Our teacher is Miss Fordham and our Teaching Assistants in Year 3 are Mrs Martin-Smith, Miss Smith, Mrs Weller, Miss Leonard and Mrs Balrey.
English
In our English lessons this year, we will be focussing on a variety of texts including; ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ by C.S. Lewis, ‘The Iron Man’ by Ted Hughes, ‘Matilda’ by Roald Dahl and ‘Flat Stanley’ by Jeff Brown. Some genres of writing we will be exploring are diary entries, formal/informal letter writing, descriptions and non-chronological reports.
Maths
In Maths, we will be following the White Rose scheme which looks at breaking down the topics and mastering the skills needed, such as telling the time and identifying amounts of money. We follow a system of using concrete resources (dienes, place value grids etc) to embed the new learning and then apply this to pictorial representations before moving to abstract number sentences.
We will be concentrating on the 3, 4 and 8 times table to prepare them for the Year 4 Multiplication Check and revising the previously taught 2, 5 and 10 times tables.
Our Autumn topic is Through the Ages. You can see what we are learning by looking at our Knowledge Organiser: Through The Ages
PE
Our PE days in Vulcan are Monday’s and Friday’s. Please remember that PE kit should be in a named bag and brought into school on a Monday. These will be sent home at the end of the week.
Homework
As always, we encourage you to read regularly at home with your child. This could be their AR book, library book or any other book, magazine or text. Please continue to sign your child’s log book every time they read.
All homework will be set on a FRIDAY and due the following THURSDAY. This will include:
Weekly spellings.
Set times tables using TTRockstars.
A home learning project which we hope you will enjoy supporting your child with.
Useful links to use at home:
Times Table Rockstars –https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/zbr9wmn
Freckle – https://student.freckle.com/login?language=en-GB
White Rose Maths – https://whiteroseeducation.com/parent-pupil-resources/maths/free-downloads
BBC Bitesize – https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/zbr9wmn