Welcome to Wagtails Class

Welcome to Year 3

Wagtails

Mr McQueen, Mrs Rojas and Mrs Salako would like to welcome you to year 3 and Wagtails class webpage. 

We have an exciting term exploring tropical rainforests around the world. We have lots of interesting and exciting activities planned. 

YEAR 3 SPELLINGS

Each Monday morning we will begin to learn our spellings.

The words will be listed on our class page so you can learn them at home as well as at school.

On Friday we will see how many words we can remember how to spell. 

Our spellings for the following half term are as follows: 

Week beginning: 4th March 2023  

scheme    chorus    echo    character    ache    chaos    stomach    chemistry    orchestra    technology

Week beginning: 11th March 2023            

great    grate    grown    groan    plain    plane    peace    piece    rain    reign

Week beginning: 18th March 2023            

sent    scent    vain    vein    rode    road    steel    steal    waist    waste

Week beginning: 25th March 2023   

bicycle    biplane    bisect    bilingual    biannual    reappear    redecorate    reapply    repay    rebuild

ENGLISH  

This term we will be focusing on texts that are linked to our main topic of the tropical rainforests.

Our first text is 'Great Kapok Tree' by Lynne Cherry. This is a fantastic story about a man who works in the rainforest cutting down trees.  He takes a well-deserved rest and while he does the animals from the rainforest come and speak to him. 

We then explore the rainforest through poetry and write our own verses imagining what we can see, hear, and feel while walking through the rainforest.

We finish the term with some factual writing and we produce a fantastic booklet that gives Information on each of the layers of a rainforest.

TOPIC

Our topic this term is Tropical Rainforests.

We will explore the countries and continents where we find tropical rainforests, the climate in these areas, the animals and people that live there, and the impact of deforestation.

ART

In our art lessons we will be looking at objects with the eye of an artist, shading and texture techniques, and drawing plants and flowers using what we have learnt. 

MATHS  

This term we will be exploring multiplication and division; measuring length and perimeter; and fractions.  

We will also be using TT Rock Stars to help us learn our times tables and Doodle maths for individual courses.

Children will be practising 3, 4, and 8 times tables as well as reinforcing their knowledge of 2, 5, and 10. 

SCIENCE

In our Science lessons we will be learning about plants.  We look at parts of a plant, photosynthesis and how plants reproduce. 

TECHNOLOGY

In our technology lessons we will plan, design and make our own poisonous dart frog stuffed toys. 

P.E. 

P.E. for Wagtails is on Wednesday and Thursday.

It is important you wear your P.E. kit to school on P.E. days.

YEAR 3 HOMEWORK

Please read as often as you can and remember to get your reading diary signed. 

To help with the 'Times table Challenge', click on the link below to take your child to the Times Tables Rock Stars log in or the Top Marks website.  Children can also access the fantastic Doodle Maths website at home and this is personalised towards their needs with tuition as well as questions.

https://play.ttrockstars.com 
https://www.topmarks.co.uk
https://www.doodlelearning.com

English and Maths homework will be sent on alternate weeks. Homework will relate to what the children have been learning in their lessons. Homework will be sent out on a Friday and should be returned on the following Friday.

Spelling homework will be sent weekly (on a Monday) and children should learn their spellings in preparation for a test each Friday. As the term progresses, children will be asked to include their spellings in sentences to show they understand the meaning of them.