Welcome to Year 3

In Year 3, our teachers are Mrs Watkins and Mrs Davis (Flamingos), Miss Scandrett (Macaws) and Miss Tyler (Toucans). We are supported by Teaching Assistants Mrs Oakley, Mrs Fenton, Mrs White and Mrs Smyth. Mr Ayers is the Year 3/4 Phase Leader.

New Class Videos - a "hello" from your new teachers!

Welcome to Flamingos from Mrs Watkins

Welcome to Toucans from Miss Tyler

Welcome to Macaws from Miss Scandrett

WELL DONE AWARDS

Friday 16th July 2021

This weeks Awards go to:

Toucans - All of Toucans

Flamingos - All of Flamingos

Macaws - All of Macaws

FOR IMPORTANT DATES PLEASE CHECK THE WEBSITE CALENDAR

SPORTS DAY 2021

Click here for the Year 3 Sports Day video for Toucans

Click here for the second part of the Year 3 Sports Day video for Toucans

Click here for the Year 3 Sports Day video for Macaws (group photos)

Click here for the Year 3 Sports Day video for Macaws (events)

Click here for the Year 3 Sports Day video for Flamingos (Group photos and relay)

Click here for the Year 3 Sports Day video for Flamingos (Running races)

Click here for the Year 3 Sports Day video for Flamingos (Throwing activities)

CURRICULUM

Please click here to view the Year 3 Curriculum Overview.

TOPIC

Our new topic will be 'Global Explorers'. We will be exploring rainforests around the world by looking closely at where they are located and what their climates are. We will use our knowledge to determine which animals and plants live there and why. We will also identify the different layers of the rainforest and explore the effects of deforestation. We will discuss how we can best protect our rainforests and why this is important. Finally, we will unpick vocabulary such as equator, humid, species, climate and deforestation.

ENGLISH

Summer term

For the rest of term, we will be basing our English unit around the picture book ‘Tuesday,’ which is written by David Wiesner. This tells the story of how one Tuesday evening strange happenings occurred, when a fleet of frogs glide in on floating lily pads, alarming the residents of the local neighbourhood. Across the three weeks, Year 3 will be looking at the structure and layout of newspaper reports and using this knowledge to help create their very own report, describing the mysterious events of that magical Tuesday evening.

MATHS

Summer term

We are continuing on the measurement: time unit.

We also continue to practice using TTRS three times a week and often set tournaments between the three classes.

For more information, please see the White Rose Yearly Overview below.

Times Tables Rocks Stars - www.ttrockstars.com

Top Marks - http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games

HOME LEARNING

In order to minimise the amount of paperwork between school and home, we will trial setting homework on Seesaw. Children will be able to check their Seesaw for information about:

1) Spellings to learn for the week 2) The My Maths activity that has been set 3) The times table to focus on for the week

Children will also be able to use Seesaw as an online reading diary, recording what they have read throughout the week. Children are still expected to read 3 X a week and this will be monitored in school.

Banded reading books will be sent home for those children who are not free readers.

SEESAW

At the beginning of the year, a letter was sent home that outlined the expectations/usage of Seesaw. It also included an overview of the home learning plan for this academic year.

Please see below for the expectations/usage of Seesaw.

When using Seesaw, please only upload the following:

A record of reading (once per week, if possible, with three pieces of evidence).

SPELLINGS

There will be a weekly spelling programme during the term. For the first half of the term every child will be revisiting previously taught spelling patterns to consolidate their learning. During the second half of the term, we will complete five spelling sessions a week with the children. Taught spellings will alternate between Read Write Inc spelling units and the Year 3/4 words.

Spellings

Please click here to view the Year 3/4 word spelling list.

Spellings are tested on a Friday each week.

There are no spellings for w/b 19.7.21 due to it being the last week of term.

PE

Please send your child into school wearing their PE kit on their PE day.

Tuesday - indoor PE

Wenesday - outdoor PE

For safety reasons, jewellery is not to be worn during PE lessons, therefore could you please ensure your child is able to remove it independently before the lesson or have it removed before coming into school.

For more information on what uniform is to be worn, please see the table below.

CURRICULUM EVENING 2020

Please click here to view the Curriculum Evening Presentation.

SUPPORTING YOUR CHILD'S LEARNING AT SCHOOL

Read with your child as much as possible as this helps with their fluency and understanding of texts as well as helping to increase their imagination for their own writing. Please ensure your child fills out their reading record for each book they read. We expect your child to read between 1 and 2 books from then school reading scheme per week.
Practise times tables. Revise 2, 5 and 10 times table from Year 2. By the end of Year 3, children are expected to know their times tables at speed and be able to rapidly recall the 3, 4, 8 and 11 times tables. In school, children practise times tables using Times Tables Rock Stars four times each week.
Encourage your children to play on the following educational websites:

Maths