This week’s learning in Year 3 at a glance!

Year 3

Learning Link:

Roaring Rivers

Groovy Greeks

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.

St Bernadette – Mrs Bond (Mon-Weds): mrsbond@st-thomas.surrey.sch.uk

Miss Petley (Thurs-Fri): misspetley@st-thomas.surrey.sch.uk

Year Group reminders

Week A

Monday: Yellow spelling book brought in, old words tested, new words given out.

Tuesday: Maths and English homework marked and new handed out.

Wednesday: PE for both classes – come to school in PE Kit.

Thursday: PE for both classes – come to school in PE Kit.

Friday: Celebration worship.

This week we will be taking part in the Buzz with Bee-Lieve wellbeing week. It’s a chance to remind ourselves of the five ways to well-being over the week. On Friday the children can come to school in non-uniform related PE clothes/PE kit. Families will be invited to contribute 50p using scopay, but this is not compulsory. Any funds raised will go to the Bee-lieve Foundation, who have provided us with funding in the past.

Please can your child bring in a named Pritt stick to add to their new pencil cases at school – it will really help them to be ready for each lesson.

Please encourage your children to practise their times table on times table rockstars. There is a new battle this week!

Reading for Pleasure

RE

LC: To recognise that choices have consequences.

The children will be using scripture to explore the example set for us by Jesus regarding individual choice and the consequences of our actions.

English

LC: To explore themes in the text.

The children will be exploring how authors use themes to engage and impact the reader and understand how they can use themes in their own writing.

LC: To understand the impact literary devices have on the reader

The children will use our text to identify and understand how authors use a wide range of literary devices to write a text which entertains and provides imagery and character development.

LC: To write a paragraph using a range of literary devices.

Looking  at the last lesson the children will use a wide range of literary devices to write their own paragraphs which engage and entertain their readers.

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

Focus vocabulary this week:

ramshackle, methodically, reverently, triumphantly, startled

SPAG

Miss Duncan and Mrs Castelino: To spell words ending in ‘-sion’.

Mrs Farage: To spell words that are homophones.

Maths

LQ: How do you estimate and compare the duration of events and tasks?

Children will be considering how we can estimate how long a task might take and then compare the duration in order of time.

LQ: How do you tell and write the time using Roman numerals?

Building upon prior knowledge, children will be recalling Roman numerals and using them to tell the time.

LQ: How do you tell the time using am and pm?

Children will think about 24 hours and relate the time to am and pm.

LQ: How do you say the number of days in each month, year and leap year?

In this lesson, children will be looking at the number of days in each month, year and leap year.

LQ: How many seconds are there in a minute?

Utilising all their knowledge children will know there are 60 seconds in a minute.

Science

LC: To revisit my knowledge of Plants

The children will be thinking of ways to consolidate and present their learning from this topic in an exciting and creative manner.

Art

L.C. To create river inspired art through the medium of weaving.

The children will be using inspiration from Marc Martin to create a river themed weave.

Computing

LC: To identify attributes needed to collect relevant data.

Children will be building on their knowledge of data and creating branching data trees to present information.

Geography

LC: To use four-figure grid references to locate positions on a map.

The children will build upon their knowledge of four figure grid references from last term to locate given landmarks on a map.

French

Music

PE

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.

OAA (Outdoor Adventurous Activities and team building)

Children will continue to develop trust, teamwork and effective communication whilst problem-solving. Listening to others and following instructions. Identify and draw simple objects, follow a simple map, draw routes and navigate around a grid.

Learning for Life

This week the children will be able to recognise actions which make them feel loved or cared for. To create a personal list of ways in which they can put love into action.

Homework

Maths and English CGP books: Summer Term Workout 6. Due on 3rd June.

TTRockstars: Let’s battle it out Year 3!