This week’s Learning at a glance
This week’s learning in Year 3 at a glance!
Year 3Learning Link: Roaring Rivers Groovy Greeks |
As 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. |
St Dominic – Miss Duncan: missduncan@st-thomas.surrey.sch.uk
St Bernadette – Mrs Bond (Mon-Weds): mrsbond@st-thomas.surrey.sch.uk Miss Petley (Thurs-Fri): misspetley@st-thomas.surrey.sch.uk |
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Summer Curriculum Newsletter |
Year Group reminders |
Week Commencing: 19th May 2025
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! |
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Reading for Pleasure |
The Day the Crayons quit by Olivia Jeffers. | |
RE |
Choices
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. |
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English |
Writing linked to The Song of the Dolphin Boy by Elizabeth Laird
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 |
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SPAG |
Spelling
Miss Duncan and Mrs Castelino: To spell words ending in ‘-sion’. Mrs Farage: To spell words that are homophones. |
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Maths |
Time
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. |
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Science |
Plants
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. |
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Art |
River themed 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. |
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Computing |
Branching databases
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. |
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Geography |
Rivers
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. |
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French |
LC: To listen to and understand a story | |
Music |
Surrey Arts Teaching | |
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. 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. |
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Learning for Life |
L.Q. How can we put love into action in the communities we live in?
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. |
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Homework |
Spellings set on Monday 19th May and due on the following Monday 2nd June.
Maths and English CGP books: Summer Term Workout 6. Due on 3rd June. TTRockstars: Let’s battle it out Year 3! |