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Year 3 Ash

Welcome to the Year 3 Ash Page

Welcome to Year 3 Ash!

We have a busy term building up to our Easter break. Read below to find out what we're getting up to

Please check this page for regular updates and remember to access Class Dojo if you need any questions answering.

Thank you
Miss Lees

Key Information
 
Reading books and records should be brought to school daily. Please ensure you child reads regularly throughout the week and an adult signs their reading record. It is important that children are reading as much as possible.

Spelling shed & TTRS log ins can be located inside the front cover of your child's reading record book. 

PE days are TUESDAY and THURSDAY so please ensure that your child comes to school in their full PE kit that day.
 
All children are provided with water bottles - please do not send one into school

Please send children into school with a Radcliffe Hall bookbag rather than a backpack - we are limited on cloakroom space and this really helps
 
Please ensure that all uniform is clearly labelled with your child’s name.

English

This term we are looking at the fiction text 'Jim and the beanstalk'. Children will build on their knowledge of features of a persuasive text to eventually write a persuasive letter to the Giant, from Jim, persuading him not to eat him! We will then revise our knowledge of narrative writing and complete a written narrative. Also this term we will be looking at kennings poems

Spellings are set each week on spelling shed. Children will also be given a copy of these spellings to practise. A short test will be given each week to see how much progress is being made.

 

Maths

This half term in Maths we will be looking at:

  • Length and Perimeter
  • Fractions


We will be continuing our weekly multiplication check. By the end of year 3, children are expected to know their 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 & 10 times tables.

Please ensure your child practises their times tables at home as well as completing challenges on Times Tables Rock Star (your log in is inside the front cover of your reading record book).

 

Science

This half term our focus will be light. Children will build on their knowledge of;

 

  • Recognising that they need light in order to see things and that dark is the absence of light.
  • Notice that light is reflected from surfaces.
  • Recognising that light from the sun can be dangerous and that there are ways to protect their eyes.
  • Recognising that shadows are formed when the light from a light source is blocked by a solid object.
  • Find patterns in the way that the size of shadows change.

Wider Curriculum

In  Georgaphy our topic this half term is the local environment. Children will:

  • Identify seasonal and daily weather patterns in the UK
  • Use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to key human and physical features 
  • Use simple compass directions (North, South, East and West) to describe the location of features on a map
  • Study maps and aerial photographs and use simple compass directions (North, South, East and West) and locational and directional language to describe the location of features and routes on a map.
  • Draw own maps of the local area; use and construct basic symbols in a key.   
  • Use simple fieldwork and observational skills to study the geography of their school grounds and the key human and physical features of its surrounding environment 

 

In our R.E topic this half term we are looking at the question 'What kind of world did Jesus want?'

In D.T we will be looking at pneumatic toys.

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