Welcome to Wagtails Class

SUMMER TERM

Welcome to Year 3

Wagtails

Mrs Greenard, Mrs Lewis and Mrs Rojas would like to welcome you back to the

Summer Term in Wagtails Class. 

This term, our topic is 'Ancient Egypt' and this will be taught through English, art, DT and history!

THINGS TO HAVE IN SCHOOL EACH DAY

Children should have a waterproof coat, if necessary, water bottle, reading record 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.

Red spelling folders are returned to school on a Friday and we see how many we have learnt to spell. Children are then encouraged to use these new spellings in their independent writing.

ENGLISH  

This term we will be reading The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo. This will form the basis of our writing, which will include narrative using setting and character description; facts files about Ancient Egyptian Gods and non-fiction texts about farming in Ancient Egypt.
Alongside this, we will be undertaking Mary Myatt's 'Faster Reading' project. Both classes will be reading 'Charlotte's Web' by EB White and 'The Last Bear' by Hannah Gold. We really hope the children love the texts as much as the adults do!

TOPIC

Our topic this term is Ancient Egypt

We will be finding out about what life was like for people in Ancient Egypt, what they wore, how they lived, what they belived in PLUS the discovery of the Pharoah's tombs by Howard Carter. 

ART

In our art we are linking our learning with our topic and English. Children will be making observations of Ancient Egyptian art andmaking their own papyrus!

MATHS  

In maths, we start off with the topic of fractions, move onto money, then time, shape and finally, complete Year 3 with the topic of statistics. We are working extremely hard to learn ALL of our timestables. Please make sure your child practises their tables using TT Rockstars!

SCIENCE

In our Science lessons we will be learning about Forces and Magnets, which will result in some fun experiments! 

DESIGN TECHNOLOGY

Again, linking with our overall topic of 'Ancient Egyptians', we will be making Egyptian bread, plus, towards the second half of the term, children will be making a shaduf. Do you know what a shaduf is? See if you can find out what it was used for.

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 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.