Classes
Year 3
Please click on the following link for the Christmas Production:
Welcome to Year 3 from Miss Parr issued on the 1.10.2020 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcqNh157V9M and Autumn Term Newsletter
Return to School Arrangements (With effect from Monday 7th September 2020)
To prevent bubbles from crossing as much as possible, we will be staggering drop off and collection times for each class for the foreseeable future. However, to make this as simple for parents as possible, siblings can be dropped off as a group and collected as a group if required.
- Year 3 pupils will be dropped at the main playground gate at 9.15am.
- Year 3 pupils will be collected at 3:20pm
The children will be met each morning and dismissed at the end of the day by either Miss Parr, Miss Pointon or Miss Powell.
To help prevent the spread of Coronavirus we recommend that adults wear a protective face mask and we thank you for your support and co-operation.
Copy of letter issued in July detailing all arrangements for the return to school – Letter issued from Mrs Brereton 16.07.2020
Curriculum Overview
Click here to view the Year 3 Curriculum Overview.
Weekly Timetable
Click here to view our Year 3 Weekly Timetable
Class Messages
Wednesday 16th December 2020 – Today we have sent the children home with their Christmas cards, 2021 calendars, logins for Google Classroom, Bug Club, Purple Mash and Times Tables Rockstars. We encourage the children to continue to access the online learning resources (Bug Club, Purple Mash and Times Tables Rockstars) over the Christmas holidays. We have had a brilliant first term in Year 3 and look forward to a successful 2021. We hope you all have a lovely Christmas and we send our best wishes for the new year! – The Three Peas
Key Dates
21.10.2020 – School closes for Half Term
***HALF TERM BREAK***
02.11.2020 – School re-opens
Important Information
PE – Dance Lessons: These lessons take place on a Monday afternoon with our Dance Coach, Anna. This half term, the children will be focusing on Street Dance. The children are encouraged to practice at home what they have learnt each week in preparation for the following week. Children are expected to arrive in school wearing their PE kits, but we do ask that your child brings a school jumper or cardigan with them.
PE – Outdoors: Outdoor PE lessons take place on a Wednesday morning with our Manchester City Coach, Connor. Please ensure your child is wearing a pair of trainers or PE pumps to school on this day. Children are expected to arrive in school wearing their PE kits, but we do ask that your child brings a school jumper or cardigan with them.
Homework: At the moment, we will not be sending home any homework or homework books. The children are encouraged to read at home regularly, practice their times tables and use online learning resources such as Bug Club, Purple Mash and BBC Bitesize.
Reading Books: Again, reading books will not be sent home at this time. All of the children have a reading book in school and we aim to read with them during the school day. Children should aim to read a book of their choice from home for 5 minutes a night.
School Diaries: Your children have a school diary in school which contains their reading records and also passwords for their online resources in school. These diaries will not be sent home at the moment. Children are given the opportunity to read and use their diaries during the school day.
Water Bottles: At the beginning of the school year, your child was supplied with a school water bottle. The children are asked to take their water bottle home each night and we ask that it is washed each day and sterilised each week. Your child’s water bottle should be filled with fresh water daily.
Bug Club, Purple Mash & Times Tables Rockstars: Bug Club login details have been updated and sent home. Your child should also have their Purple Mash login from earlier in the year when Mrs Seigne sent them home during the lockdown. If you are having any trouble with passwords or logging on, please let us know and we’ll look into it for you.
