Year 3 Rowan Class 2024 - 2025

Mrs Lloyd	Miss R Choy	Mrs J Newton

Year 3, Rowan Class 2024-2025

Curriculum Information for Autumn 2 

Curriculum Information for Autumn 2

Writing:

 In English we will be exploring the action story ' A close call’. We will be using Talk for Writing techniques to learn the text. Within this unit, we will be looking at how to build characterisation in our stories.

Guided Reading: Pathways to Read- we will be reading 'The Ice Palace by Robert Swindells. Within this unit, we will be focusing on asking questions to improve our understanding, learning how to draw inferences and justify them with evidence and discuss words and phrases that capture the reader’s interest and imagination.

Maths:  

Power Maths Unit 2 - Addition and Subtraction

Power Maths Unit 3 - Multiplication and Division (2x, 5x, 10x)

Power Maths Unit 4 – Multiplication and Division (3x, 4x, 8x)

Science: This term our science topic is Forces and Magnets. We will exploring forces, friction and magnets. We will conduct a range of investigations including how friction affects how objects move across a range of materials and which materials are magnetic.

Geography: In our Geography lessons we will be exploring climate and weather to answer the question: Why is climate important? We will be learning about the different climates around the world and the animals and plants that live there.

PE: In PE we will be learning dance and ball skills. In dance we will be creating short dance phrases and using cannon, unison and formation to represent an idea. In ball skills we will be practicing dribbling, kicking, catching  and striking balls with varying techniques.

DT:  We will be researching, designing and creating our own seasonal vegetable tarts. We will be tasting a range of seasonal vegetables and using this knowledge to peel, chop and bake our own healthy tart.

Computing: We are learning about computing systems and networks. We will be focusing on how computers are connected and understanding how digital devices work. 

RE: We are finding out about the Baha’i faith and  who Baha’u’llah was and why He was important to His followers. We will explore the teaching of Unity and describe the Festival of Ridvan.

PSHE: We will be learning about family and relationships. We were be learning about health and wellbeing.

Music: This term we will be learning about Ballads. We will be identifying the key features of a ballad and performing ballads using actions. We will sing in time and in tune with a song and incorporate actions. We will write a verse with rhyming words and perform their lyrics fluently.

MFL:  This half term we will be learning how to follow simple French instructions and have simple conversation with a partner.

Important Information for Autumn 2 

PE- Rowan class will have their PE sessions on Monday and Wednesdays. Outdoor PE will be on Mondays and Indoor PE will be on Wednesdays. 

PE Kit: 

• Team colour t-shirt
• Plain black shorts
• Black pumps for indoor PE
• Trainers for outdoor PE
• Tracksuits, sweatshirts and leggings can be worn for outdoor PE in colder weather 
• Ear rings must be removed or covered with plasters/tape if recently pierced and long hair must be tied back

Reading Book Changes

Expectations

It is expected that all children will read at home at least five times each week. This can be a mixture of reading with support from an adult and independent reading. It can be their home reader, a magazine, newspaper, library book, or any other book that your child would enjoy reading. All home reading should be recorded in home-school diaries, this can be as simple as individual date and signature and the book that has been read as well as comment about how your child has read.

All children at Whitby Heath read daily in class whether it be on a 1:1 basis or working within group. As a school, we aim for ‘Strive for Five’. Using our Dojo reward system to celebrate this achievement. As a result, parents will receive a notification of this via the Dojo app as well as children receiving a stamp in their Reading Record indicating their total number of reads each week. 

Each child has an allocated day that their book/s will be changed, linked to their house teams:

Donaldson- Monday

Seuss- Tuesday

Dahl- Wednesday

Rowling- Thursday

In school, we use children’s Reading Records to keep a record of what the children are reading rather than a dialogue between parents and school. We love to see parent comments about how they have got on if you have listened to them reading aloud or have asked them some questions about what they have read. We look forward to catching up with parents about children's reading progress in our parent’s evenings. 

Homework Information

Maths homework will be set weekly on Mirodo. Click on the link below to access the website. 

https://app.mirodoeducation.com/login

English homework will be spellings or oracy which will alternate on a two week basis. 

Homework will be set on a Friday and due in on the following Tuesday. 

Times Tables

Please also practise the times tables that your child is on. Children are tested twice every week and cannot move on to the next times table until they have passed their current level three times. This includes multiplication and division.

ClassDojo

Should parents need to contact the Year 3 team please send a direct message through ClassDojo. All communication from school will be shared in this way. 

Other useful websites for learning at home

• Timestables Rockstars

https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student
All children have a login for this website.

• Hit the Button

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
A great way to practice times tables at home.

• Newsround

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround
A place for children to keep up with current events!

• National Geographic Kids

https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/
A lovely website for children to learn more about animals, wildlife and the world around them.

• BBC Bitesize

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/primary
A place full of information that covers the range of the subjects and topics we study in school