisit some of them over the year to embed them before moving up to Year 4.
Reading
Children in Year 3 are expected to read with an adult 3 times a week to ensure comprehension and decoding skills are in-line with the books they are reading. A signature in the planner will let us know that this has been done.
Children are encouraged to change their own book upon completion.
Completing homework
Homework is monitored by the year group staff each week.
To reward children for completing homework and learning spellings, there are lots of positive reinforcements in place to encourage them to make positive choices.
We will also let you know if your child has not completed their homework so that you are kept in the loop.
Thank you for your support!