Year 3
Summer 1, 2024
Welcome back to Year 3!
We have lots more exciting learning planned for the Summer Term and we can’t wait to get started!
Please click on the link below to find the information shared during our Beginning of Year meeting in September.
Year 3 Beginning of Year meeting information
A few key points to remember:
Homework will be sent out on a Thursday and will be due back the following Thursday.
PE is now on a Thursday morning - please send children to school in their PE kits. They will get changed into their school uniform afterwards so please ensure this is in their bags too.
Reading books are to be returned to school on Thursdays.
If you have any questions, concerns or worries, please contact me at year3@cpa.dsat.education and we will do our best to respond as soon as we can.
Here is a summary of what we will be learning in Year 3 during the Summer term:
History
Our theme for History this half term is ‘How have the Romans influenced our lives today?'
We will be be revisiting the Roman Empire and the impact that it had on Britain. We will also be studying sites such as Caerwent and the impact of technology, culture and beliefs, including early Christianity and the Roman Gods and Goddesses.
English
Our writing this half-term will be based on the picture book 'Journey' by Aaron Becker.
In response to the book, we will be writing an adventure story based on 'Journey'. Within this unit, the children will be taught how to use the present perfect form of verbs in contrast to the past tense and they will revisit how to use prepositions, conjunctions and adverbs to express time, place and cause. They will also revisit how to group related ideas into paragraphs and be reminded how to use a or an according to whether the next word begins with a vowel or a consonant.
Reading
We will be doing daily reading sessions where we will focus on a short reading text from a variety of fiction, non-fiction and poetry texts. Within the lessons, we will develop the six key reading skills (VIPERS) - Vocabulary, Inference, Prediction, Explanation, Retrieval, Summary as well as improving fluency. Reading books are changed every Thursday so please ensure your child has their book and reading record in school on this day.
Spelling
Children will be following the Head-Start spelling programme again this year with a dedicated spelling lesson each day which will include daily practise. The children in Year 3 and 4 will also have the opportunity to enter the upcoming DSAT Spelling Bee competition too.
Maths
This half term we will be studying fractions, angles of shapes and we will be revisiting measuring. Alongside this we will also be focusing on securing our multiplication and division facts. Our times table focus for this year is to learn the 3, 4 and 8 times tables.
To further support your children at home, please encourage them to learn their times tables and to practise and remember our Key Instant Recall Facts (KIRFs) for Summer term. Please click on the link below for Year 3 Summer KIRFs.
Science – Flowering plants and plant growth
This half term, the children will revisit a plant's basic structure, that seeds need water to germinate and that most do not need light. They will also revisit that mature plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy. They will then identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants: roots, stem/trunk,
leaves, explore the requirements of plants for life and growth (air, light, water, nutrients from soil,
and room to grow) and how they vary from plant to plant and they will investigate the way in which water is transported within plants.
Music
We will take part in a range of musical activities based on The Dragon Song and they will then look at composing and creating their own songs based on a theme. The material presents an integrated approach to music where games, the dimensions of music (pulse, rhythm, pitch etc), singing and playing instruments are all linked.
RE
Our theme for this half term is Hinduism and beliefs and pilgrimage. Our key question is 'How can Brahman be everywhere and in everything?' We will be learning to understand the Hindu belief that there is one God with many different aspects.
Art
In our Art lessons this term, we will be focusing on printing. The children will begin with an artist study - we will be looking at the works of Gordy Wright, Sarah Alps and some Ancient Greek motifs. We will then be looking at the collograph process and they will finally make their own collograph plates using the printing techniques they have learnt.
French
Children will participate in weekly French lessons and will learn how to:
pinpoint France and other French speaking countries on a map of the world.
ask and answer the question ‘How are you?’ in French.
say ‘Hello’ and ‘Goodbye’ in French.
ask and answer the question ‘What is your name?’ in French.
count to 10 in French.
say 10 colours in French.
Physical Education
Year 3 will have their PE lesson on Thursday mornings. Please ensure that your child comes to school in the correct PE uniform. If your child wears earrings, these must be removed or provide tape to cover them.
If you ever have any questions, please feel free to speak to a member of the Year 3 team.
Thank you.
Mrs Costello, Mrs Holman and Mrs Stewardson.