Year 3
Summer Term
Year 3 Newsletter Summer 2
Last half term:
We really enjoyed last half term and the children made a great start to their geography learning about South America. Thank you for all of the support you gave the children with their science homework. It really added to our science day and the children loved sharing their experiments in class. The children all thoroughly enjoyed their curly wurly challenge! One group even managed to stretch theirs over two metres!
Coming up this term:
It is hard to believe that we are now on the final stage of our Year 3 journey, yet we still have lots to look forward to over the next few weeks including fun sporting activities, a local walk by the river, My Money Week and Healthy Living Week. It’s bound to be an exciting end to the year! This week, we have supported World Environment Day and raised awareness by creating some informative posters highlighting global issues. Children have enjoyed designing and producing their Beatriz Milhazes inspired collages which look fantastic! Importantly, this week we have been consolidating our learning of digital and analogue time and the children have loved completing the active time trail quiz. Please help support your child’s learning further by practising this key life skill at home. Finally, the Colour Run was a spectacular end to a successful first week back!
Literacy: We have started this term by continuing with our diary writing based on our geography topic ’South America’. A science fiction unit will follow and a persuasive writing unit (a holiday brochure) will end our term.
Maths: Initially, we will be consolidating and furthering our work on time. Following this, we will focus on money to link with our theme week. We will also be learning about statistics.
Science: We will be consolidating our science learning for all the topics studied this year and using our scientific enquiry skills.
Geography: We will be completing our learning on South America. Our final topic will be rivers and a local walk to support this.
History: We will be beginning our topic, learning all about the Vikings.
PSHE: Our new topic will be about physical health and well-being.
DT: We look forward to designing and making savoury biscuits.
RE: We will be exploring the question: ‘What do creation stories tell us about our world?’
ICT: We will be using the app ‘Pic Collage’ to show our learning about habitats.
Music: Our skills focus is structure and notation.
PE: We will be developing our athletics skills and playing striking and fielding games. We will also have a cricket coach to support our skill development.
French: We will be developing our vocabulary to talk about picnics as well as asking and answering questions about where we live.
Important Reminders:
PE Days: Mulberry – Tuesday and Thursday, Juniper - Tuesday and Friday
Homework is given out on a Friday and handed in on a Tuesday.
Children need their reading book and reading record and a named bottle of water in school every day.
Key Dates:
My Money Week WB 10th June
Spirit Alive Sports Event (details to follow) Wednesday 26th June
Year 3 Gallery (parents to attend) Tuesday 2nd July
Summer Fair Saturday 6th July
Healthy Living Week WB 8th July
Sports Day 8th July
Year 3 River Walk Friday 28th June
Additional Information