Year 3

Introduction to Year 3

Welcome to Year 3. We have 2 year 3 classes- 3S & 3W, our teachers are: Mr Sierra, Mrs Whilby, Miss Richardson, Miss MacClaren. 

In the Autumn Term we will be learning about:

Geography/History – Volcanoes (Term 1) Settlements (Term 2)

Science- Rocks (Term 1) Animals including humans (Term 2)

RE:- Buddhism (Term 1) Christmas around the world (Term 2)

In the Spring Term we will be learning about:

History/Geography- Africa (Term 1) The Stone Age (Term 2)

Science – Magnets and forces (Term 1) Light (Term 2)

RE – Peace (Term 1) Christianity – different perspectives on Easter (Term 2 )

In the Summer Term we will be learning about:

History/Geography – Barbados and Jamaica(Term 1) The Romans (Term 2)

Science – Plants (Term 1) Skills and consolidation (Term 2)

RE:- Hinduism (Term 1) Sikhism (Term 2)

The books/texts we will be using in our English this year are:

Term 1 – Escape from Pompeii – Christina Balit , Coming to England- Floella Benjamin

Term 2 – Long Walk to Freedom- Nelson Mandela, Stone Age Boy – Satoshi Kitamura

Term 3 – Poems by Benjamin Zephania, Empire’s End- a Roman story – Leila Rashid

Our expectations on home-learning are:

Spellings and times tables will be set weekly by the class teacher.

Children have Mathletics and Times Table Rockstar logins and should be accessing these regularly.

The year 3 ‘Padlet’ will be updated regularly throughout the term

Other relevant information:

We have PE on Mondays- please wear your PE kit to school on that day.

We are learning Ukuleles with Joff on Thursdays.

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