Welcome to KS2 and Year 3

Year 3 should be a fun place to be for you with lots of exciting projects and activities to do. From lots of P.E (including swimming) to studying rocks and crumbling. The classroom has been decorated in wonderful colours with a lively reading corner. It's actually the best classroom in the school now (well I think it is!).

This Summer Term, we will be reading our new book; 'Journey'. A lonely girl draws a magic door on her bedroom wall and through it escapes into a world where wonder, adventure, and danger abound. Red marker in hand, she creates a boat, a balloon, and a flying carpet that carry her on a spectacular journey toward an uncertain destiny. When she is captured by a sinister emperor, only an act of tremendous courage and kindness can set her free. Can it also lead her home and to her heart’s desire? With supple line, luminous color, and nimble flights of fancy, author-illustrator Aaron Becker launches an ordinary child on an extraordinary journey toward her greatest and most exciting adventure of all. This book reinforces and teaches valuable elements of the Year 3 curriculum.

Homework will consist of maths, English and spelling as well as reading and recording in our reading diaries and doing Times Table Rock Stars. 'ATOM Learning' is the platform we use in KS2 for homework and you will be given a login for that.

Alongside all of this, we are very much aware of the importance of ensuring the children are happy, safe and secure in school and to help us do this, we will be following our Hearts and Minds curriculum.  More information about our Hearts and Minds curriculum and our weekly Hearts and Mind planning can be found using this link: Hearts and Minds.

I am looking forward to teaching your children this term and excited about all they have to offer.

Mr Randall

Continuing the Learning Journey……

Week Beginning: Monday 9th June 2025

Residential on Thursday and Friday this week. Remember a packed lunch on Thursday. Coach will leave school just after 9:00am return about 3:30pm on Friday. Have fun!

Maths: We will be learning about angles.

English:  We will be starting our new class book 'Jouney' by Aaron Becker.

P.E.  Thursday (Games) and Friday (tennis).  (Residential on Thursday & Friday)

Geography: We will be finding out about Settlements?

Religion & Worldviews: We will be studying about why water is important in religion.

Art: We will be studying Paul Cezanne and looking at his style of drawing.

Science: We will be studying plants and labelling the important parts.

Music: We will be studying music from the 'Caribbean' and composing.

DT: We will be starting our nurtition project and planning some cooking'.

Hearts and Minds: To be looking at health and wellbeing.

Homework: (No Homework or Spelling this week)

Homework will consist of Maths, and a SPAG activity online (no comprehension). Spellings sheet stuck in pink exercise book, spelling test on Tuesday. Please read and record in the reading diary. Have a go onTimes Table Rock Stars. 'ATOM Learning' is the platform we use in KS2 for homework and logins are in the front of the reading record.

Weekly Reminders:

• Homework & spelling will go out on a Wednesday. (ATOM Learning online). Spelling test on Tuesday A little homework slip will be given to the children each week so you know what they have to do.
• Please ensure your child is filling their reading diary on a daily basis.
• Practise timestables on a daily basis using Times Table Rockstars (2,3,4,5,8,10s)
• Children to come in P.E. kits for the whole day on Monday and Thursday 

Renaissance link for reading click here. 

In order to find year group expectations for maths, please click here, scroll down and click on the overview. 

For year group expectations for English, please click here, scroll down and click on the overview. 

The expectations for science and the foundation subjects can be found by selecting the relevant heading from here.

To access the Atom Learning homework platform, please click here. 

Key Dates:

• Year 3 residential trip to Kibblestone Camp Thursday 12th and Friday 13th June 2025

Thank you

Mr Randall

Don't forget to visit our Think Like an Engineer website regularly to see what we're all busy doing:

https://thinklikeanengineerproject.com