Mrs Christie Ley
Class Teacher
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
Mrs Hayley Christopher
Class Teacher
Thursday, Friday
Miss Sophie Hall
Teaching Assistant
Our KRP – Rocks Relics and Rumbles.
Geography is our driver subject for this KRP, and alongside this we will have four companion projects covering Art, DT and Science to ensure full curriculum coverage.
Reminders
- PE is Monday – please ensure your child comes to school in their PE kit.
- Please bring a clearly labelled water bottle to school every day.
- Please label all clothing.
- The homework grid will be sent out but will also be available on Google classroom. This contains optional curriculum project activities that can be completed at home if you wish.
- Please upload any homework onto Google classroom.
- Please read at home and record this in your child’s reading record. Reading independently, reading together and across a variety of genres are all beneficial, as are audio books. Please remind your child when they finish their book to complete an AR quiz when they are in school.
- Times tables facts – By the end of Year 4, pupils should have memorised their multiplication tables up to and including the 12 times table. Please practise these regularly as part of the weekly homework. Practise the tables that are found most difficult.
English
Along with focusing on grammar, spelling, handwriting and reading skills, we will be writing shape poems, narratives with warning story plot types and also a newspaper report. We continue to use a Talk for Writing approach to our learning which has three stages to it: imitation, innovation and finally independence. Much of our writing will be cross curricular and we will be continuing to transfer skills learnt in English, to other curriculum areas.
Linked text: Our new class book is The Firework-Maker's Daughter by Philip Pullman.
What Lila wants to be more than anything else in the world is . . . a Firework-Maker!
But firework-making is not just about being able to make Crackle-Dragons and Golden Sneezes. There is also one special secret: every Firework-Maker must make a perilous journey to face the terrifying Fire-Fiend!
Not knowing that she needs special protection to survive the Fire-Fiend's flames, Lila sets off alone. Her friends, Chulak and Hamlet - the King's white elephant - race after her. But can they possibly reach her in time?
Maths
We will follow the White Rose Year 3 units for learning. This term we will be continuing with Multiplication and Division and then moving onto a measurement unit, length and perimeter. The Schemes of learning will be uploaded onto Google Classroom should you wish to find out more.
Science
This term the units we will be following for Science are:
Forces and Magnets: This project teaches children about contact and non-contact forces, including friction and magnetism. They investigate frictional and magnetic forces, and identify parts of a magnet and magnetic materials.
Rocks: In this unit, children will discover the different types of rocks and how they are formed. Children will compare and group rocks based on appearance and simple properties. They will learn how fossils are formed and learn about the contribution of Mary Anning to the field of palaeontology. Children will understand how soil is formed and then investigate the permeability of different types of soil.
Art and Design & Design Technology
During Art this term, we will be following two companion projects:
- This project teaches children about artistic techniques used in sketching, printmaking and sculpture.
People and Places. This project teaches children about the genre of figure drawing. They study the figure drawings and urban landscapes of the artist LS Lowry and create artwork in his style to show scenes from their school.
In DT we will be following a Making it Move unit. This project teaches children about cam mechanisms. They experiment with different shaped cams before designing, making and evaluating a child's automaton toy.
Music
This term, we are very lucky to have an external music teacher coming in to deliver weekly drum sessions with Year 3 every Friday. The children will also complete a Latin dance class percussion unit.
History and Geography
During Spring 1, we will focus on Geography within our Rocks, Relics and Rumbles unit. This project teaches children about the features and characteristics of Earth's layers, including a detailed exploration of volcanic, tectonic and seismic activity. They will also learn about earthquakes and tsunamis and the long and short-term consequences that these can have. In Spring 2, we will have a History focus where we will be looking at what makes up the Earth and discussing why Mary Anning’s discoveries were so important. We will also spend time researching why Pompeii is an archaeological site of great importance and the cause and effect of such a significant historical event.
Computing
ICT will be used throughout all the other subject areas to enhance the children's understanding and for research purposes. Children will be encouraged to use ICT as a tool for furthering their understanding in other curriculum areas. This term in Computing we will follow the ‘Digital Learning Cornwall’ units Connecting Computers and Creating media: animation.
RE
This half term, we will study the question, ‘How do festivals and worship show what matters to a Muslim?’ After half term, we will then move on to study the question ‘People of God. What is it like to follow God?’
PE
This term in PE we will be following our ‘Groovy Gymnastics’ unit, with ‘Skip to the Beat’ as our fitness element to further develop our agility, balance and control, and a health focus on hygiene, medicine and exercise. After half term, we will be moving onto our ‘Brilliant Ball skills’ unit, with a fitness focus on gymfit circuits and health focus on body protectors and body changes.
PSHE
We follow a structured plan from our SCARF units. This term the units we are following are ‘Keeping Safe’ and ‘Rights and Respect’ units. In our Keeping Safe unit we will be discussing how to manage risks, develop our decision-making skills, drugs and their risks and how to stay safe online. In Spring 2, we will move to our Rights and Respect unit where we will be discussing the skills we need to develop as we grow up, how to help and be helped, looking after the environment and managing money.
MFL
During the Spring term we will continue to learn French. We will be moving onto new units; ‘Food’ and ‘Family and Friends’.
Help your child prepare for their project:
Please look at the homework grid and choose some of the tasks to complete at home together. Any additional activities you do at home with your child, will support their learning in school. If you have any questions or queries, please don’t hesitate to speak to a member of the Class 3 team.