1. Class 3 1st Summer Half Term 2017 Our Living Rainforest
Months/Days
Music
P. Bone
French
Animals
To focus on a religion:
Summer Rules/Values
Working Together
Circle Times
Judaisim
PSHE RE
Learning platform
Researching skills
Computer mapping
Purple Mash
Education City
Internet safety
Scratch
ICT
Build miniature rainforest
Close observational
Design Technology
Art & Design
Tribal headdress
Den building
drawings
Tribal art
Teamwork
Kwik cricket
Swimming PE
Look at the function of parts of
flowering plants, requirements of
growth, water transportation
in plants, life cycles and seed
Classification of plants, animals
Identify and name plants
Look at life cycles and
And micro-organisms
Science – Biology
dispersal.
and animals
Locate the world’s countries, with
A focus on North/South America
Key aspects of physical geography:
climate zones, rivers, volcanoes etc.
settlements, land use, trade and the
Key aspects of human geography:
distribution of natural resources
Locate geographic zones
Use maps, atlases, globes
Geography
Editing and developing writing
Lexia (spelling and reading)
Possessive apostrophes
Weekly Guided Reading
Descriptive writing
Story writing
Homophones
Up-levelling
English
Recounts
Poetry
Number bonds to 1000 and beyond
Compare & order numbers up to 1000
Measurement and telling the time
Represent data and results from
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10 times tables
Adding/Subtracting Fractions
Compare and order fractions
Solving Number Problems
Addition and Subtraction
scientific investigations
Perimeters
Maths
Our Living
Rainforest
1st Summer Half Term 2017
OUR LIVING RAINFOREST
This pamphlet outlines the content of the curriculum to be covered this half term.

2. Class 3 Newsletter April 2017 Dear Parents/Carers, Many thanks,
Class 3 Newsletter
April 2017
Dear Parents/Carers, 
Welcome back after the Easter break! I hope your son/daughter is excited to be back and ready to start our science and geography based topic ‘Our Living Rainforest’.  Mrs Randall will continue to be the class Teaching Assistant during the mornings. Class 3 also continues to have support from Mrs Clarke, Mrs Wallace, Miss Blades and Mrs Minney. Whilst I have my planning time, the class will be taught by Mr Waterhouse every Thursday afternoon.
Reading
In class we aim to listen to your child read as often as possible! We ask that you spend time listening to your child read, reading to them and talking about what you have read on a daily basis! Please encourage your child to enjoy reading and to read books of their own choosing as well as those in our reading scheme. Please remember to make a note in their ‘Reading Record’ and remind your child to note down any independent reading they have done too. We will be giving rewards to the ‘Reader of the Week’ and house points for their reading. The children will be heard during our weekly Guided Reading sessions, where we will carry on studying a range of different text types to help improve comprehension and inferential skills. We have a great selection of books in the library and classroom that we are always happy to lend out!
The Learning Platform
Your child continues to have access to the Learning Platform, so please encourage your child to access this, using the link on the school’s website. I will try my best to keep the Year 3 page up to date with games and activities to support your child. I will also post photographs, links to websites and extra information for homework.
Homework
Thank you for your continued support of your child’s learning at home, we have had lots of excellent work to share in our homework galleries. Our Egyptian Day was a huge success, thank you for the preparation that was put into your child’s costume, all of the children looked amazing! We will continue to set mini projects linked closely to learning in class. I encourage you to get involved and discuss ideas with your child. Please feel free to come and discuss the homework’s set if you have any queries.
I will be setting children a bank of spellings and a times table to practice on alternate weeks, and we will have a mini-test on a Monday morning. Please spend time with your child looking at their spellings and practicing counting. I will make sure that there is an education city game available for children to practice the times table of the week if they wish.
Mrs Minney runs a homework club every Thursday lunchtime for children to complete work set that they have not managed to complete at home and computers will be available for education city. We do expect all children to attempt every piece of homework that we set.
This Half Term’s Topic
Our first topic of the summer term is ‘ Our Living Rainforest,’ where we will be finding out all about plants and all living things. We will look at the function of parts of flowering plants, requirements of growth, water transportation in plants, life cycles and seed dispersal. Children will be able to identify and name plants and animals. We will look at classification keys, the life cycle of animals, plants and micro-organisms, and we will look at reproduction in plants and animals, and human growth and changes. We are in the processes of organising a visitor who will be bringing in rainforest animals to help to bring the topic alive for the children.
Big Writing
Children in Class 3 will continue to complete Big Write activities. This will provide an opportunity for children to complete extended pieces of independent writing. The learning environment will be carefully set and I may send home details of ‘talk for writing’ if appropriate. The Big Write is an excellent chance for your child to work towards or consolidate their targets.
Targets
I will set new individualised targets for children in numeracy, literacy and reading this term, with the aim for these to get children ready for class 4. These will be shared and explained to the children and I will also have these written into the back of the children’s home school diaries so that they may be shared with you. If you have any queries about your child’s targets or would like further information on how you can help them at home, please call in and discuss this with me or a member of the year 3 team. PE
PE lessons will continue to take place on a Wednesday afternoon with the support of our sports coach Luke, where we will be focusing now on Kwik Cricket. Please ensure your child has the correct PE kit in school at all times (black shorts, purple t-shirt and plimsolls/trainers).
Swimming
Class 3 will have weekly swimming lessons at Tiddenfoot Leisure Centre on a Monday morning starting from Monday 24th April It is essential that children attend all of these sessions as it is part of the National Curriculum. Full details regarding this will be released on a separate letter.
If you are able to offer any knowledge on our topics or provide support in class, please discuss this with me, it will be greatly appreciated. An amazing term is ahead of us! As always if you have any concerns about your son/daughter or any questions/queries please do not hesitate to call into class to speak to me.
Many thanks,
Miss O’Reilly
Class 3 Teacher