Year 3 Curriculum Sharing Meeting Welcome to Year 3!

Timetable PE Music Art – Thursday (3M) Monday and Friday (3M) Monday & Tuesday (3D, 3R & 3P) PE kit should be in school at all times Music Alternate Mondays recorders needed Art – Thursday (3M) - Friday (3D, 3R, 3P)

Maths Sets – Created using SATs, TA and test completed last week. (The sets are fluid - changes will be made when we feel it is appropriate and you will be contacted before.) Set 1 – Miss Miller Set 2 – Miss Donnelly Set 3 –Miss Pretty Set 4a – Mrs Askew Set 4b –Miss Roe Planning between sets is linked Parallel Sets

Literacy Reading Diaries Class Comprehension Text Types: Traditional Tales Information texts (dictionaries, reference books etc…) Dialogue and plays Letters for difference purposes Shape Poetry

Spelling Children will be given a half term spelling list, which will be on the school website. Weekly words will be differentiated and tested weekly (Friday) There will be continuous work on suffixes in addition to learning high frequency words.

Homework Two pieces are set per week Feel free to write notes in the Homework books indicating if your child required a support etc. All homework should be completed in writing pencil and colouring pencils (when creating pictures). Children should spend a maximum of 30 minutes on each piece of homework. (An adult can sign off the work if 30 minutes have passed but the work is incomplete.) Times Table Rock Stars – username and passwords are in the back of Reading Diaries

Topics Science – Light & Forces and Magnets Geography –Our Local Area & Map Skills PSHE –Feelings and Friendships & Rights, Rules and Responsibilities. RE – places of worship

The Curriculum Science History Geography DT Lights Forces and Magnets Rocks Plants Animals History Changes in Britain the Stone Age to the Iron Age Ancient Egyptians Geography Where do we live? Map Skills Biomes DT Dreamcatches Iron age jewellery Smoothies

Trips and Important dates Chelmsford Cathedral (3M & 3P Mon 24th Sept) (3D & 3R Tues 25th Sept) Harvest Festival (Fri 5th Oct) Parents’ Evening (Mon 5th Nov & Wed 7th Nov) Christmas Production (Tue 4th Dec at 1.45pm and Wed 5th at 7pm) Towngate Theatre – Panto (Thur 6th Dec)

Thank you for listening. Are there any questions?