Welcome to Year 3's Class Page

Summer 2 Term

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Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome to the Summer 2 half term! We have an incredibly exciting and busy few weeks planned for our Year 3 children as we wrap up the school year. Below is an overview of what your child will be exploring in their history, English, and science lessons.

History & English: Voyagers and Discoveries

This half term, our cross-curricular topic is Voyagers and Discoveries. The children will be diving into the past to learn all about significant historical figures who made monumental contributions to our world. Specifically, we will be researching:

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  Charles Darwin

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  Katherine Johnson

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  James Cook

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  Thomas Edison

Through looking at their lives, achievements, and unique contributions, the children will develop their research and oracy skills as they share and debate what they have learned.

To support our history topic, our focus text in English will be the wonderful book ‘Zeraffa Giraffa' and in our topic work 'Counting on Katherine’, which tells the inspiring story of Katherine Johnson.

Science: Sources of Light, Shadow and Reflection

In Science, our young innovators will become investigators as we explore Sources of Light, Shadow and Reflection.

The children will be setting up investigations to discover how light travels from a source in a straight line. They will also look at how light interacts with different materials, identifying which surfaces reflect light well (such as mirrors, smooth, shiny, and flat surfaces) and how rough or uneven surfaces scatter light.

Building a Lifelong Curriculum

At our school, we intentionally connect learning across year groups to help children see the bigger picture. Here is how this half term fits into your child's learning journey:

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  Looking Back: This topic builds beautifully on what your children learned in Year 1 about local significant figures (L.S. Lowry and Emmeline Pankhurst) and in Year 2 regarding individuals who contributed to international achievements (Samuel Pepys and the Great Fire of London).

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  Looking Forward: The concepts learned this term will pave the way for Year 4, where they will investigate electricity, circuits, and lightbulbs , and Year 5, where they will study Earth and space, time zones, and planetary shadows.

How You Can Help at Home

• Talk about the figures: Ask your child what surprised them most about Amelia Earhart's flights or Thomas Edison's improvements to the lightbulb.

• Explore reflections: Practice the "vocabulary of light" at home! Have your child point out reflective materials around the house or discuss how mirrors reverse images.

Thank you for your continued support in making your child’s learning journey so successful. As always, please check our school website for further updates and photos of our classroom discoveries!

Warm regards,

The Year 3 Team

Weekly reminders:

• English and Maths homework will be set via Century on Mondays and will be available for a week.
• Spellings are tested on Friday.
• Number Sense timestable tests will take place every day.
• Each day, your child should come to school and come home with their reading book and a library book. They can change these in school as soon as they have been read. Please do encourage them to read regularly and listen to them to read out loud wherever possible.
• Children should also be maintaining their speed and accuracy with their times tables knowledge - Times Tables Rockstars is available for this purpose.

Warm regards,

Mr McCarthy,

Mrs Thomas

Mrs Krakowiak