Welcome to Year 3

Summer Term in Year 3

Our theme this term is Belonging 

The inspirational texts on our Summer bookshelf will inspire our learning across the curriculum. 

Over the course of the Summer term, we will use the selected texts to produce a range of genres in our writing lesson: a book review, playscript, poem, character/setting description, narrative, biography, non-chronological report and a newspaper article. All of these pieces of work will link to belonging. We will be using the text to convey the different ways in which an individual can belong in a plethora of ways.  

 We will be starting with a text called ‘The Suitcase’, which is a short story about a creature who relocates and is initially met with conflict by the neighbouring animals but they grow to look out for each other and thus a sense of belonging. We will also be looking at ‘The Story of Tutankhamun’ to support our History curriculum along with our English curriculum.  

In maths, we will be covering fractions, money, time, shape and statistics, whilst also calling upon previously taught arithmetic skills and methods to solve problems.  

We will use what we know as well as discovering more about Ancient Egypt in our History lessons to answer the end question: Why is Ancient Egypt still talked about today? 

In geography, we will answer the question: What does data tell us about Europe? This will draw on previous Geography units covering place, population and analysing data. Our work in Art over the term will see us explore Phillip Treacy and build up the previously taught skill of sculptures from Year 1. 

 

Summer Term Highlights! 

This term, we will be celebrating Eid along with the rt of the school- don’t forget your party clothes! 

We are going on a trip to the Bridgewater Hall with all of KS2 to take part in ‘Come and Play with the Halle Orchestra!’ 

 

The Y3 Team 

Miss Bardsley- Class Teacher 

Mr Gillard- Class Teacher 

Mrs Maddison- Class Teacher  

Mrs Stonier- Learning Support Assistant 

Miss Hughes- Learning Support Assistant 

Miss Mortlock- Learning support Assistant

 

Important information 

• Please make sure your child’s book bag containing their reading books, reading record is brought into school every day.    
• Reading books will be changed weekly.   
• *Please continue to sign your child’s reading record book daily   
• Home Learning will include daily reading, weekly spellings, and a maths or SPAG task each week.   
•  PE kits will be kept in school and returned at the end of each half term. 
• Teachers will be available every day before and after school to receive messages, celebrate successes and answer any questions.