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

Term 6

 We hope that you all had a lovely half term. As the weather warms up, please make sure your child has a hat if needed and that sun cream has applied in the morning before they attend. It is really important that your child is also coming to school with a water bottle.Could you make sure that our child has their name on everything so that they are easy to find.

Please ensure your child brings minimal possessions into school. 

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 daps/trainers. Other sports clothing is not acceptable as it is important that, as a school, we have pride in our appearance. School will confirm which days the children have PE in due course.  

Please can you make sure that your child has a water bottle in school everyday as it is difficult organising drinks for the children throughout the day.  

Spellings will be handed out weekly. We will be testing weekly and will have a big test every 4 weeks.

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

Continue practicing for times table challenges on Times Table Rock Stars.

PE 

Children will have PE on Wednesday 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.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl.

Year 3 learning this term

Maths  

In maths we will be continuing our time unit and then moving on to shape and statistics.

Writing

In writing we are looking at creating our own nonsense poems and linking our writing to our history by writing a news report about the Olympic Games.

Reading

Our class book, ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ by Roald Dahl will help us with our reading comprehension skills by closely making feasible predictions and inferences about the characters through stated and implied evidence and skimming and scanning for retrieval practice from the text.

PSHE

Our PSHE topic this term is called ‘Changing Me’ and will look at bodily changes that children go through as they get older due to puberty. This will include looking at how babies grow and the reproductive system. A separate email will go out to parents regarding these lessons.

Science

In science we will be recapping some key areas of learning from throughout the year and we will do an in depth study of Mary Anning.

DT

In DT, we will be looking at electrical systems and trying to answer the question ‘how are things powered?’

History

History this term will be all about the Ancient Greeks – looking at how they lived, where they lived and the impact they had on the rest of the world.

Computing

In computing we will be revisiting what we have learned so far including internet safety, coding and using google programs.

Music

Children will understand the meaning of Tala and will perform a simple Indian rhythmic cycle inspired by Aankh Marey.

 PE

In PE we will be exploring cricket and the different skills required to play the game.

RE

We will be exploring and discussing the enquiry question ‘How do Muslims express their beliefs in their daily lives?’

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