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Autumn Term

In this first term of Year 3, we have lots of exciting things planned. Our  topic is ‘The Mediterranean’.  In this geography based topic, children will finding out about why so many people might visit the Mediterranean for their holidays. We will be comparing and contrasting important cultural and geographical features that may influence our choice of holiday destination such as landscapes, food, climate and things to do. Our science topic is about 'Animals including Humans' , where we will learn that living things need food to grow and to be strong and healthy, plants can make their own food, but animals cannot. We will learn that to stay healthy, humans need to exercise, eat a healthy diet and be hygienic and that animals, including humans, need food, water and air to stay alive.

In English we will be working on a beautiful  picture book 'Grandad's Island' by Benji Davies. This book is filled with wonder. It is about a boy and his Grandad who go on a wonderful adventure when they go through the door in Grandad's attic and find themselves on a sailing ship and sail to an island covered with jungle. They explore, have fun and make friends with all the animals. It's the most perfect place, but it will soon be time to go home. Using the book, children will imagine and describe their own beautiful settings, participate in role play and discussions, compose letters to and as a character, develop vocabulary for feelings, write dialogue and eventually plan and write their own adventure story based on this one.

In Maths, we will work on number and place value of numbers with up to 3-digits. We will work on addition and subtraction including missing number questions and using estimating and mental and written methods to solve problems.

Each week in class, we will spend time in class learning our times tables. Children should be confident with their 3s, 4s and 8s (as well as 2s, 5s and 10s) by the time they leave Year 3. We will practice, including  outside of our daily maths lessons, by playing times tables games including Around the World, and will complete our weekly times tables test each Wednesday - Quick Maths, (where the children will get a chance to progress onto the next times table by answering 40 questions in 4 minutes!). Children will get certificates to bring home when they get all 40 questions right! They will also bring home their marked and corrected weekly test sheets so parents can see, at home, how their children are performing  and which times table facts they need to be practicing.

Please spend some time practicing times tables at home with your child, looking at their weekly Quick Maths sheet together and seeing how they're doing, and using Times Table Rockstars to help with this. 

Reading and library books will be given out and reading records must be in school every day. Children should be reading at home a few times each week and having their reading record signed.

Homework will be a mixture of paper tasks and work set on the Century app. Log in details will be sent in the Autumn term. Please make sure children are completing 'teacher set' tasks  on the Century app. They can completing learning tasks on their individual pathway too. Spellings will be given each Friday for a spelling test the following Friday.

P.E. is on Thursdays for us this term.  We are fortunate to be having P.E. lessons with a Sports Coach. Please ensure your child is equipped with the correct P.E. kit  and that it is brought to school on their P.E. days. Indoor P.E. kit consists of a white t-shirt, black shorts and black pumps.

All uniform and PE kits, including pumps, should have names in them. If your child wears earrings then they need to be removed for these lessons.

Please take a look at our Long Term plan below and also our Knowledge Organisers which will give you an insight into what we are teaching in class this term and how you may be able to support your child's learning at home.  

As usual, if you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. Thank you for your support.