Welcome to Year 3 Dolphins!

In English this Autumn term we will be writing our own Dolphin poems and reading the book ‘The Tear Thief’. We will plan and write our own stories based around the book we have read and then invent our own ‘Thief’ story. Our non-fiction writing is all about planning and writing instructions for trapping these thieves!

Following the White Rose maths curriculum, we will be learning about place value of numbers to 1000, addition and subtraction. Alongside this we will continue to practise our times tables through Times Table Rock stars (TTRS) and fun quizzes in the class.

We are focussing on rocks and soils in science for the first half term and light in the second half term.  In these lessons we will learn new vocabulary and be developing our scientific skills through simple experiments. We will be continuing with Katie in our ‘Let’s Grow’ sessions in the school allotment.

In RE, we will be learning about Hinduism. We will learn about how Hindus show their beliefs and the God and practices of their religion.

The more that you read, the more things you will know! Your school reading books will be changed on a Friday this term, but please make sure your book bags are in school every day. TTRS log-ins will be handed out in the second week - so you can use the TTRS app at home.

In PSHE/RHE we will be learning about our rights and responsibilities living in a diverse and inclusive community and as British citizens. There will be a focus on our similarities and differences, whilst teaching care and empathy. 

History will be all about the Stone Age to the Iron Age. Researching to find out what people ate, how they lived and sheltered and what changed as the time moved on and it became the Iron Age. Geography is the second half term, and we are focussing on rivers and settlements. The water cycle plays an important part in this learning so we will plan an experiment to show how this works.    

Our PE days will be Mondays and Tuesdays this term so please come to school in your PE kits on those days. We will be learning Tri-golf this term and then move on to dance next half term.

In music, the children will be learning about pulse using the song Let Your Spirit Fly by Joanna Mangona, developing and using the correct musical vocabulary as well as comparing the similarities and differences across musical genres.

If you have any questions or need to speak to us, please catch us at the end of the school day or make an appointment by phoning the school office.

Mrs Turner and Mrs Birbeck