Year3NewsletterAwarmwelcomebacktoschoolforthestartofthenewschoolyearfrom

Mr.Robertson,Miss.Sultan,Miss.Fairclough,Miss.AshworthandMiss

Toner.

Autumnterm,2019

DearParents/Carers,

Pleaseencourageyourchildtopractisetheirspellingsandtimestablesdaily.

Ihopeyouhaveallhadafantasticsummerholidayandarelookingforwardtoournewschoolyear.

WehavehadasuperstarttoourAutumnTerm.Allthechildrenhavesettledinwellafterthesummerholidayandarereadyforthechallengesahead.Pleasecontinuereadingtofindoutabouttheexcitingtopicswehaveinstorethisterm.

TheStoneAgeThisterm,Year3willbelearning

allaboutTheStoneAge.WewillbelookingatdifferentaspectsoflifeasanearlyhumanfromtheStone

AgetotheIronAgeandincorporatethisthroughout each

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Mathematics

Thishalftermwehavestartedtheyear3curriculumoftheMaths–NoProblemschemethatthechildrenhavefollowedinKS1.Childrenhavecontinuedtosolvenumberproblemsandrecognisingplacevalue.Thistermwewillrevisitcountinginones,tensandhundredsbeforeintroducingcountinginfifties,foursandeightsinlinewiththeyear3curriculum.

Childrenwillcontinuetodeveloptheiradditionandsubtractionskillsincludingaddingandsubtractingwithrenaming.Thiswillcontinuethroughouttheautumntermandthechildrenwillbeencouragedtoexplainhowtheygottheiranswers,considerwhatothermethodswereavailableto

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themandexplainhowtheycanimprovetheirmathematicalefficiency.

English

ThisterminEnglishwewillbelookingatthefollowinggenres:

- WarningStories.

- InstructionTexts.

- PortalStories

- InformationTexts.

Allstylesoftextwillbelinkedtotheclass’topic–TheStoneAge.Childrenwillcontinuetodeveloptheirwritingskills,usingarangeofconjunctions,adjectives,thepresentperfectformofaverb,punctuating speechandpossessiveapostrophe.Wewillalsobedevelopingourproofreadingandeditingskillsforboththeirownandotherchildren’sworkusingeditingstations.

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Topic/Science

Thistermwewillbelookingat‘Rocks’.Wehavestartedtolookatthedifferenttypesofrocksandthechildrenhaveidentifiedrocksaroundschoolandsortedrocksintonaturalandmanmaderocks.Wewillalsolookatdifferenttypesofrocksandthechildrenwillsortrocksbasedontheirproperties.Childrenwilllearnhowfossilsareformedandtheimportanceofstudyingfossils.Childrenwillalsolearnhowsoilismadeandtheywillcomparedifferentsoilsintermsofcomposition.

History/Geography

InHistory/GeographythechildrenwilldeveloptheirknowledgeoftheStoneAgeandbeabletoplacekeyeventsonatimeline.Childrenwilllearnaboutperiodsoftimeandrecognisehowlongagothe

• 04/09/19–SchoolopensforAutumn1• 13/09/19–StoneAgeDay• 18/10/19–KS2harvestcelebrationassembly@9am• 24/10/19–Schoolclosesforhalfterm.• 04/11/19–Schoolre-opensforAutumn2• 15/11/19–Year3classassembly@9am• 6/12/19–Schooldisco(twosessionsbetween5pm

and8pm)• 18/12/19–KS2ChristingleService@5pm• 19/12/19–ChristmasDinner• 20/12/19–Partyday• 20/12/19–SchoolclosesfortheChristmasholiday

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WearestartingtouseClassdojoasarewardsysteminschool,whichthechildrenareenjoyingalready.Theywillbegivendojosforfollowingexpectationsandpositivechoiceswiththeirbehaviorandwork.Dojoscanalsobedeductedasaprompttoremindchildrenoftheexpectationsiftheyaremakingthewrongchoices.Childrenwiththemostdojoswillreceiveaspecialprizefortheirhardwork.

Childrenwillalsoberewardedforoutstandingattendanceinschool.Theclasswiththehighestweeklyattendancewillberewardedeachweekandchildrenwhoachieveover97%attendancewillberewardedeachterm.

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Finalnote:Children’splannersmustbesignedeverynightandbroughtintoschooleveryday.Plannersarecheckeddailyandcanbeusedtopassamessagefromyoutotheteachers.

HomeworkwillbehandedouteveryFridayandreturnedbythefollowingWednesday.

Thankyouforallyourcontinuedsupport.

Kindregards,MrRobertson,MissSultan,MissAshworth,MissFaircloughandMissToner.

KeyDates

ClassdojoAndAttendance

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StoneAgewascomparedtothepresentday.ChildrenwillresearchplacessuchasSkaraBraeandtheywillbeabletoexplaintheachievementsofStoneAgepeopleandhowthathasinfluencedpeopleintheworldtoday.ChildrenwilllearnaboutStoneAgehomesandlookatdifferentStoneAgeartefactsandcomparethemtomoderndayhomesandtools/utensils.

PSHE

ChildrenwilldiscusstopicsrelatingtoourJigsawSchemeofworkandweeklyassemblies.

Computing

Inthisareaofstudywewillbefocusingoncoding,onlinesafetyandspreadsheets.

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ReligiousEducation

InR.EthistermwewillbefocusingonHinduismandexploringhowDiwaliandothercelebrationscanbringasenseofbelongingtoacommunity.

ArtandDesign

ThroughoutArtthistermwewillbegintolookatcavepaintings.Childrenwilllearndifferenttechniquestocreatetheirowncavepaintings.

French

Childrenwilllearngreetings,names,agesandnumbersinFrench.

PE

PElessonswilltakeplace3timesperweekandwillbetaughtbytheclassteachers.PleasecanyoumakesureyourchildhastheirPEkitavailableontheirallocatedP.Edays.