I hope everyone enjoyed the Easter break and is looking forward to the start of the Summer term in Year 3. We want to make sure that you are fully informed so please come and ask if you have any questions or queries or jot something down in the Reading Record or send me a message on Class Dojo or through the office.
- This term our topic is 'East Anglia, and the Stone Age.'
- If you would be interested in offering assistance with other aspects of the curriculum, please contact the school office for further information.
How to help your child in Year 3:
- Support your child with daily reading and encourage them by ticking that you have heard/seen them read in their home school book. Don’t forget to add a comment yourself.
- Home School books to come into school every day, please.
- Spellings are posted on our Class Story on Class Dojo and can be practised using the Spelling Shed website without the app.
- It is also very helpful if you can practice the x3, x4, and x8 times tables using their Times table Rockstars account.
Mr Penguin is twiddling his flippers waiting for an adventure. That is until the phone rings!
Mr Penguin and Colin (a spider and Mr Penguin's silent right hand man) are called in to find the missing treasure somewhere in the Museum of Extraordinary Objects. The quest finds them solving secret codes, fighting ferocious beasts, eating fish finger sandwiches and travelling deep below the museum to a lost jungle...
You would live with your whole family in a cave and see woolly mammoths walk by!
You might even see images of animals hidden in the shapes of clouds and rocks.
You would want to share these pictures with your family, but wouldn't know how.
Who would have made the world's first drawing? Would it have been you?
Barney names him Stig, and the two quickly become best friends. Of course nobody believes Barney when he tells his family all about Stig. But Barney doesn't care. He and Stig are far too busy having a brilliant series of unforgettable adventures.
Reading:
Reading is really important in Year 3. We have lots of different things to read. We have 100s of Beano comics and First News Newspapers. We also have 'Horrible Histories' and 'Horrible Science' magazines. There are also National Geographic Kids issues and 100s of exciting 'Phoenix' stories to jump into. Year 3 also has audio stories to listen to on our mp3 players.
Guided Reading: I am the seed that grew the tree collected by Fionna Waters
In Guided Reading this half term we will be looking at the poetry collection 'I am the seed that grew the tree.'
- Published in collaboration with the National Trust, this anthology is a brilliant introduction to a wide range of nature poetry
- Explore the wonderful world of animals, plants, trees, weather and much more with each carefully selected poem
- Stunning original artwork lets you travel through the changing seasons and immerse yourself in the beauty and wonder of the natural world
One day a little boy is walking along when he trips, stumbles and falls ... into the Stone Age! He meets a girl his own age and her tribe, and learns all about their way of life. He watches them make tools, clothes and weapons. He sees how they hunt, fish, cook, celebrate – and even how they paint on the walls of caves. But when a furious cave bear attacks, he wakes up back in his own time where everyone tells him it was only a dream. But was it?
Guided Reading: Arthur and the Golden Rope by Joe Todd Stanton
Welcome to Professor Brownstone's vault - containing ancient relics from around the world, all collected by his famous ancestors!
Follow the epic journey of Brownstone's earliest ancestor, Arthur, and travel back to the age of the Vikings where this bookish young adventurer must find the courage to save his village and defeat the mighty beast Fenrir...
Maths:
Following our Power Maths scheme, we will begin Unit 9 about Mass. First, children will learn how to measure and read a scale, focusing on unmarked intervals. Next, different masses will be compared and ordered. Following this, children will learn to add and subtract different amounts using a range of strategies. Finally, they will apply their knowledge to real-life problems
Times tables:
Year 3 will be learning about the x3, x4, and x8 times. Your child should have learned the x2, x5, and x10 times tables in Key Stage 1. To help your child become more fluent with their times-tables they have a password for the Times table Rockstars app.Videos to help your child learn their x3, x4, and x8 times table can be watched below. Try them out.
Science Summer 1: Plants
In Science this term we will be learning about Plants. We will be identifying and describing the functions of different parts of flowering plants: roots, stem/trunk, leaves, and flowers. We will also explore what a plant needs to grow and thrive. Later we will investigate the way in which water is transported within plants. Finally, we will explore the part that flowers play in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seed formation, and seed dispersal.Art: Sunflowers in the style of Vincent van Gogh
In art, we will be looking at Sunflowers created by Vincent van Gogh. Watch the video of 'Camille and the Sunflowers' by Laurence Anholt. One day a strange man arrives in Camille's town. He has a straw hat and a yellow beard. The man turns out to be the artist Vincent van Gogh. This is an introduction to the great painter, seen through the eyes of a young boy entranced by his painting.
We will then create sunflowers using different media:
1. Sketch and paint sunflowers
2. Create sunflowers using ipads and brushes app (relate to the artist David Hockney)
3. Use different media to create a sunflower. (Card / pottery)
4. Clay tile sunflower
Watch the video below to see how we will sketch and paint our sunflowers.
Geography: East Anglia
In Geography, we will be investigating our local area of East Anglia. East Anglia is an area in the East of England,[1] often defined as including the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.[2] The name derives from the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of the East Angles, a people whose name originated in Anglia, in what is now Northern Germany. The children will find out about:
- East Anglia – A region of the UK.
- The physical geography of East Anglia.
- The human geography of East Anglia – Farming in East Anglia.
- The physical geography of East Anglia – Coasts.
- East Anglia, Off-shore power generation.
- What does Pre-history mean?
- How did hunter gatherers survive in the Stone Age?
- What kind of sources tell us about the Stone Age?
- What was Skara Brae?
- Why are there so many mysteries about Stonehenge?
- How did bronze replace stone in the Bronze Age?
1. To sort objects using just ‘yes’ or ‘no’ questions.
2. To complete a branching database using 2Question.
3 / 4 To create a branching database of the pupil’s choice.
We will also continue to learn about how to stay safe online. We will find out how to be Netiquette experts. Netiquette is a set of rules that encourages politeness and respect on the internet. It's very useful and helps us to protect our privacy and that of our friends online. It also helps us to stop cyberbullying. Watch the video below on how to use netiquette.
Parents and carers play a key role in supporting children to learn about how to stay safe online.
o Have ongoing conversations with your children about staying safe online
o Use safety tools on social networks and other online services,
o Decide if you want to use parental controls on your home internet
o Check out - http://www.saferinternet.org.uk/ for more advice
1. A balanced, healthy lifestyle.
2. Physical Activity.
3. Healthy Eating.
4. Dental Hygiene.
5. Making Healthy Choices.
6. Processing the learning
Watch the video below about developing healthy habits.