Wednesday 23rd April
Dear Parent/Guardian,
Welcome back, I hope you all had an enjoyable Easter break!
Here are some reminders of dates and topics for this coming term.
P.E.
Monday and
Wednesday, children will need outdoor kits and suitable footwear e.g. trainers or pumps, as we will be outside weather permitting.
Spellings
New spellings will be given every Monday and tests will be on
the Friday afternoon of the same week, the spellings given are a focus on
particular word rules e.g. suffixes, prefixes, singular, plural rather than the
actual words. So when practicing them please emphasise the rule e.g. adding
-ing.
Homework
Homework is the
learning logs, a new learning target will be put into the books every fortnight
and your child will have 2 weeks to fill the 2 pages with anything they think
relates to the learning target, the deadline date will be at the bottom of the
target.
We will also be continuing Learn By Heart, I set a Maths challenge
(e.g. learn 3 times tables) for the children to learn over a 2 week period, at
the end of the fortnight a short test will be given. The Learn By Heart
challenge will be glued into their Learn By Heart book.
I would be very grateful if you could encourage your child to complete every
piece of homework and to hand it in on time. It is essential for your child to
get into a routine before they start high school.
Reading
Please make sure your child reads
their school reading book at home. I would like them to read everyday,
and if you could please write a small comment about what they have read and
sign it in their reading journal. We will aim to listen to your child read at
school once a week so please ensure your child brings their book and reading
journal on their designated reading day.
This term our class theme is Castles, so all our subjects will be related to
this. During this theme, as a class we will be imagining we are The Knights of
Fieldhead, we will be writing myths/legends and designing Coats of Arms and
learning about the Tudors, all very fun and exciting!
Here are some of the activities we will be doing this term;
Literacy
Writing an information text on a famous castle, writing a
myth/legend.
Science
Forces and rocks.
Information Communication Technology (I.C.T.)
Research of castles and castle
towns and Emailing.
History
Henry VIII and the Tudors.
Geography
The geography of castles.
Art
Design a Coat of Arms and collage
horses.
Design Technology (D.T.)
Design a working drawbridge.
R.E./Personal, Social, Health and Cultural Education
Muslim place of worship and Relationships.
Physical Education
Athletics.
Music
Exploring Sound
Mrs Pound will be teaching Thursday afternoons, she will be teaching R.E., SEAL
and French to cover my PPA time.
Also don’t forget our Year 3 blog which can be found on the homepage of the school
website, get blogging!
I am aware that there is a lot of information included in this
letter! If any of the
information is unclear, or if you have any further queries regarding
your child, please do not hesitate to see me.
Kind regards,
Mrs M L Quinn
Year 3 Class teacher
