PE
Teamwork
Kwik cricket
Swimming
Maths
Number bonds to 1000 and beyond
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10 times tables
Measurement and telling the time
Perimeters
Solving Number Problems
Addition and Subtraction
Adding/Subtracting Fractions
Compare & order numbers up to 1000
Compare and order fractions
Represent data and results from
scientific investigations
ICT
Learning platform
Purple Mash
Education City
Researching skills
Internet safety
Computer mapping
Scratch
PSHE
Circle Times
Summer Rules/Values
Working Together
RE
To focus on a religion:
Judaisim
Design Technology
Build miniature rainforest
Den building
Tribal headdress
Art & Design
Close observational
drawings
Tribal art
French
Animals
Months/Days
Music
P. Bone
English
Story writing
Descriptive writing
Recounts
Poetry
Homophones
Possessive apostrophes
Editing and developing writing
Up-levelling
Lexia (spelling and reading)
Weekly Guided Reading
Geography
Locate the world’s countries, with
A focus on North/South America
Locate geographic zones
Key aspects of physical geography:
climate zones, rivers, volcanoes etc.
Key aspects of human geography:
settlements, land use, trade and the
distribution of natural resources
Use maps, atlases, globes
Our Living
Rainforest
Science – Biology
Look at the function of parts of
flowering plants, requirements of
growth, water transportation
in plants, life cycles and seed
dispersal.
Identify and name plants
and animals
Look at life cycles and
Classification of plants, animals
And micro-organisms
Class 3
1st Summer Half Term 2017
OUR LIVING RAINFOREST
This pamphlet outlines the content of the
curriculum to be covered this half term.
Class 3 Newsletter
April 2017
Dear Parents/Carers,
Welcome back after the Easter break! I hope your son/daughter is excited to be back
and ready to start our science and geography based topic ‘Our Living Rainforest’. Mrs
Randall will continue to be the class Teaching Assistant during the mornings. Class 3
also continues to have support from Mrs Clarke, Mrs Wallace, Miss Blades and Mrs
Minney. Whilst I have my planning time, the class will be taught by Mr Waterhouse
every Thursday afternoon.
Reading
In class we aim to listen to your child read as often as possible! We ask that you spend
time listening to your child read, reading to them and talking about what you have read
on a daily basis! Please encourage your child to enjoy reading and to read books of
their own choosing as well as those in our reading scheme. Please remember to make a
note in their ‘Reading Record’ and remind your child to note down any independent
reading they have done too. We will be giving rewards to the ‘Reader of the Week’ and
house points for their reading. The children will be heard during our weekly Guided
Reading sessions, where we will carry on studying a range of different text types to
help improve comprehension and inferential skills. We have a great selection of books
in the library and classroom that we are always happy to lend out!
The Learning Platform
Your child continues to have access to the Learning Platform, so please encourage your
child to access this, using the link on the school’s website. I will try my best to keep
the Year 3 page up to date with games and activities to support your child. I will also
post photographs, links to websites and extra information for homework.
Homework
Thank you for your continued support of your child’s learning at home, we have had
lots of excellent work to share in our homework galleries. Our Egyptian Day was a huge
success, thank you for the preparation that was put into your child’s costume, all of
the children looked amazing! We will continue to set mini projects linked closely to
learning in class. I encourage you to get involved and discuss ideas with your child.
Please feel free to come and discuss the homework’s set if you have any queries.
This Half Term’s Topic
Our first topic of the summer term is ‘ Our Living Rainforest,’ where we will be finding
out all about plants and all living things. We will look at the function of parts of
flowering plants, requirements of growth, water transportation in plants, life cycles
and seed dispersal. Children will be able to identify and name plants and animals. We
will look at classification keys, the life cycle of animals, plants and micro-organisms,
and we will look at reproduction in plants and animals, and human growth and changes.
We are in the processes of organising a visitor who will be bringing in rainforest
animals to help to bring the topic alive for the children.
Big Writing
Children in Class 3 will continue to complete Big Write activities. This will provide an
opportunity for children to complete extended pieces of independent writing. The
learning environment will be carefully set and I may send home details of ‘talk for
writing’ if appropriate. The Big Write is an excellent chance for your child to work
towards or consolidate their targets.
Targets
I will set new individualised targets for children in numeracy, literacy and reading this
term, with the aim for these to get children ready for class 4. These will be shared
and explained to the children and I will also have these written into the back of the
children’s home school diaries so that they may be shared with you. If you have any
queries about your child’s targets or would like further information on how you can
help them at home, please call in and discuss this with me or a member of the year 3
team.
PE
PE lessons will continue to take place on a Wednesday afternoon with the support of
our sports coach Luke, where we will be focusing now on Kwik Cricket. Please ensure
your child has the correct PE kit in school at all times (black shorts, purple t-shirt and
plimsolls/trainers).
Swimming
Class 3 will have weekly swimming lessons at Tiddenfoot Leisure Centre on a Monday
morning starting from Monday 24th April 2017. It is essential that children attend all
of these sessions as it is part of the National Curriculum. Full details regarding this
will be released on a separate letter.
I will be setting children a bank of spellings and a times table to practice on alternate
weeks, and we will have a mini-test on a Monday morning. Please spend time with your
child looking at their spellings and practicing counting. I will make sure that there is an
education city game available for children to practice the times table of the week if
they wish.
If you are able to offer any knowledge on our topics or provide support in class, please
discuss this with me, it will be greatly appreciated. An amazing term is ahead of us! As
always if you have any concerns about your son/daughter or any questions/queries
please do not hesitate to call into class to speak to me.
Mrs Minney runs a homework club every Thursday lunchtime for children to complete
work set that they have not managed to complete at home and computers will be
available for education city. We do expect all children to attempt every piece of
homework that we set.
Many thanks,
Miss O’Reilly
Class 3 Teacher