Year 3
Week beginning 21st April
Welcome back! We hope you all had a restful, fun Easter holidays.
Here we are in the first week of term 5!
Important dates and messages:
This term we have forest school once a week in Year 3. Please have your children come in to school in their PE kit on the following days (as well as Fridays).
Bengal - Tuesdays
Biscay - Wednesdays
Worship theme of the week:
Responsibility
Colossians 3:23 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for me
What does responsibility mean? Who or what are you responsible for?
Becoming responsible citizens means being people who can be trusted to do their best for the good of others.
Being responsible means being prepared to stand up on behalf of others and act and speak for them.
Being responsible means that others can expect you to make a sensible ‘response’ in a situation – you won’t just give up or stay quiet. You will be ready to act.
- When do we act responsibly?
- Where does responsibility lie for ethical issues?
- Do we recognise that responsibility for learning and achievement lies with each of us as individuals?
- How do we take responsibility for our environment?
- Are we given responsibility to help make decisions for our school?
This week's learning:
English - We will be looking at persuasive writing and researching Bear Island
Maths - We will be continuing our unit on capacity and volume
Geography - We will be starting our unit on the north of England
Computing - We will be learning about spreadsheets and graphing
French - We will be continuing our unit on animals
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.
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