Welcome to Year  3 

Class teacher: Mrs Greenhalgh, supported by Miss Wylie and Mrs Hill

Spring Term 2 – February 2020

This term in Year 3:
 

• English: reading and studying Gregory Cool continuing with our phonics  and spelling programme called Read, Write Inc for some children whilst others will continue to access the comprehension program Cracking Comprehension
• Maths: Continuing with measurement litres and millilitres then moving on to money
• History: How did the Victorian period help to shape Bury? Look at the Victorian buildings around Bury, Victorian inventions, the Steam railway
• Science:
  Plants and growth: exploring plants and growth, seed dispersal, and pollination
• Computing: Learning to touch type
• RE:Exploring the sadness and joy of Easter
   
• PSHE and Worship:

• core value: friendship and relationships

• Music:
  Glockenspiel

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  Things to note :

   

• P.E = Thursday
• Learning log = Thursday
• Spellings given on Monday, tested on Friday
• Library = Thursday

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  How to support at home :

•  encourage reading as much as possible with a minimum of 15 minutes daily
•  recite quickfire number facts such as multiplication of 3, 4 and 8
•  play “hit the button” (online)
• encouraging independence, ensuring homework is complete and handed in weekly.

Spring Term 1 – January 2020

This term in Year 3 we will be learning:
 

• English:
  reading and studying Mouse, Bird, Snake, Wolf by David Almond with a focus on play scripts
• continuing with our phonics and spelling programme called Read, Write Inc for some children whilst others will access the comprehension program Cracking Comprehension
• Maths:
  focusing on further multiplication and division using more formal methods.

• Geography: What makes the Earth angry? Looking at volcanoes and earthquakes and different types of extreme weather.
   
• Science:
  understanding “What is a force?” focusing on different types of forces, magnets, magnet strength, identifying magnetic materials, finding out why magnets attract and repel each other.  

• RE: Jesus the man who changed lives: The impact that Jesus had on different peoples lives
   
• PSHE and Worship:

core value: Love

• Music:
  Glockenspiel

Things to note :

• P.E = Thursday
• Learning log = Thursday
• Spellings given on Monday, tested on Friday
• Library = Thursday

How to support at home :

•  encourage reading as much as possible with a minimum of 15 minutes daily
•  recite quickfire number facts such as multiplication of 3, 4 and 8
•  play “hit the button” (online)
• encouraging independence, ensuring homework is complete and handed in weekly.

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