Adel St John The Baptist

Welcome to Year 3

Year 3 Curriculum Map

Welcome to Year 3!

Welcome back! We hope you all had a lovely half term break. 

This half term we will be continuing with our topic on the 'Stone Age'- we are all very excited for our school trip to Herd Farm on Monday 25th February! We will be moving away from the history part of this topic and focusing more on the geography where the children will be developing their map sills and learning about rivers. In science, we will be learning about different forces including magnetic force and friction and in RE our focus will be on salvation and the Easter story. Fractions, weight and capacity will be our focus in maths and we will also be writing our own persuasive letters in English. The children will also be preparing for our Easter production in the final week. We have a busy half term ahead!

Dates for your diary

Monday 25th February- Herd Farm visit

Wednesday 6th March- Parent Consultation Evening 

Thursday 7th March- Parent Consultation Evening 

Thursday 7th March- World Book Day- 'Dress as a word'

Wednesday 27th March- Year 3/4 Easter Production- more details to follow regarding 2 performances

Teachers in Y3

Staffing this term in Year 3 will stay the same where the teaching week will be covered as follows; Miss Jackson - Monday and Tuesday and Mrs Pape will cover Wednesday- Friday.  This is still great consistency for the children and doesn't impact the children's learning. We are also supported by Miss McNamara throughout the week.

We understand communication is vital for sharing information. It is always busy first thing on a morning, as we are preparing the lessons for the day in class. But should you wish to pass on a message an adult at the cloakroom door can pass this on to us. Anything of urgency, or that is confidential, please ask an adult at the door and we will try and meet with you briefly in the cloakroom area. Should you wish to contact us by email, these are our addresses.

Emma.jackson@adel-st-john.leeds.sch.uk     Katie.pape@adel-st-john.leeds.sch.uk

It will be useful to add both of us to any emails you send, so we can both be aware of anything needing our attention. We will aim to respond within 2 working days.

Reading in Y3

We make reading a priority in Year 3. We encourage the children to develop a love of books in all genres and themes, with a big focus on reading for pleasure. During the school day children will be reading independently as well as taking part in class guided reading. The children will be able to choose a book from our class bookcase, which they can read in class at quiet reading times. They will also choose a book from the school library to bring home. They will be able to return this book when they have finished it and choose a new one. We appreciate some books are longer and will take more than a week to read. Books will be signed in and out, so we can monitor the regularity of children’s reading.

PE

PE this half term, is swimming on Wednesday morning. PE kit needs to be worn to school that day – full black tracksuit, white t-shirt and trainers with swimming costume for girls and swimming trunks for boys (worn underneath). Children will also need a bag with a towel and underwear. This bag needs to be big enough to fit all their clothes including a coat and shoes – this is because lockers will not be in use and belongings will be kept poolside. PLEASE NOTE THIS IS OUR FINAL TERM OF SWIMMING IN YEAR 3.

PE is also on Thursdays, again PE kit and trainers should be worn that day. The PE focus for this half term will be dance.  

Homework

Spellings will be sent home on Friday, a copy will be added to Seesaw, for children to practise at home. The test will take place in school on the following Friday, with Mrs Pape.

We also encourage you to read with your child at least 3 times per week. Every child in school will have a reading record, even if they are a free reader. This is a place to record any new words children have learnt, progress you see or titles of other books read at home.

Mathletics online – there will be three activities set on Mathletics that link to our learning that has taken place in the week. Your child can use paper to help them work out answers. Find Mathletics at Mathletics.com and use your child’s logging in details to access their account. The beauty of Mathletics is, it shows the teacher how a child did with a particular learning intention but also there is an option for children to do more than just the activities set. Use the help buttons if unsure of an activity.

A national times table test now takes place in Y4, so we will prepare the children for this by testing their fast recall of answers throughout the year. To support your child at home, there are some great activities on the ‘Top Marks’ website. One game in particular, ‘Hit the Button’, requires fast recall of times table answers. Another great website is timestables.co.uk which does a mock test and has some fun games that make learning times tables fun.

Things to remember:

  • All children should bring a flask or bottle of water to school. This should be taken home and washed every day.
  • In Key Stage 2, children are required to bring their own snack, as it is no longer provided. This should be a piece of fruit to be eaten at playtime. Our school is strictly ‘nut-free’ due to some children having allergies.
  • School Policy is that, other than for religious reasons, we do not wear jewellery in school apart from a watch. We do not wear Fitbits or expensive watches as it is the responsibility of the child to keep them safe. These need to be removed for PE lessons.

We are very excited to provide and share in this year of your child’s education. We look forward to meeting you again at parent teacher meetings and hopefully seeing you at celebration events throughout the remainder of the year. 

Many thanks,

Miss Jackson and Mrs Pape 

 

Year 3 Class Blog

Does the person with the longest legs always jump the furthest?

Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 3 Class Blog

To complete our topic on ‘Animals and humans’ the children carried out a scientific investigation- Does the person with the longest legs always jump the furthest? There were some excellent reasons for predictions by the children including, does weight cause an issue, the amount of effort used for a jump and how much practice you do! The scientific enquiry focus was comparative testing and the children were able to analyse and compare their data to find the answer to the question. We had a real mixture of results! 

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Artists at work

Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 3 Class Blog

This week the children in year 3 started the painting stage of their art project. They practiced colour mixing to begin with by adding white to lighten colours and greys to create darker shades. They then painted their landscape onto material of either the ocean or a field. Next week the children will add some running stitches to their landscapes to add texture and detail. Wish us luck with the sewing!! 

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Arctic Adventure Stories!

Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 3 Class Blog

The children have all really enjoyed creating their own endings to our class read ‘The Last Bear’ and we have some real budding authors in year 3! All of the children worked really hard on their stories from planning their ending, writing a draft, editing and then publishing their final copy. We hope you all enjoyed reading some of them on our wonderful display on Parent Consultation Evenings. Thank you to Miss McNamara for an amazing display! 
Finally, thank you to all of you who attended our consultation meetings last week. It was wonderful to meet you all in person and share the great progress all of the children have made since starting in year 3. 

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Practical Maths

Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 3 Class Blog

This week in Maths we have been looking at addition across 10s and 100s. It has been quite a tricky concept to understand but the children have all shown great resilience and it has been wonderful to see those lightbulb moments! We have been using Base 10 in class to help us which is always available for the children to access for support. We need to keep practising counting in 10s across 10 and 100 so any extra work on this at home would be brilliant e.g. 88, 98, 108, 118, 128 etc. 

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Appreciating Art

Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 3 Class Blog

We have been exploring the work of Alice Kettle and Hannah Rae in our recent art lessons. The children are working towards creating their own piece of art work that incorporates paint with a little element of sewing to provide texture to their work. We discussed which pieces we liked and disliked to help inform our design ideas. 

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