This week's Learning in Year 3 at a glance
Year 3
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Learning Link: Roaring Rivers and Groovy GreeksAs your children enter the Summer term, we begin with learning about rivers, locally and globally. After half term we go back in time to Ancient Greece to learn all about daily life at that time, beginning of the Olympics, myths and legends and Gods and Goddesses. |
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St Dominic: Miss Duncan St Martha: Miss Moore |
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Curriculum Newsletters for Autumn, Spring and Summer can be accessed here as they become available |
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Year Group reminders |
Week Commencing: 27th April 2026 Week A Monday: Spellings - old ones tested and new ones given out. Tuesday: Maths and English homework marked and handed out. Wednesday: PE for Year 3 - please come in PE kit. Swimming for Year 3 - Please come with a swimming bag including costume, goggles and towel. Thursday: PE for 3M - please come in PE kit. Friday 1st May - 3D Class Worship Looking further ahead:
Reminders: Please ensure your child has a named glue stick. We will be spot checking children’s uniforms, please make sure they are named as well as water bottles and snack boxes. |
Homework |
Maths and English homework will be set on a Tuesday and due on the following Tuesday. Please can children complete Summer Term Workout 3 in their CGP Maths and English books - due on Tuesday 5th May. TTRockstars please encourage your children to practise their times tables. There is a new battle this week between classes! Battle it out Year 3 but we could also win the trophy against the whole school! Your logins are found in the front of your child’s homework diary under passwords. Spellings set on Monday 27th April and due on the following Monday 4th May. |
Reading for Pleasure |
London’s River Tales for Children by Anne Johnson and Sef Townsend |
RE |
To the ends of the Earth The children will hear about the group of apostles and hear that this scripture comes directly after the Ascension of Jesus into heaven. |
English |
Writing linked to The Song of the Dolphin Boy by Elizabeth Laird Children will be looking at a story that ends on a cliff hanger, identifying key features and then the children will produce the next few paragraphs of the story. Master Readers: The Song of the Dolphin Boy by Elizabeth Laird Monday: Whole class reading of text Tuesday: Book Club Wednesday: Modelled comprehension Thursday: Independent comprehension and review Friday: Edit and review and read Focus vocabulary this week: writhing, marvelled, awe, fretfully, fending |
SPAG |
Spelling Miss Duncan and Miss Moore: To spell words ending with ‘-gue’ and ‘-que’. Mrs May: To spell words where the /er/ and /or/ sounds are spelled ‘or’ and ‘ar’. Grammar Focus on subordinating conjunctions. |
Maths |
Fractions. Children will be building upon their knowledge of how to add, subtract and problem-solve with fractions. |
Science |
Plants Children will be planning an investigation into what plants need to grow. |
Art |
Rivers N/A due to swimming |
Computing |
Branching Databases The children will be thinking about using data to create groups. |
Geography |
Rivers The children will be describing the stages of a river from source to mouth. |
French |
To ask and answer the question As-tu un animal? |
Music |
Starting with practising note B, we will add a new note – A. |
PE |
Athletics Applying different take-off techniques when jumping. Throwing different equipment. Recording distances and times. Rounders Understand how the rounders bases work and begin to use these rules to score points and manage the game. Understand the role of the batter and backstop. Choose when to use overarm and underarm skills effectively. Field with accuracy to limit a batter’s score. Swimming Children will be assessed and split into groups to support learning at a suitable stage. Children will progress towards National Curriculum targets for KS2.
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Learning for Life |
The children will be talking about how their bodies are created by God and how to take care of them. |