Welcome to Wagtails Class
AUTUMN TERM
P.E. DAYS ARE WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY
Welcome to Year 3
Wagtails
Mrs Greenard, Mrs Lewis and Mrs Rojas would like to welcome you back to the
Autumn Term in Wagtails Class.
This term, our topic is 'Stone Age to Iron Age' and this will be taught through English, art and history!
THINGS TO HAVE IN SCHOOL EACH DAY
Children should have a waterproof coat, if necessary, water bottle, homework diary and reading book in school each day. If it is hot and sunny, please make sure your child has a hat and sunscreen!
YEAR 3 SPELLINGS
Children follow the Year 3 spelling programme. New spellings are introduced on a Monday and are sent home to learn. The children are asked to practise them each night using the look-say-cover-write-check method.
Children will be tested on those spellings on a Monday and are then encouraged to use these new spellings in their independent writing.
ENGLISH
This term we will be reading The First Drawing by Mordicai Gernstein. This will form the basis of our writing, which will include narrative using setting and character description. Following from this book, the children will also be reading 'Stone Age Boy' by Satoshi Kitamura, again, using the book as a basis for writing, art and history.
TOPIC
Our topic this term is 'Stone Age to Iron Age'. We will travel back to prehistoric times and explore how people might have lived during this period. Using a timeline will help us to sequence and place events. Children will become history detectives and investigate the types of settlements and homes people lived in and how they hunted, gathered and farmed.
ART
In our art lessons we will be exploring prehistoric cave art and creating our own masterpieces. This term, we will be creating art during our Forest Schools sessions. Children will be using natural resources they find to create art including sculpture.
MATHS
In maths, this term we will begin by exploring place value, addition and subtraction.
SCIENCE
In our Science lessons we will be learning about Animals including Humans and Rocks, Soils and Fossils.
P.E.
P.E. for Wagtails is on Wednesday and Friday.
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 (3 times a week if possible) and remember to get your reading diary signed – these are checked each Friday. Reading certificates and prizes are given for the number of times you read.
Homwork will be either one piece of English or maths. It will be sent home on a Monday and we would like it back the following Monday. Completing your homework means GOLDEN TIME! Children will also have new spellings sent home each Monday. Try to spend a little time each day practising for the test!
To help with the 'Times table Challenge', click on the link below to take your child to the Times Tables Rock Stars log in, 'My Maths' or Top Marks website.
https://play.ttrockstars.com
https://www.topmarks.co.uk
Here your child can practise their times tables.
Remember there are bronze, silver and gold badges to be won.
Year Three will be having Forest School every Wednesday this half-term. As it is already a PE day, there is no need to send additional clothing but a pair of wellies and a waterproof would be really helpful. They will be doing Forest School in all weathers.
You may wonder what Forest School is...
Forest School is where learners regularly visit a natural woodland environment to engage in hands-on, child-led activities that foster personal, social, emotional and intellectual growth. It promotes confidence, resilience and a deep connection to nature. Children will experience all of this learning: how to manage risk, problem-solve and supported risk-taking.
And it is a lot of fun!
Please see below for our learning over the WHOLE of Y3!
MATHS
It is also important for the children to continue to use TT Rock Stars to help us learn our times tables and Doodle maths for individual courses. We will provide some opportunities to do this in the class but those that also use it at home have shown to progress well thanks to this.
P.E. for Wagtails is on Wednesday and Friday.
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 mostly relate to what the children have been learning in their lessons. Homework will be sent out on a Monday and should be returned on the following Monday.
Spelling homework will be sent weekly (on a Monday) and children should learn their spellings in preparation for a test the following Monday. As the term progresses, children will be asked to include their spellings in sentences to show they understand the meaning of them.
