Support Staff - Mrs Ward, Mrs Lawson, Mrs Swanson, Mrs Howe and Mrs Player

Welcome to Term 5

Welcome back Year 3. We hope you have all had a wonderful Easter and were able to enjoy some sunshine. As the months start to warm up, please could you make sure that your child has a named water bottle in school every day.

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 Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. 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.

‘Number 1 Car Spotter’ by Antinuke.

Year 3 learning this term

Maths  

In Maths, after recapping fractions we will move on to look at angles and shapes before focusing on measures. We
will continue to work on our arithmetic skills with regular maths meetings throughout the week too. Please
remember to log into Times Tables Rock Stars regularly to practise times tables – 2x, 5x, 10x and 3x.

Writing

In writing we will be learning about different types of informal letters and writing our own. After that we will be tackling playscripts and transforming a scene from our class text into something that could be performed onstage.

Reading

Our book this term is ‘Number 1 Car Spotter’ by Antinuke. Whilst practising our inference, prediction, retrieval and summarising skills, we will also be learning about another culture.

PSHE

Our PSHE topic this term is healthy relationships. In this unit, children will learn about stereotypes, what makes a healthy relationship, how to spot an unhealthy one and responsibilities as a citizen.

Science

In Science, we will be looking at forces and magnets. This will include looking at contact and non-contact forces, resistance and friction, what materials are magnetic and how magnets work.

 Art

Art this term involves clay work. The children will be learning about the correct techniques for manipulating clay so that they can then design and create their own vase. The children will also be visiting the pottery studio this term to support their learning in this unit.

Computing

In Computing, we will be looking at how to make presentations using Microsoft Powerpoint and Google Slides and how we use them to present.

Physical Education

In PE, we will be practising different athletic events including short distance and middle distance running, jumping and throwing. These skills we will then transfer to our sports day in term 6.

Music

We will be looking at putting together a showcase for the end of the year including some drama scenes or monologues, dances and singing.

 Geography

Geography this term will focus on Europe and what makes a location a tourist attraction. We will be focusing on areas such as the Amalfi Coast, ski resorts in the Alps and Cheddar Gorge as our local attraction.

French

In French, the children will be learning how to describe people and things using different adjectives and different nouns.

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