Bathampton Primary School
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Year 3
Welcome to Year 3 Lego Tree Class
In Year 3, Ms Ovigne and Mrs Wood are the class teachers and we are supported by the amazing Mrs Makepeace and Ms Lewis.
Our PE days this term are Monday and Thursdays. Please come to school wearing your kit on these days.
Dates
Forest School - Wednesday 5th June
Raise the Roof Singing Wednesday 3rd July
School trip- Thursday 11th July
Class Assembly - TBC
Topic
Our topic for terms 5 and 6 is Romans. In this history topic we will be finding out about When the Romans were in Britain, Roman life, beliefs and conquests
The topic will also flow through our wider curriculum as we explore:
- In English, we will be focusing on Manor House. This will be a suspense text. We will be developing skills of description, building suspense and describing action. It will be followed by a recount, The Unusual House and finally a poetry unit. You will find all the texts in our Talk for Writing Text section.
- In Science we will be focusing on Light. We will find out how light travels, the meaning of transparent, translucent and opaque and find out how shadows are made and change shape
- In Art we will be studying botanical art
- In ICT children will learn about keeping safe on the internet and and using programmes to create music
- In French we will be learning the verb Je peux, I can
- Our P.E. will be cricket (Mondays) and athletics (Thursday)
- In PSHE our topic is Changing Me - see knowledge organiser for content in the document section
- In Music we will be focusing on learning the songs for our Raise the Roof event. We will also be writing and performing our own compositions using tuned and untuned instruments.
In Maths, we will continue to follow the White Rose scheme. In term 6 we will be covering the following areas:
Time
Shape
Statistics
If you wish to follow White Rose at home, you can see the yearly overview, small steps and individual lesson resources. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning?year=year-3-new
Spelling
The whole school is now using a new scheme from the Spelling Shed. Children will continue to have weekly tests having spent time learning their spellings in class. They will also have a login to the Spelling Shed website where they will be able to play games to practise their spellings for that week. You can find the Year Three Spelling Plan in the Useful Documents section below.
Homework
Homework is set on Thursdays and is due in on Tuesday each week. It will be completed online (login details can be found in reading record books). Homework will be set from Thursday 14th September.
Reading- pupils read a scheme book, or novel if a free reader to an adult 5 times a week. Please record this in your child's reading record book.
Doodle Maths - children will be set activities based on in-class learning that week.
Doodle Times tables By the end of Year 4 all children are expected to know all their tables. So please practise these regularly.
Spelling Shed- children will have access to Spelling Shed's online platform, where weekly spelling lists set by the class teacher, can be found as well as games and activities that will help your child learn their spellings. Spelling tests will take place every Tuesday.
