Blackman Class - 3B                                                                             Percival Class - 3G

                 Miss Thind                                                                                                Miss Gore       

Miss Smith, Miss Banks and Mrs Howard will be working between both classes. 

 

 

Term 6

Welcome to the Year 3 page! We hope you had a restful break and are looking forward to an exciting term of learning and fun. We hope you find the information below helpful, it should give you an insight as to what your child will be focusing on this term across the curriculum. Our termly newsletter is also attached below with further information as well as key dates. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us on the Year 3 email account - year3@kingsnorth.kent.sch.uk.

Maths

We follow ‘White Rose Maths’. In Maths, we will be focusing on money. We will then be learning about shape, and acute and obtuse angles, recognising parallel and perpendicular lines, drawing polygons and identifying 3D shapes. Our final domain for the term is statistics, where we will be interpreting data on bar chart and pictograms and creating two-way tables.

Below is the Year 3 scheme of learning for the upcoming year. Sometimes we may spend longer consolidating certain topics and the order in which we learn them may change slightly. However, this gives you an insight as to the topics the children will be covering this year. 

 

 

English

In Shared Reading this term we will be reading Gregory Cool by Caroline Binch. This is the touching story of a boy named Gregory, a cool city kid who is miserable when he arrives in Tobago to visit relatives.

In our Writing for Pleasure lessons, we will be writing a Memoir. This will be an exciting opportunity for the children to write about something they remember that is personal to them!

Science

Our learning for this term focuses on Light. Our enquiry question is ‘How are shadows formed, and how can we change the shape of a shadow?’ We will be looking at identifying the differences between light sources and non-light sources; discovering how shadows are formed and investigating how you can change the shape of a shadow.

Physical Education 
PE will be on a Monday and Wednesday afternoon for Year 3. Please make sure your child has the appropriate PE kit and no earrings on PE day. Our sports are Tennis and Athletics. Children will need their outdoor PE kit, as the warmer weather approaches children will need shorts. Boys and girls will change in separate classrooms. 

 

Religious Education

In RE this term we will be looking at Sikhi. Our key question is: How do Sikh people worship and celebrate? The children will learn about how, where and why Sikhs worship, how Sikh people respect and regard The Guru Granth Sahib as a living Guru, that the Gurdwara is a place that is welcome and open to everyone and is known as the ‘doorway to the house of God’.

Geography

We will be learning about Locational Knowledge. Our key question: Where in the world do we live? We will be using maps to locate the continent Europe and identifying countries in Europe. We will also be identifying human and physical features of places in Europe.

PSHE (Jigsaw)

Our Jigsaw piece for this term is Changing Me. Our Jigsaw lessons this term include discussions on how everyone is unique and different; how to know who to go for to ask for help if they are worried about change; and dealing with change looking ahead to next year.

 

 

How you can help at home:

https://ttrockstars.com  - Encourage your child to practise their times tables. In class, we will begin by recapping 2s, 5s, 10s and 3s. 

3 Times Table song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uneATAeac7Q

4 Times Table song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QU_E0u-tP4

8 Times Table song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_BJjR9rdwA 

6 Times Table song:

Listen to your child read daily. Ask questions to develop their comprehension and inference skills.

Spelling Shed -  spelling practise, we will assign a spelling rule for children to practise at home. We will be practising these in school too. 

 

Online Safety for your child.

Please click on the link below to access advice on how you can keep your child safe online, including a helpful tool to support you in having the right conversations about online safety. Also included on the site are a list of activities that you can do with your child at home. 

https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/Support-tools/home-activity-worksheets 

Reading skills:

There are question mats and reading skills sheets attached to the bottom for any learning surrounding reading.