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

Welcome to Term 3

Welcome back! We hope you had a wonderful Christmas break and New Year. It is still cold outside so 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.

Children 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.

The Accidental Prime Minister by Tom McLaughlin

Year 3 learning this term

Maths  

In maths we will be looking at multiplying and dividing and how we calculate expressions using this knowledge.

Writing

Our writing will be linked to our class book, The Accidental Prime Minister. As such, Year 3 will be creating characterprofiles and writing formal letters to the Prime Minister!

Reading

During reading, we will be working our way through our class book, ‘The Accidental Prime
Minister’ by Tom McLaughlin. 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 ‘Dreams and Goals’. Throughout this unit, we will be learning about recognising our dreams and goals, what challenges we may need to overcome and what qualities we may need to succeed.

French

 In French, we will be looking at different verbs in different contexts and how they are formed.

Science

In science, we will be looking at different types or rocks and how they are formed. This unit links nicely to our geography unit on volcanoes.

Art

In art, we will be looking at printmaking. We will be learning how to create monoprints of landscapes using ink and how we can make them textured.

Physical Education

In PE, we will be doing dance, netball and gymnastics. In netball we continue to develop our skills from term 1. In gymnastics, we will be learning
about creating shapes with strength and poise, and learning how to transfer these shapes to jumps and rolls.

Music

In music, we will be developing our production of Oliver and working towards our performance later on in the term.

 Geography

In geography, we will be looking at different types of volcanoes, what they are and how they are formed.

Spellings

In spellings we are continuing to use the Headstart Spellings programme. We will be continuing with Term 2, set 1. 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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