Welcome to Year 3
Welcome to Summer Term in Year 3!
Miss Jackson will be teaching on Mondays and Tuesdays, and Miss Christie will be teaching on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays; Mrs McDonald will be our teaching assistant.
On this page, you should find everything you need to know - our Meet the Teacher Information Evening presentation, curriculum map, knowledge organisers and weekly blog are a full of information but please contact us should there be anything else you need.
Year 3 Class Blog
Rockstars
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We've had another great week in Year 3! The children have been completing their first piece of independent writing and Miss Jackson and I are impressed! They have been adding detail with adjectives and adverbs, trying hard to choose unusual verbs and lots of them tried to use speech to show a friendship growing between their main character, April, and a polar bear! They have also done some great maths - we have been practising ordering and comparing numbers and estimating numbers on a number line. The latter was quite tricky but the children tried their best and didn't give up - what more could we want?! And finally, of course, they have been dressing up like Times Table Rockstars! They had such amazing costumes - thank you for the effort that went into them! (I will add photos next week - apologies but a few technical difficulties today - but you will also find photos on Mr Dalrymple's weekly newsletter).
For next week - Week 3 spellings and Mathletics for Friday and Reading Records to be returned on Thursday (please make a note if your child has finished their book or is still reading it). Have a great weekend!
Settling In
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The children are settling into Key Stage 2 now and starting to get used to the new learning and new expectations. This week has been packed with learning again! The children have had their first swimming lesson, their first spelling test and begun their first piece of independent writing, a story continuation, based on our class read, The Last Bear. I’m sure you’ll agree, the writing below is already hooking us in - can’t wait to read more next week!
PS - This half term's spelling sheet is now on the class page along with our other learning information. Please practise Week 2's words with your child ready for next Friday along with completing their Mathletics tasks which are now set up - login details are in the reading records which were brought into school on Thursday. Please ensure all reading records are signed and brought into school every Thursday (and next Monday as an extra for those who do not have a Mathletics login stuck in yet).
Week 1!
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Wow! What a week! We've had such a busy time but so varied! From Arctic adventures (yes, already!) and learning about healthy bones to number lines and our first French lesson, the children have been enthusiastic and raring to go with Key Stage 2! Thank you to all of those who came to the Meet the Teacher meeting on Wednesday - it was lovely to meet you all. For those who were unable to, the information slides are on our class page on the website, so please do have a look. Have a restful weekend - if the children are as tired as us, they'll need it!
PS A quick note about spellings - your child should have brought home a spelling list tonight. This is for the whole of this half term - please practise the Week 1 spellings (little and often is most effective) ready for a dictation-style test next Friday. Mrs McDonald's group will be tested on the top 5 spellings. Miss Christie's group will be tested on all 10, but only 5 in dictation form for now. The children will be given a mark for all the spellings in the sentences (the words will all be words they are expected to know by now, such as, when, with, came etc.) and a mark for punctuation (full stops, capital letters and question marks for now). Children who get all the learned spellings correct (even if the others are not) will receive house points for their efforts.
Life cycle of a plant
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Today we completed our final lesson on plants in science. We rounded off our learning by explaining the life-cycle of a plant which includes germination, growth, pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal. Here are just a few pieces of their amazing explanations.
Sculptures
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This week in art we have been sculpting our birds as part of our project on illustration and character. The children worked independently to create a sculpture of a bird using clay that they will then decorate next week. There were some great moulding skills and we learnt how to create texture and create unique parts of the bird. There was also great partnership and support displayed by all the children, and we are looking forward to seeing the final product next week.
