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

Welcome to Term 2

We have another busy term again as we head towards Christmas.  As the months get colder, please can you make sure that your child has a coat.  Could you also make sure that your child has their name on everything so that they are easy to find.

hildren should also not be wearing any jewellery other than stud earrings.

MESSAGES: Please can children come in with a water bottle every day. If and where possible, this should also be named.

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.

Tom's Sausage Lion by Michael Morpurgo

Year 3 learning this term

Maths  

In maths we will be continuing addition and subtraction before moving on to length and perimeter.

Writing

Our writing will be linked to our class book, Tom’s Sausage Lion. As such, Year 3 will be researching and writing a non-chronological report on Mountain Lions.

Reading

During reading, we will be working our way through our class book, ‘Tom’s Sausage Lion’ by Michael Morpurgo.  The children will be interrogating the text using a variety of skills.  The children will be able to continue with their own reading and testing their understanding using Accelerated reader.

PSHE

Our PSHE this term is ‘Celebrating differences’.  Throughout this unit, we will be learning about seeing how we are all the same whilst being different.

RE

 In RE we will be learning about what the Bible is to Christians and the symbolism of the Holy Trinity.

Science

In science, we will be looking at light and shadow and how light effects how we see.

Design Technology

In design technology we will be looking at designing and creating a meal that is healthy, appealing and low cost – stuffed peppers!

Physical Education

In PE, we will be doing dance and football. We will be looking at moving with a ball and passing and controlling the ball at careful speeds with our feet.

Music

In music, we will be developing our production of Oliver and working towards our singing at Christmas.

 History

In history we will looking at the pre-history of Britain and making comparisons between the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age.

Spellings

In spellings we are continuing to use the Headstart Spellings programme. We will be continuing with Term 1, set 2. Whilst spellings practise will be done in school, your child’s spellings can also be accessed at home via the website.

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