Welcome to Class 3

Class Teachers:  Mrs Parker and Mrs Parker
Welcome to Class 3. This is the start of your journey through Key Stage 2. We mostly aim for  a cross-curricular approach to learning so that skills are transferable.

Autumn Term -  
Theme 
For the first few weeks we will be learning all about the environmental challenges which are facing our planet at the moment. This is part of our whole school theme and in Year three we will be mainly focusing on the impact plastic has, particularly in the ocean and the animals who live there. 
We will then move on to learning about the Stone Ages in our 'Meet The Flintstones' topic. This will combine learning through History, Art and DT to find out about what life was like during the Stone Age period. 

English 
Our English will be taught through a range of texts, both whole texts and extracts, some of which will be related to our topic. The first text we will be using is call The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry which is about the impact humans have on The Amazon Rain Forest. We will start by looking at building sentences in different ways and  following this, we will move on in the direction needed by the class.
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Maths  
In Mathematics we will start by learning about place value of numbers up to a thousand before moving onto developing their addition and subtraction skills. All lessons will involve a practical/ pictorial element before moving onto the abstract. Children will be given the opportunity to practice the skills being taught before moving onto reasoning and problem solving activities. 

Spellings - We will be sending home lists of all of the spellings that your child should already know (Year 1 and 2) as well as those they should know by the end of year 4 ( 3 /4 word list). Please support your child with these as much as you can. if you need another copy, please let us know.

Beat The Clock - ​We will be starting our times table challenges over the next few weeks. Children will bring their sheets home once they have completed them and can then practice further at home. Knowing their tables is essential, so please encourage your child to recite them regularly. By improving their scores during these sessions, the children are working towards the multiplication check that they will have to do in year four. We will be practicing this format at school, but it would be helpful if children could also practice at home following the link below:

Multiplication Check

Maths Games

Year 3 Photos

Class 3 Visits and Events

Stone Age Fact sheet

Homework

We value the work parents do to support their child's work through homework. In Class 3 children should be doing approximately, 15-20  minutes per night. We would expect that between 10 and 15 minutes of this would be spent reading and discussing books with your child. This leaves some time to practice other key skills such as spellings, sentence work or number skills as well as research tasks. 

Useful Information

Forest School / outdoor learning - Every other Friday starting this term on Friday 6th September . If possible, please can children leave a pair of wellies in school so that we can go outside often as possible without getting their school shoes and socks soggy! Please ensure long legs and arms are still included to protect their skin when outside.

P.E. – Swimming on Thursday afternoons (starting on 12th September).
 
Homework will be given on Thursday and will need to be returned the following Monday.

Reading percentages are calculated on a Thursday. Please ensure diaries are up to date and reading has taken place at home, at least three times each week.