Year 3
Weekly Update - Friday 14th February 2025
Summary of this week:
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What a fun end to the half term! Year 3 loved their Stone Age forest school workshop with Mrs Porter, making Stone Age jewellery, bags, bow and arrows, cave paintings and den building. We were really lucky with the weather and everyone got stuck in! We have also enjoyed starting our new Science unit – “Light”- and took part in an experiment to test how light shines through different materials. We finished our History unit comparing the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age eras and found that there were many differences and new inventions throughout the Prehistoric era. |
Our learning next week:
Maths: We will be continuing our unit on Measurement, learning about measuring with grams and kilograms. We will also start our new unit on Capacity and Volume!
English: We will be exploring a poem called “What Are You?” and writing our own versions, focusing on descriptive language and imagery.
In our Reading lessons, we will be exploring and answering questions about Roald Dahl’s story – “The Witches”.
Foundation:
In Geography, we will start off our new unit learning about what the earth is made from and its different layers.
In Science, we will be learning about light sources and how we see.
In D&T, we will be learning about the features of castles and how their structures make them sturdy and strong.
In RE, we will be learning and Jewish Bar and Bat Mitzvahs.
In PE, we will be learning gymnastics with Mrs Line and tennis with Coach Jay.
In PSHE, we will be thinking about what is healthy for our bodies and minds.
In Computing, we will be learning about video trailers and we will start to plan our own book trailer video slides.
Homework
Maths
The Maths homework sheet will be given out on Tuesdays – please could children complete this and hand it in by Friday so teachers can mark, provide feedback and hand back by the following week.
Children are encouraged to use Times Table Rockstars for extra multiplication practise, a few times each week. Little and often is recommended! Logins and passwords are stuck inside the cover of the children’s maths homework books. Teachers will continue to award TTRS certificates on a Friday for those children that are using the website regularly throughout the week and making good progress with their times tables learning! 😊
Spelling
Please continue to practise the weekly spelling words at home in whichever way your child finds most useful.
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Notices & Reminders:
Thank you for all your support with the children’s reading, maths homework, times table practise and all learning this half term. We hope you have fun and restful half terms and we look forward to seeing everyone when we return on Monday 24th February!
Please be aware that World Book Day is on the second week back after half term (Thursday 6th March) – the children will be invited to wear a costume that represents their favourite book or character. We will also be holding a read aloud competition in each class, where the children can perform a small section of their favourite text/story/poem. More information about this on the letter that has been sent out to parents!
Thank you as always for your support,
Miss Bullock, Mr Harber, Mrs Secker, Mrs McKenzie and Mrs Milner.
Welcome to Year 3
Please find below the presentation from our Year 3 Parents Information Evening held in September 2024, which provides useful information for parents and carers about Year 3 at Eastwick in 2024-25.
Year 3 Parents Information Evening 2024-25
Contact
Supporting learning at home
Reading
Colour Book Band Progression Chart - KS2
Guided Reading Question Cards - Non-Fiction
Reading prompts for small group instruction
Spelling
Year 3 Summer Term Spellings 2024
Maths
Addition and Subtraction - Parents Guide
Year 3 Multiplication Parent GuideYear 3 Division Parent Guide
Maths Fluency Guide For Parents