Welcome to Year 3!

There are 3 classes in Year 3;

3H, The teachers are Miss Hulston (4 days), and Miss Newton (1 day)
3J Miss Johnson (5 days)
3KW Miss Westerman ( 3 days) and Miss Kauser (2.5 days)

The teaching assistants who work with us are Mrs Pirways and Miss Randeniya

In Spring 1 we are learning about:

Maths

In maths we will be continuing our unit on shapes and right angles. We will also be looking at a range of different strategies for addition and subtraction. We are also making sure that we all know our 2, 5 and 10x tables.

English

In Writing we will be exploring dragons through  both non-chronological reports on dragon species, and innovating a dragon egg hatching with our own creative writing ideas. In reading we are looking at a fun non-fiction text ‘Street Beneath our Feet’ and then reading a chapter book ‘The Boy Who Grew Dragons’.

Geography

In geography this half term we will be exploring the country of Italy, its features and how it compares to England.

Science

In science we will be learning about light.

DT

In DT we are going to be designing, creating and evaluating a fabric pouch for a purpose of our choice.

RE

In RE we will be looking at why festivals are important to different religions.

PSHE

We are  learning about different families.

Music

In music we will be singing in harmony, exploring timbre in music, and combining chants and pictures to create a rondo performance. As well as some exciting steel pan sessions on Wednesday afternoon.

Computing

In computing we will be looking at online safety and email.

Books we are reading:

• Street Beneath My Feet
• The Boy Who Grew Dragons
• Tell me a Dragon

Things to remember:

• Bring your reading record in every day and read at home as much as possible.
• PE days are:
  

  3H Tuesday and Thursday
  3J Thursday and Friday
  3WK Tuesday and Thursday