This term’s theme is: Sharing The Planet!
We will be exploring how people may choose to take responsible ac9ons that have an impact on the environment.
The children have asked ques9ons about this line of enquiry and these will make up the basis of our learning.
Wri0ng Children will be wri9ng their own seAng descrip9ons, instruc9ons, diary entry’s, stories and persuasive leCers. Our wri9ng this term will be linked to our IB theme, how people may take responsible ac9ons, and the children will be able to use their knowledge in their wri9ng. To do this, we will also be learning how to make our
wri9ng more powerful, using adjec9ves, verbs, adverbs, preposi9ons and
synonyms.
Home Reading Children are expected to read at home for at least 15 minutes every day. Please make sure that you sign your child’s reading records to show that they have read every day. The
children will receive dojo points for reading at home.
PE PE kits need to be in school every day.
Birch and Palm both have PE on Wednesdays and Fridays.
Please ensure all items of clothing, including shoes and hats, are named. This term, we will be developing a broader range of skills by understanding how to link ac9ons into
sequences of movement.
Maths Children will con9nue to develop their mul9plica9on and division knowledge using the 3, 4, 6 and 8 9mes tables.
Children will also further develop their ability to solve problems and give
reasoning for their answers.
It is important that the children learn their mul9plica9on tables. In year 3, we will focus on 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 10 9mes
tables.
We will be tes9ng the children once a week on their mul9plica9on facts, where
the children will get the chance to prac9ce and test their knowledge.
Library The children will have the opportunity to visit the library once a week. Children will only able to take out a new book if the old book
has been returned to school. Birch Class will visit the library on Wednesday
aRernoons. Palm Class will visit the library on Thursday
aRernoons.
Theme/IB Through our theme learning we will inves9gate the key ques9ons children asked about our central idea: People may choose to take
responsible ac9ons that have an impact on the environment.
Children have come up with their own
ques9ons including: Why do plants need water to grow?
Is it our responsibility to water plants? Where does the water go when we water
plants? What are the different parts of a flower called? Why do small creatures land on the colourful
part of a flower? What causes a plant to die? Why do plants have roots?
What happens when we run out of oil?
Music Mrs Stroud will be teaching Year 3
for music sessions. The children will be learning about how composers interpret seasons and nature.
Termly Project Due 7th Febuary
• Grow your own vegetable at home • Grow your own plant at home
• Dissect a flower and label the different parts • Create your own flower/plant out of recyclable
materials • Research about a plant used for healing purposes
• Design your own plant and label it
Homework In addi9on to daily reading, on a Friday children will be sent home with new spellings in their green spelling books
to learn, which will be tested the following Thursday. It is important that children bring in their spelling books to ensure they have the new spellings and
that they can record their scores.
Timestable Rockstars! All children now have a log in for
Timestable Rockstars and can con9nue to prac9ce and build their 9mestable knowledge by prac9sing at home.
Mathle9cs will also be con9nuing this term, and new work will be set every
Friday.
Please let us know of any problems when logging on to Timestable
Rockstars or Mathle9cs, and we will endeavour to sort it.
If you ever want to speak to Miss Brylikowska or Miss Boswell, please come and find us at the end of the day or speak to the office to make an appointment.