Summer 2

The last term of Year 3!

Wow, I can't believe how fast this year has flown! What a great final term we have ahead of us in Year 3!

On our first week back after half term, we will be heading to Sherwood Forest (Wednesday 8th June-Thursday 9th June) for our residential trip.  Be prepared to climb lots of trees Year 3! Once we return back to school, we will be starting our final topic 'Where's my Funny Bone?' where we will be learning about the human skeleton and what makes up a healthy diet.  In Guided Reading, we will be reading one of Roald Dahl's classics, George's Marvellous Medicine.  In Maths, we will be continuing learning to tell the time before moving on to looking at weight and capacity.  

Important dates:

Wednesday 22nd June: KS2 Sports Day

Thursday 23rd June: 'Sing Out' at Doncaster Dome

Looking forward to seeing you soon 

Miss Bass

Summer 1

Good morning all!

I hope you all had a lovely Easter break and like me, ate too many easter eggs and enjoyed the lovely weather we have had! What a busy term ahead we have got!

To prepare for our residential to Sherwood Forest, we will be focusing on Marcia Williams interpretation of The adventures of Robin Hood.  To tie in with this, we will be looking at several examples of mythical stories and tales of many legends in English.  In Maths, we will be continuing to focus on fractions.  We will also be starting to learn to tell the time to the nearest minute using both analogue and digital clocks.  Parents, if you have a clock you could use to help your child use at home for extra practise, that would be great! 

In topic, we will again be looking closely at Robin Hood and his adventures in Sherwood Forest.  Our topic will be more Geography based, and we will be focusing on map work, locating cities and countries on maps and learning how to use an atlas.  In Science with Mrs Allen, the children will be looking at light and shadow and conducting some fantastic experiments.

Looking forward to seeing you all soon!

Miss Bass 

Spring 1

Welcome back! 

I hope you all had a lovely, well rested Christmas break! What a busy half term we have lined up! In Topic, we will beginning our learning on The Romans and the world's natural disasters.  We will focus on how the Romans lived, what they did to help our country and learning about Roman legends including Julius Caesar, Emperor Augustus and Boudicca!

In Guided Reading, to tie in with our topic we will be reading the book 'Escape from Pompeii'.  In English, we will be writing a narrative to link in with our Guided Reading focus, and writing some fascinating biographies based on our Roman legends! In Maths, we will be continuing to learn about multiplication and division, so get practising those times tables! On a Tuesday afternoon, Year 3 will be having Science lessons with Mrs Allen and learning all about magnets and forces.

Looking forward to seeing you all soon!

Miss Bass

Welcome to Year 3! 

Start: 8:50am Finish: 15:20pm

Hello! A big welcome back to Year 3.  I hope you had a fantastic Summer, I can’t wait to hear about all of your stories and adventures! Please be ready in the morning to line up on the Key Stage 2 playground, where I will come to meet you all at 8:50am.  Through the classroom is the cloakroom, where you each have a peg to hang up your coats and bags, and a trolley for your packed lunches if you are having a packed lunch 

for dinner. 

During our first couple of weeks in school, we will be reading the book Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag by Rob Sanders and doing some writing based on the story.  We will be doing some great Maths work, focusing on number and place value.  In art, we will study the brilliant workings of the famous artists Grayson Perry and research some of his well-known tapestry art. 

During the rest of this half term, we will be looking at the topic Rock of Ages, which will focus on the Stone Age period.  Throughout this topic, we will go back in time to understand how cavemen lived and survived throughout the Stone Age era, imagine life as a hunter-gatherer and understand how Britain has changed over time.  In line with this topic, we will be reading Stone Age Boy in Guided Reading and in English, completing some instruction writing based on the hilarious How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth. 

Please bring in your PE kits and leave them in school (fully labelled).  They can be taken home at the end of this half term.

I cannot wait to see you all! 

Miss Bass 

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