‘Striving to be the best we can be’ Welcome ‘Striving to be the best we can be’

Welcome to Year 3 Teacher: Miss Firth Teaching Assistant : Mrs Smith PPA Cover: Mrs Smith (Thursday morning) Mrs Wilkinson and Mrs Smith (Thursday afternoon)

What to expect from Year 3 Developing independence – encouraging children to do things for themselves Develop greater depth and understanding with their reading Building on previous learning through new exciting topics

Curriculum coverage Literacy -Speaking and Listening -Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar -Comprehension -Handwriting and Presentation -Composition

Curriculum coverage Autumn 1 Spring 2 Descriptive writing Instructions Recount Poetry Autumn 2 Summer 1 Diary entry Non-chronological report Informal letters Information text Newspaper report Spring 1 Summer 2 Play Script Myth writing Biography Persuasive argument

Numeracy Curriculum coverage Number and place value Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division Statistics Fractions Time Money Measurements Mass and capacity

Curriculum coverage Autumn 1 Spring 2 Number and place value Measurement – length/perimeter Addition, subtraction Fractions Autumn 2 Summer 1 Addition, subtraction Fractions Multiplication and division Time Spring 1 Summer 2 Multiplication and division Time Money Shape Statistics Mass and capacity

Science Curriculum coverage - Rocks – Autumn 1 - Animals including humans– Autumn 2 - Light – Spring1 Forces and magnets– Spring 2 Plants – Summer 1 and 2 These areas will be covered and included within topics or as stand alone lessons.

Topics throughout the year Autumn 1 – The lost world Specific focus on the Great Barrier Reef and underwater creatures Autumn 2 – The lost world Specific focus on shipwrecks – the Titanic Spring 1 – What is community? Specific focus on society changes over time Spring 2 – What is community? Specific focus on changes to the local area over time Summer 1 – The Great Outdoors Specific focus on the local area Summer 2 – The Great Outdoors Specific focus on the lake district

Weekly timetable

Homework timetable Explain that Speaking & Listening elements of literacy are built in to RWI from the very beginning through lots of talking and partner work. We teach them to understand everything they read.

Homework timetable Homework will be released on the Friday of each week, and should be returned on the Wednesday of the following week. Timetables Reading tasks Daily practice Weekly Explain that Speaking & Listening elements of literacy are built in to RWI from the very beginning through lots of talking and partner work. We teach them to understand everything they read.

PE 1. Net/wall games 2. Invasion games including Benchball 3. Gymnastics 4. Dance 5. Rounders http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J2Ddf_0Om8.

PE 2017-2018 Sporting Events January – Year 3 Benchball tournament June 15th – Sports Day

The Deep – 3rd October (to be confirmed) July Trips for the year October The Deep – 3rd October (to be confirmed) July Butterfly sanctuary - 5th July

They MUST bring a different PE kit than what is in school Thursday Football Year 3 and 4 have the opportunity to play football with Mrs Wood on a Thursday lunchtime if they wish They MUST bring a different PE kit than what is in school

Each week, one child is selected to be the secret teacher This is NEW Each week, one child is selected to be the secret teacher This child reports on the week in the KS2 assembly This MUST be kept a secret

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