Year 3
Week beginning 27th January
Last week, our children completed our unit on 'Green Candles' by Humbert Wolfe. This poem focusses on a little girl who enters a room where all the furniture can talk. The children wrote some amazing poems inspired by this text and even wrote their own version when the furniture in our classroom went on strike!
Worship theme of the week: Memories/Remembering – Holocaust Memorial Day 27th January
This weeks learning:
English - We will be writing our narratives based on the description of a snowy mountain in Valerie Bloom's poem 'Forest'.
Maths - We will be beginning our new unit on measurement and begin with measuring in cm and mm.
Science - We will be learning about the names and functions of different muscles in the body.
Art - To learn about the difference between hot and cold colours.
Computing - We will be learning about branching databases.
Handwriting - How to correctly link gg in cursive.
Our new class book:
Spelling words of the week:
Please look below for our termly spelling overview.
Homework:
Please note that this term's project homework is at the bottom of the page.
The children will receive their homework sheets this week. Please choose at least two tasks to complete over the course of our project. The children are welcome to complete more if they wish. We look forward to seeing what they produce in our homework museum on the Monday 21st October 2024.
We also encourage children to practice our weekly spellings at home as well as the Y3/4 common exception words.
Reading:
We would love to see Year 3 using their extra time at home to read some brilliant books. If children read three times at home, they get a raffle ticket. Please therefore keep a quick record in reading logs – your children can write the title in to help! We would also like to encourage children to bring their reading records into school everyday.
Additional resources
Below are some other resources that you can use for optional work at home:
Recommended reading list:
English reading activities:
English reading activities should consist of reading an extract or short story and answering questions. Guidance here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4Y_67GMkP4
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/reading
- All activities through this link
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zs44jxs
- What are facts and opinions?
- What does an author do?
- What is inference?
https://www.everyschool.co.uk/english-key-stage-2-comprehension-2.html
- All activities through this link
Maths
TTRS should be the main way the children use to practice their timetables. Children should still be completing 3 soundchecks and 2 garage bands a week.
However, if they would like a change or to focus on particular tables, they can use hit the button.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ - This website is a good resource to find fun games for the children to play with age ranges specified.
Many thanks for all of your support,
Miss Finnigan and Mrs Talbot