This half term in Year 3:
English
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Autumn 1 During our first term in Year 3, we will be focusing on the book “Stone Age Boy” by Satoshi Kitamura. “Step back 15,000 years as a modern boy enters a Stone Age village and learns a few prehistoric tricks of the trade. One day a boy falls down a hole, and an amazing thing happens — when he wakes, he’s in a camp full of people wearing animal skins!” Year 3 will be predicting, inferring, explaining and justifying alongside improving our comprehension skills. Our first half term will conclude by writing a Diary Entry. |
Maths
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Abacus Scheme of Work In our Maths lessons, we follow the Abacus scheme of work. We will continue to work on multiplication, division, addition and subtraction using word problems. Times Tables Children are encouraged to practice their times tables – especially their 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s and 10’s, before moving onto 6’s, 7’s and 8’s. You could help your child by encouraging them to rapidly recall these facts regularly. Your child also has a login for Times Tables Rockstars at the back of their reading diary. The children will be aiming for bronze, silver and gold stars in all of their times tables throughout the academic year. Bronze – Be able to say complete timetables without long pauses or errors. e.g “one times two is two, two times two is four…” Silver – Be able to give the products of numbers multiplied out of sequence. e.g (Teacher) “What are two threes?” (Child) “six” Gold – Be able to give the answer to the associated division calculation (using inverse) e.g (Teacher) “Twenty-seven divided by three?” – (Child) “Nine” Also to give the multiplication fact when provided with the product. e.g (Teacher) “Twenty-four?” (Child) “Four sixes or six fours” |
PE
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Our PE lessons take place on Monday afternoons and Wednesday mornings. On Monday afternoons, the children will be participating in dance lessons with our dance coach, Anna. This half term, the children will be focusing on Street Dance. The children are encourage to practice at home what they have learnt in their lessons in preparation for the following lesson. On Wednesday mornings, the children will be working with our specialist Manchester City coach, Connor. We will be learning the skills needed for a number of invasion games and learnt how to be a good team player. After this half term, Miss Parr’s PE lessons will vary between indoors and outdoors. PE lessons will consist of a range of activities including circuit training, dancing and outdoor games. Please can you ensure that your child is wearing a pair of trainers or PE pumps in school on Mondays and Wednesdays. |
History
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Stone Age to Iron Age We will begin our topic lessons by discussing what we already know about the Stone Age and what we would like to learn during this term. Our learning will include:
We will link our History work to other subjects including English, ICT and Art & Design. |
Science
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Animals including Humans (Muscles and Skeletons) Our learning this term will include:
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Geography
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Why do some earthquakes cause more damage than others? During our Geography lessons, we will be looking at letters and diary entries of people who have witnessed an Earthquake. We will be locating continents and countries on World Maps. We will be finding the locations of Earthquake sites in New Zealand and looking at the Richter scale. The children will also be looking at the inside of the Earth and plate boundaries. We will also produce a story board about the formation of a volcano. |
Art & DT
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This section will be updated shortly. We will upload some of the art work to our class page. |
RE
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Harvest (Autumn 1) We will be exploring some key questions through discussion with a range of opportunities to reflect.
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Music
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Body Percussion In Year 3, the children usually have the opportunity to learn how to play the recorder with our music teacher, Mrs Compston. However, due to the current circumstances the children are participating in Body Percussion. Our music lessons take place each Thursday afternoon for an hour. Singing At St. Wilfrid’s, we follow the music syllabus, Charanga. These areas include Listening & Appraising, Musical Activities (warm up games, optional flexible games, singing, playing instruments, improvisation and composition) and performing. Autumn 1 – Let Your Spirit Fly Autumn 2* – Christmas Production Practice Spring 1 – Three Little Birds Spring 2 – The Dragon Song Summer 1 – Bringing Us Together Summer 2 – Reflect, Rewind and Replay |
PSHCE
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Online Safety (Autumn 1) Celebrating Achievements and Being Resilient (Autumn 2) Being Part of a Community (Spring 1) Exercise (Spring 2) Stereotypes (Summer 1) What I Like (Summer 2) |
Computing/ICT
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Coding (Autumn 1)
Branching Databases (Autumn 2)
E-mail (Spring 1)
Simulations (Spring 2)
Spreadsheets (Summer 1)
Touch Typing (Summer 2)
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Photo Gallery
14th December 2020 & 15th December 2020 – Sewing Christmas Stockings
Take a look at our AMAZING Christmas stockings! We have all worked really hard on our sewing skills including practicing our running stitch.
10th December 2020 & 11th December 2020 – Watercolour Graffiti 2021 Calendars
This week we have been busy creating watercolour graffiti style calendars ready for 2021. These will be sent home next week alongside our Christmas cards.
6th December 2020, 7th December 2020 and 8th December 2020 – Crafting Christmas Cards
Here we are crafting our very own handmade Christmas cards. We had a range of designs to choose from and then we individually crafted and made them our own.
December 2020 – Moving Monsters
We have been super busy this week constructing our moving monsters. Firstly, we had a masterclass with one of the three pea’s, Miss Powell. She taught us how to make an origami monster head. Miss Pointon helped us with making antennaes using pom poms, pipe cleaners and the glue gun. Once we had all finished, we took it in turns throughout the week to construct the bodies. We used junk, pipe cleaners, plastic cups, glue and cellotape. On completion, we added syringes and a clear pipe to allow the mouths to open and close. We had so much fun!
Thank you for your continued support.
Miss Parr, Miss Pointon and Miss Powell
The Year 3 Team