Year 3 - Curriculum Newsletter
Welcome back to the new half term and a new year! We hope you enjoyed your Christmas break. This letter will outline the learning that will take place over the next term in Year 3. We are looking forward to an exciting term ahead and also welcome a new teacher to Wales Class, Miss Morgaine.
Homework:
Our expectation at Mead is that every child should do the following every night:
- 15 minutes reading to themselves or an adult and note in the reading record
- 15 minutes practising spellings
- 15 minutes rehearsing times tables facts (including multiplication and division)
If children would like to attempt an additional challenge, we have a new Learning Challenge for children to attempt this half of the Spring Term. This is optional and children do not have to attempt every activity but instead select the activities that they are most interested in and compile a project that reflects the extra time and effort that they have put into their challenge. We hope that children will take their time with the challenge and be proud of the work they produce they should hand this into their teacher at the end of the half term. We have taken on parental feedback and are looking into adapting the Learning Challenge for years 3 & 4 children over the next terms.
Spellings:
Spellings will continue to be given out on Fridays. The children should practise their words every evening. We encourage the children to write their words in sentences on the back of their homework sheet. Their spelling test will take place on Fridays.
Curriculum Information
We have included a summary of the topics which the children will be covering this term. If you have any questions about the topics being covered, please do not hesitate to contact your class teacher.
Yours sincerely,
Miss Winters, Miss Pountney & Miss Morgaine
Spring
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1st Half Term
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2nd Half Term
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Literacy
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Spelling, grammar and punctuation
Science Fiction
Explanation Texts
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Spelling, grammar and punctuation
Mystery
Non-Chronological Reports
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Please fill in the reading record after hearing your child read.
For a good selection of children books visit your local library.
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Numeracy
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Formal written methods of Multiplication and Division
(grid method & bus stop method)
Money
Statistics
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Measurement: Length and Perimeter
Fractions
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Please encourage your child to practice their times tables.
Useful websites:
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ICT
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Espresso Coding
Scratch
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Science
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Light
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Light
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History/ Geography
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What makes the Earth angry?
Volcanoes
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What makes the Earth angry?
Earthquakes
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R.E
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Special Books
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P.E
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Basketball
Tennis
Hockey
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Basketball
Tennis
Hockey
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PE will be on Wednesdays. Please ensure your child brings in their kit.
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Music
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Djembe course
Staff notation
Pentatonic Scale
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Djembe course
Staff notation
Pentatonic Scale
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Art/ Design and Technology
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3D
Painting
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3D
Painting
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French
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Animals, Weather, Adjectives, Easter
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P.H.S.E
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Natural Disasters
Emergency Relief
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University of Mead
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Children will be taking part in University of Mead sessions every Friday where they will attend and learn skills of a new subject or course that they have chosen.
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