Year 3
Mrs Davey Autumn 1
Welcome back to what will be an exciting Autumn Term in Class 3! I hope you have all had a great summer!
This term, in Class 3, we will be studying the theme ‘There is no place like home’ as a part of our creative curriculum. This new theme is based on a scheme of work developed by the Lancashire excellence team.
This topic has a major focus in geography. We will learn to name and locate the counties and cities of the United Kingdom and focus in on Lancashire and particularly the area surrounding Kirkham and Wesham. We will be learning how to understand, use and make our own simple route maps. As a part of our fieldwork, we will observe, measure and record the human and physical features in the local area using a range of methods including sketch maps, cameras and other digital devices. We will make links between features observed in the environment to those on maps and aerial photos.
Literacy
In Literacy we will be focussing of Folk Tales including ‘The Lancashire Giant.’ In Grammar we are concentrating on prefixes and our class story will be The Twits by Roald Dahl.
Maths
This half term we will focus on place value, addition and subtraction of two and three digit numbers, angles as a property of 2D shape and interpreting data using bar charts.
R.E.
We have two gospel values this half term. The first one being encouragement, the second on forgiveness.
Science
Topic – Animals, including Humans.
We will be looking at what animals, including humans, need to be healthy and grow. We will sort food into groups, compare specific diets and look at food pyramids. We will study food cartons and consider healthy, balanced meals.
We find out about different types of skeletons and bones and learn about the joints in a human body.
PSHE
This half term our focus is on ‘New Beginnings.’ Incorporated into this will be exploring feelings and how we can encourage each other, following class and school rules and promoting positive behaviour.
We will also be looking at our body parts and learning the ‘doctor names’ for the male and female body.
Year 3 expectations.
In year 3 I expect your child to be respectful, self motivated and eager to learn. To encourage this, your child has many opportunities to be rewarded through:
House Points
Dojo Points
Presentation Points
Star of the Week Award
Golden Time
I also hope you will support us in reinforcing our class rules, which we wrote together and agreed as a class because this will make our class a happy and productive place to be.
Year 3 Class Rules
Rule 1:Raise your hand to speak.
Rule 2:Always try your best.
Rule 3:Respect other, respect yourself, respect your school.
Rule 4:Speak kind words.
Rule 5:Follow directions quickly
Rule 6:Be safe, be kind, be honest.
Rule 7:Make good choices.
We have a Golden Time system in class to help us keep our classroom rules. At the start of the week each child will have 30 minutes Golden Time. Anyone who breaks our classroom rules will unfortunately lose Golden Time minutes and the time lost will increase if the negative behavior continues. All the children respecting the classroom rules will be rewarded with their Golden Time each week on a Friday, when we will be choosing from a variety of activities such as: playing board games, playing cards, outdoor games, ICT time, craft activities etc.
Year 3: Things to remember to bring to school
Reading book and reading record everyday.
PE kit in school everyday please.
A coat.
A healthy snack for break time or toast money.
A water bottle.
Homework
Reading should be completed daily with a grown up at home.
Spellings will be issued every Monday to be tested on Friday.
Homework will be sent home every Friday to be in the following Tuesday.
Your support at home in helping the children practise their reading, spelling and times-tables knowledge is very much appreciated and invaluable.
And Finally……
I consider the education of your child a partnership between myself and you. Please contact me, if you have any worries or concerns.