“Learning, loving and encouraging through Christ.”
Well done to Archie A for making a fantastic start to Year 3. He is always ready to learn new things!
Value Award: ambition
Sophie always tries her best and aims high in all areas. Keep it up!
Well done to Rowan class for winning the first KS2 trophy for reading.
Nieve won our reading award for fantastic reading this week – well done!
Barnabas Award:
Eva has been a super encourager this week, especially noted in our science lesson on Thursday with her support for her partner.
Here are the KIRFs (key instant recall facts) for this term. Please encourage your child to learn these facts throughout the term. We will also be working on these in class.
Any questions, please speak to one of the Year 3 team.
This term our history topic is The Norman Conquest and we will be finding out more about who had an interest in the English throne and looking at how the Normans shaped some areas of our own town. Below you will find an overview of the term for your information with a PDF download option in the link underneath the picture. We are looking forward to an exciting term of learning ahead and to sharing it with you via ClassDojo.
Term 1 Overview – The Norman Conquest (PDF Download)
The Year 3 Team
A huge ‘hello’ to all our new children and families joining us in Chestnut and Rowan this year. We really enjoyed welcoming the children back into school on Monday and it was lovely to see all of them smiling and excited to be back after the summer break.
Our PE day will be Friday. Please can you ensure your child has a full PE kit in school, clearly labelled so they can participate fully in our PE activities. Please could you also remove any jewellery (e.g. earrings, etc.) before the children come into school.
The classrooms can be very warm with everyone busy learning, so please could we ask that your child has a named water bottle in school each day to keep them hydrated and able to learn.
As a reminder, the school day starts at 8.30 am and we have a new finish time of 3.15pm. Please aim to arrive at school at 8.30am as important Start Of Day Activities (SODA) take place during the time before worship and we would like all children to benefit from the maximum amount of learning time.
We look forward to getting to know you all over the next few weeks. If you have any queries, please direct them to your class teacher via ClassDojo or on the door.
The Year 3 Team
Chestnut – Mrs Lee, Mrs Gunn, Ms Knight and Miss Irons
Rowan – Mr Houghton and Miss Hatwell
Year 3 had a great time at sports day this afternoon. Everyone took part in at least one race with most children taking on 2 or 3 challenges! Here are some photos of our afternoon.
It is great to have everyone back in class after a well-deserved half-term break. We have a wonderful new term of learning ahead, many aspects of which are focused around our topic of India including our history and geography, art, music and English. In computing, we will be taking a journey inside a computer, whilst in science we are investigating different forces including friction and magnetic forces. In RE, we will continue our focus on Christianity looking at Holy Week and what happened at Easter. We also have a Roman workshop day planned – thinking back to our learning last term.
In addition to this, we also have World Book Day (part of our Book Week activities) and Science Week to squeeze in too!
We are looking forward to sharing all our wonderful learning with you over the term.
You can download PDF copies of our termly overview and maths KIRFs (key instant recall facts) here:
Term 4 Overview – India (PDF Download)
Maths KIRFs – 8x table (PDF Download)
Throughout term 3, the children have been learning about the Romans. We have written stories based on the mythical tale of Romulus and Remus, created posters for a Roman Army recruitment campaign and finally we wrote an information text all about the army. Here’s a selection of their information texts for you to browse through. In term 4, we will be having a Roman workshop day at school which the children are all looking forward to.
This term in art, our theme is formal elements of art looking at shape and shading. Our first 2 lessons focussed on shape and the children spent time looking at pictures and going outside to find simple shapes such as circles, triangles, squares, rectangles, cuboids, cylinders, pyramids, in everyday objects. After practising this skill during our first lesson, the children were asked to draw a drink can, starting by making light sketches of the simple shapes they could see – rectangles, ovals, straight lines – then building on the detail of the actual item, adding colour where time allowed.
The results are wonderful and the children should be really proud of their efforts.
This term we have lots of new learning to look forward to. Our history topic this term is The Romans and we will also be learning about Roman mythology in English. In Science, we are also looking at a new subject – Rocks, fossils and soils. Below you will find an overview of all subjects for the term along with a PDF download option in the link below the picture. This is looking to be an exciting term and we can’t wait to get started. We will share our learning with you both here on the website and also over on ClassDojo in our class stories and in children’s individual portfolios.
Term 3 Overview – Romans (PDF download)
The Year 3 Team
This year in maths we will be focusing on Key Instant Recall Facts with a different focus each term.
Year 3’s term 2 focus is: ‘I know the multiplication and division facts for the 4 times table’.
To complement the children’s learning at school, please could you help them at home as the key to these facts becoming embedded in the children’s memory is to practise little and often.
If you have any questions, please contact your class teacher via ClassDojo.
Y3 KIRFs (Term 3 – 4x Table Facts) (PDF Download)
Many thanks
The Year 3 Team
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