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Year 3

Cardinal Class

Our teacher is Mrs Amin

Our teaching assistant is Mrs Akhta
Our wellbeing support member is Mr Craig


Here’s what we’ll be covering over Spring term in Year 3:


English

In English this term, the children will learn about and write a variety of texts such as poetry, emails and persuasive letters.

We will be writing our own non-fiction emails and persuasive letters.

We will be reading ‘The Dragonsitter’ and a variety of letters.

Maths

In maths, the children will be learning more about place value, where they will be comparing and ordering numbers to 1000 and counting in 50s. 

With addition and subtraction, they will be learning complements to 100, to estimate answers and use inverse operations.

They will also be doing some work on mass and capacity. Here they will use scales, compare mass and add and subtract mass.

 


Topics that we will be covering across the half-term

Geography – European Neighbours

Science – Animals Including Humans

Computing – Coding

RE – Courtesy


PE

We have PE on the following days:

Tuesdays and Thursdays

This term the children will be practising and learning the skills for Dance and Athletics.

Please ensure your child has appropriate clothing; this can be in the form of plain black tracksuit bottoms with elasticated legs, plain black or red shorts and a plain white or red t-shirt. Children will need trainers.

 No jewellery is to be worn on PE days. 


Homework

Every child is expected to complete their three-weekly reads, access TT Rockstars for at least 21 minutes and practice their weekly spellings on Spelling Frame for 21 minutes.

 

 

Children need to read at home at least 3 times per week and log this on Boom Reader.

Here are some examples of how your child can practice their weekly spelling words:


Dates for your diary

Please check Class Dojo for the latest updates.


Planned Trips

Future trips will be announced on Class Dojo.