Welcome to KS2 and Year 3

We hope you had a great Summer Holiday!

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, you will soon become used to KS2!  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 Autumn Term, we will be studying lots of exciting new topics. We will start our first book, 'Seal Surfer' by Michael Foreman.  A boy and his grandfather watch as a baby seal is born on the rocks near their home and from that day a special friendship is created between them. Despite his disability, the boy is a keen surfer, and he enjoys many afternoons surfing with the seals. One day, however, he gets into trouble in rough seas, and the young seal saves him. Their friendship brings happiness and meaning at the important stages of the boy's life. This book is full of exciting detail and offers a rich variety of English learning for Year 3. Later on, we will be reading 'Winter's Child' by Angela McAllister. When Tom wishes winter would never end, he meets another boy who shares his love of snow and ice. Playing together every day, Tom hardly notices that spring doesn't come - until he realises the terrible effect of unending winter is having on the countryside and his sick grandma. His friend is Winter's child, and for the seasons to go on the friends must say goodbye until next year. 

We will be continuing 'Engineering' which relates to the 'Engineering Habits of Mind' (EHoM). This will be linked with other curriculum areas thus making learning more relevant and meaningful. There will be lots of fun and exciting things to do! We might even work with year 4 on some projects!

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 16th September 2024

Maths: Place value, numbers to 1000.

English:  We will start our new class book; 'Seal Surfer'.

P.E.  Tuesday (invasion games) and Friday (Swimming starting 20th Sept) are the P.E days. 

History: We will start our new topic on the history of canals.

Religion & Worldviews: What makes us human?

Art: We wil study the local artist 'Clarice Cliff'.

Science: We will start investigating magnets & forces.

Music: We will start learning about ballads.

DT: Understanding textiles and learning about sewing techniques.

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 Tuesday and Fridays (Swimming kit required on Fridays, start 20/09/24

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:

• There is a curriculum online zoom meeting at 5.30pm on Thursday 12th September. A link will be sent to you.
• National Waterways Museum Trip to Ellesmere on Thursday 3rd October 2024.
• 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