WELCOME TO CLASS THREE

Class teacher: Mrs Turner

Teaching Assistants: Mrs Wilson.

Welcome back Class Three!

I hope you all had a lovely Easter holiday and are rested and ready for the exciting term ahead.

CLASS INFORMATION

Reading:
Reading with your child is extremely beneficial to their learning. Daily reading is essential and discussing the texts with them helps to develop their reading comprehension skills. Please read daily with your child and sign their reading record. It is important that your child brings their reading record to school daily.

Homework:
Homework will be given out on a Friday and will need to be returned the following Wednesday. Please work together to make homework fun but it should be children’s own work.  Children should ensure it is completed to the best of their ability and neatly presented.

Spellings will be given each week and will need to be returned on Wednesday. We will practise these spellings with a spelling test every Friday.

PE:
PE is on Wednesdays. Children will come to school in their PE kit with a school jumper or cardigan and school shoes. We will change into outdoor shoes for PE. No earrings are to be worn during PE.

School uniform including PE kits, coats, outdoor shoes should all be labelled clearly. Your child will need to bring in a water bottle for school each day.

Summer term 2025
Literacy

This term in Literacy, we will be reading a range of stories, including fairy tales and classic contemporary fiction. We will also be learning about the features of different non-fiction texts as well as writing our own letters and information texts. We will end the term by exploring a range of poetry.

Maths
In Maths we be using maths mastery techniques to help us to develop a deeper understanding of mathematical concepts. We will be heavily focusing on measurement. We will start by learning about money, learning how to recognise coins and notes and then explore comparing and creating amounts of money. We will also learn how to measure and compare mass, capacity and temperatures. We will be learning how to tell the time and how to recognise and find fractions.

Science
In Science we will be learning about a range of different animals, their needs and habitats in the wild. We will use a range of materials to create dioramas of different habitats. We will then move on to learning about food chains and will practise identifying things that are living, dead and have never been alive.

RE
During RE this term, we will be learning celebrations within Christianity. We will be learning about Pentecost and will consider how celebrating Pentecost reminds Christians that God is always with them. He will also be learning about prayer and worship in Judaism. We will learn about some Jewish prayers and blessings and when these are said. We will consider why Jewish children say so many prayers and blessings.

History

This term we will be learning about Jethro Tull and his involvement in the agricultural revolution. We will consider the importance of this subject in relation to our rural setting. We will also explore the creation of the steam engine as well as other key developments which came as part of the industrial revolution, including the role child workers played.

Geography

In Geography we will be learning about the United Kingdom. We will look closely at, and compare, key human and physical features of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Music
In music we will be learning 2 songs, ‘In the Groove’ and ‘I Wanna Play in a Band. Through these songs, we will learn to identify the instruments we can hear and learn to describe the texture, dynamics, tempo and style of music. We will also be focusing on rhythm and learning to maintain a steady pulse.

Computing
In Computing we will be focusing significantly on e-safety. We will also be learning about coding and will learn how to create and debug code. We will be using problem solving skills to find errors in the code and fix it. We will be learning how to create algorithms which include cued actions, collision detection and timed commands.

Art
This term in Art, we are going to be exploring landscapes. We will be looking closely at examples of landscapes by different artists and comparing their styles and colour choices. We will explore the important role of the sky in landscapes and the effect this has on the audience. We explore creating landscapes using preliminary sketches. We will then look at art which uses the seaside as inspiration. We will compare impressionist and romantic seaside artwork before creating our own seaside artwork with textures.