Summer Term 2023
We hope you had a lovely Easter break. The Summer term has lots of exciting things happening in Year 3.
Our new topic this term is Volcanos and Italy.
Volcanos.
We have a double topic of Geography this big term. Firstly, looking at Volcanos. Their location, the structure of a volcano, benefits of living around a volcanic area and identifying the ring of fire. We then move on to comparing the European country of Italy to the UK. Looking at physical and man – made features, culture, foods and obviously Pompeii.
Summer Term 2023
We hope you had a lovely Easter break. The Summer term has lots of exciting things happening in Year 3.
Our new topic this term is Volcanos and Italy.
Volcanos.
We have a double topic of Geography this big term. Firstly, looking at Volcanos. Their location, the structure of a volcano, benefits of living around a volcanic area and identifying the ring of fire. We then move on to comparing the European country of Italy to the UK. Looking at physical and man – made features, culture, foods and obviously Pompeii.
Swimming
We are so fortunate this term to have swimming lessons. This will be happening every Wednesday morning.
ENGLISH
This term, the children will be learning about adventure stories. We have linked this to our topic of Italy and Volcanos and will be writing our own adventure story escaping Pompeii.
Swimming
We are so fortunate this term to have swimming lessons. This will be happening every Wednesday morning.
ENGLISH
This term, the children will be learning about adventure stories. We have linked this to our topic of Italy and Volcanos and will be writing our own adventure story escaping Pompeii.
GUIDED READING
A new term means a change of book for Guided Reading.
We will be reading Nim’s Island and the Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.
GUIDED READING
A new term means a change of book for Guided Reading.
We will be reading Nim’s Island and the Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.
MATHS
This term we will be continuing our work on Times tables and focusing on fractions, telling the time, geometry, statistics and mass, capacity and length.
HOMEWORK
Homework will continue to be given out on Wednesdays and returned by the following Monday. Please help your child by listening to them read five times a week and recording it in their reading records. Your child also should have a times tables rock star’s account so encourage your child to find 5 minutes daily to help improve their times tables.
Science and Art
Our topic in Science is Plants. This links in with our Art which focusing on Georgia O’Keefe. We will then be looking at plant life cycles.
MATHS
This term we will be continuing our work on Times tables and focusing on fractions, telling the time, geometry, statistics and mass, capacity and length.
HOMEWORK
Homework will continue to be given out on Wednesdays and returned by the following Monday. Please help your child by listening to them read five times a week and recording it in their reading records. Your child also should have a times tables rock star’s account so encourage your child to find 5 minutes daily to help improve their times tables.
Science and Art
Our topic in Science is Plants. This links in with our Art which focusing on Georgia O’Keefe. We will then be looking at plant life cycles.
R.E – Our topics in RE start with looking at what type of world did Jesus want? We will then move on to look at how we can make our world a better place – Making small changes to make maximum impact.
R.E – Our topics in RE start with looking at what type of world did Jesus want? We will then move on to look at how we can make our world a better place – Making small changes to make maximum impact.
In PSHCE we will be focusing on being my best – what are our skills and talents, what makes us unique and special? We will then look at growing and changing and our bodies.
We also have our school trip looking at plants and habitats to Robinswood Hill which is through the Gloucestershire wildlife trust. 3F – Tuesday June 27th and 3H – Thursday June 29th. We are very much looking forward to deepening our understanding of our Science topic this term through this trip.
Thank you for your continuing support.
The Year 3 team.
In PSHCE we will be focusing on being my best – what are our skills and talents, what makes us unique and special? We will then look at growing and changing and our bodies.
We also have our school trip looking at plants and habitats to Robinswood Hill which is through the Gloucestershire wildlife trust. 3F – Tuesday June 27th and 3H – Thursday June 29th. We are very much looking forward to deepening our understanding of our Science topic this term through this trip.
Thank you for your continuing support.
The Year 3 team.