Support Staff - Mrs King and Mrs Ward

Welcome to Year 3!

We are so looking forward to getting to know the children this term. A new school year brings the opportunity for fresh learning with a renewed sense of energy and Year 3 is the perfect time to deepen friendships and become part of a close and supportive team.

Continue to read at home and question children on what they have read for comprehension skills.

Spellings will be on the website, sent out as a paper copy to home and tested weekly.

PE 

Children will have PE on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Please ensure children come to school in their Bitham Brook PE kit on these days. 

When the children have PE they should continue to wear their Bitham Brook PE kit into school with the school jumper over the top (if weather conditions require a jumper).  Please note the Bitham Brook PE kit is a plain white t-shirt and black shorts/leggings/tracksuit with trainers.  Other sports clothing is not acceptable as it is important, that as a school, we have pride in our appearance.  It is important that children do not attend school in casual clothing as we want to maintain the children's sense of education being important; pride in their appearance; and belonging to Bitham Brook.

‘The BFG’ by Roald Dahl

Year 3 learning this term

Maths  

• Place value
• Addition and subtraction

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Writing

• This half-term, pupils will write two extended pieces: a setting description and a character description. Both are inspired by the class text, The BFG, by Roald Dahl. In chapter one of the BFG (The Witching Hour), we are introduced to the opening setting – the orphanage, specifically the room Sophie sleeps in, and then the building itself and the street on which it is situated. In Unit 1, children will use this stimulus to write their own atmospheric setting description.

Reading

• During reading we will be working our way through our class book Roald Dahl’s BFG and asking questions about inference and prediction so the children deepen their understanding of the text. We will gather new vocabulary and be able to summarise concisely.

PSHE

• We will be learning all about ourselves, our uniqueness in the world and what makes us special.

Science

• We will be learning about animals and humans, exploring nutrition and the affect food has on our bodies

Art

• We will be learning how to draw, accurately using proportion and adding texture using shading techniques such as stippling and contour shading.

Computing

We will be deepening our knowledge of online safety and how we keep ourselves and our personal data safe
Email and email safety

French

• We will be learning simple phrases to describe ourselves and others, focusing on French phonic sounds and correct pronunciation.

Music

• Exploring classical music including Mussorgsky’s ‘Night on Bare Mountain’ and reading dot notations.
• Exploring musical theatre skills including singing and acting

 Geography

We will be looking at the British Isles and the physical and human features of them

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