Year 3
Welcome to Year 3!
Our team is made up of Mrs Hornsby (class teacher), Mrs Clarke (TA), Miss Power (SSA) as well as Mrs Simpson (reading volunteer).
We are really excited for all the learning opportunities the children will have over the next year and we can't wait to share our journey with you!
On this page, you will find our curriculum map for the year, weekly spellings, suggestions for home learning experiences as well as updated photographs of some of the super learning that goes on.
Class information
Spellings: The children will be given these on Mondays, for a test the following week.
PE/ Games: This will be on Wednesdays and Thursdays for this half term. Please ensure that the children have their PE kits in school, including pumps or trainers please.
Homework: This will be handed out on Thursdays for the following Monday. The children will also be given a list of activities to complete related to the History/ Geography topic they are studying. Please aim to complete one activity/ fortnight if you can.
Reading: The children will be have the opportunity to change their books on Tuesdays and Thursdays. They will be given reading homework to do in the week. Please ensure that their reading books are in school on these days.
Curriculum map
Summer 2 Newsletter
Spellings wk beg 5.6.23
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Spellings wk beg 3.7.23
Road Safety Road Show
Investigating muscles
Trip to Manchester Museum to learn about the Ancient Egyptians
Egyptian art
Making (and eating) fruit crumble using seasonal fruits
The King's Coronation celebrations
In Art and Design, the children have been looking at how to build their own structures from card to create sculptures. They had to think how they could make their pieces of 2D card become 3D shapes, that stood by themselves. They also looked at different ways of joining pieces together without using glue or tape. They worked together to create their designs.
The children loved the opportunity to dress up as their favourite film and book characters for Book Day this week. They took part in book related activities during the day, including working together to make shadow puppet theatres and performing, which also fitted in really well with the Science we are doing on Light and Shadows at the moment. They also enjoyed meeting Paul Jenkins, who took the time to not only perform some of his poems with the class but also write a brand new poem with them... inspired by the various book characters!
This half term in History, the children have been learning all about the Anglo Saxons. Here is a taste of what the children have been doing...
In Science, the children are enjoying examining and sorting rocks in different ways using Venn and Carroll diagrams to do this...
In Art and History, we have been learning all about how the Stone Age people communicated using cave art. We created our own paint by crushing berries and using the juice produced to make handprints. We also practiced the technique of line drawing to produce our own animal images and then used paint in natural colours to make these stand out. We worked together on different sections of "the cave" to do this...
The children visited Communitree in Summerseat as part of our History topic on the Stone Age. They loved working together to make dens, exploring the forest, open fire cooking, sawing wood, making jewellery and generally just getting covered in mud! They had a ball!!
