Oliver Goldsmith Primary School
“Inspiring a love of learning”
Each term we send out information to parents regarding the curriculum learning journey your child will follow. We hope this will help parents to support children at home. This term in Year 3, the main focus for your child’s learning will be as follows…
Learning Languages/ English
Range of texts
· Range of narrative texts – myths, legends, fables and traditional tales
· Range of information texts
· Play scripts and dialogue
· Story openings and endings
Reading Comprehension
· Identifying main points of a text
· Understanding hidden meanings
· Retrieving information from text
· Beginning to understand authors’ choice of words and phrases
Writing
· Write instructions, fairy tales, play scripts and poems.
· Write using joined script.
Spelling, Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation
· Review letter sounds and word families from year 2
· Practise adding suffixes (end of word eg play“ing” play”ed”)
Practise the spelling of past tense verbs “cooked”
· Learn how to use a Thesaurus and a Dictionary.
French
The children are taught conversational French by a specialist teacher through games, songs and practical activities. They also learn about French culture.
Maths
/ Number
· Count in 4s, 8s, 50s and 100s from 0
· Find 10 or 100 more or less than any number
· Recognise place value of each digit in 3-digit numbers
· Compare and order numbers up to 100
· Identify, estimate and represent numbers using different representations
· Read and write numbers up to 1000 in numerals and in words
· Solve number problems and practical problems using these ideas
· Add and subtract a three digit number with ones, tens and hundreds
· Add and subtract numbers with up to three digits, using formal written method of columnar addition and subtraction
· Estimate and answer to a calculation and use inverse operations to check answers
· Solve problems, including missing number problems, using numbers facts, place value and more complex addition and subtraction
· Recall and use multiplication facts for the x2, x3, x4, x5, x8 and x10 multiplication tables
Measurement
· Measure, compare, add and subtract: lengths, and capacity
· Measure the perimeter of simple 2D shapes
· Add and subtract amounts of money to give change, using both £ and pence in practical contexts
Geometry
· Draw and recognise 2D and 3D shapes
· Identify right angles, horizontal and vertical lines and pairs of perpendicular and parallel lines
Statistics
· Interpret and present data using bar charts, pictograms and tables
Science & Technology
/ Science Topics: Food and our Bodies & Rocks and Soils
The children will be learning how the body works and how to keep their body healthy. We will focus upon the skeleton and healthy eating.
Recognising and grouping the different characteristics of rocks and soils.
Learning how to plan fair tests.
ICT
Programming, Multimedia, E-safety, Data Handling and Using Technology
Humanities
/ History: The Stone Age
Timeline of events
Food, farming and tools
Religious Education: Judaism and Hanukah
Religious practices, symbols, stories and festivals
PSHE and Citizenship: ‘It’s our World’ and ‘Say No’
Rights and Respect. Local democracy. Feeling safe and Anti-bullying.
Creative Arts
/ Art/Design and Technology
Children do imaginative drawings linked to History.
Vincent Van Gogh. Explore mark making.
Food and healthy eating.
Music
Learn to play ukulele; to read staff notation and develop singing skills.
Drama
Role play
Reading from play scripts (linked to Literacy topics)
Speaking clearly and with expression.
Year 3 Hanukah play
Health & Fitness
/ PE
Gymnastics and Netball.
In Year 3, children should wear trainers as this offers greater protection in light of the more demanding skills, games and sports the children take part in. For health and safety reasons, jewellery such as watches and stud earrings must be removed for PE lessons. If you child finds it difficult to take out and replace earrings, it may helpful if they do not wear them on PE days.
Educational Visits
/ Educational visits help us to motivate and inspire our children, creating memorable experiences for them that will last a lifetime. We aim to provide at least one educational visit each term for all classes and we write to parents with details of each trip as they arise.
It is only through the generous voluntary contributions made by parents and parents accompanying the children that educational visits can take place. We thank you in advance for your support.
Other Important Information:
PE Days: Tuesday and Friday.
Homework Days: Tuesday and Friday plus spellings on Monday
Something to look forward to: Maths Week, School Council Elections, Design and Technology (DT)
Learning Adventure
Assembly date: Hanukah Assembly Friday 9th December 2016
If you have any queries or concerns about your child’s learning or other aspect of school life please contact a member of the staff team:
Mrs Luke Year 3 Class Teacher & Member of the Leadership Team
Mrs Palinda Year 3 Class Teacher & Member of the Leadership Team
Mrs Patel, Mrs White and Mrs Vidu Learning Support Assistants