Year 3
General Information:
PE– Our PE days are on a Tuesday and Thursday. On both Tuesday’s and Thursday’s, we will be focusing on Dance. The children will learn about sequences and by the end of the half term they will create their own dance routine.
Homework– The children will receive maths, English, spelling, RE value thoughts and creative curriculum homework on a home learning log sheet that will be handed out every Friday. This is to be completed at home and then brought in when completed. Golden time will be given to the children who complete the homework or this will be used as time for children to complete their homework.
Behaviour– Children are to follow the 3 simple rules of READY, RESPECTFUL and SAFE. If your child displays these consistently, they will receive a recognition award. If 3 or more are given in one week, their names are mentioned in assembly and they will receive a raffle ticket to be entered into the grand prize at the end of the term.
Wonderful Websites:
Purple Mash https://www.purplemash.com/sch/stjosephsla1
Hit the Button https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
TT Rock stars Times Tables Rock Stars: Play (ttrockstars.com)
3x tables song 3 Times Table Song (Green Green Grass by George Ezra) – YouTube
4x tables song Skip Counting by 4 Rap Song | Dance the 4 Times Tables
5x tables song Times Tables Song (5) – Cover of Old Town Road
6x tables song 6 Times Table Song (Flowers by Miley Cyrus)
8x tables song 8 Times Table Song (You Belong With Me by Taylor Swift) Laugh Along and Learn
10x tables song Count By Tens Song
SPRING Term 2
Curriculum news: Follow the link below to see what we will be getting up to in our curriculum this Spring Term!!
Spring 2 curriculum web 24-25.pdf
We will be looking into this throughout this half term.
SPRING Term 1
Our text this half term has been the Stone Age Boy. The children have loved getting into character when hot seating and role playing. As well as deepening their understanding of what life was like in the Stone Age.
Science
Year 3, this half term, have been looking at the topic of Rocks and soils. We began by finding out the children’s vast amount of prior knowledge on the topic!
We have explored a variety of rocks and we are finishing the unit by testing the permeability of rocks.
Autumn Term 2
Curriculum news: Follow the link below to see what we will be getting up to in our curriculum this Autumn Term!!
We will be looking into this throughout this half term.
FESTIVE FUN!
Year 3 enjoyed lots of exciting days in the run up to Christmas! Below you will find lots of photos including the Reindeer Rush for St John’s Hospice, snowball fights, Christmas party games and our Advent promises.
Science
In science this half term, our topic has been skeletons and muscles. The children have explored the bones in the body and their uses as well as the muscles in the body and their uses. We have looked at animals with and without spines and animals with exoskeletons. At the end of the unit, the children created a skeleton of the body and the matching muscles of the body.
English
In English this half term, our focus text has been the Iron Man by Ted Hughes. We did some drama through hot seating whilst exploring the thoughts and feelings of the characters.
Year 3 had lots of fun making robots at the end of the Unit.
Religious Education
This half term we enjoyed looking at the true meaning of Christmas which can sometimes be forgotten in the excitement of all the gifts and festivities. We visited the Church as a whole school as well as in classes to Mass. The children made their Advent Promise Angels at the end of November to keep throughout advent.
Year 3 also used drama techniques to role play when the Angel Gabriel told Mary she was going to have a baby.
We discussed how Mary would have felt and interviewed her using hot seating.
School trip!
Year 3 took a trip to Lancaster Castle at the start of this half term! This was to support our Geography topics of Lancaster and settlements. We walked from school to the castle. On the way we stopped off to see the Roman baths and had a discussion about what life would have been like back then.
The walk continued up to the Castle walls where we could see both the castle and the Priory.
We stopped for a snack and played some games in next to the castle when we arrived. Then we looked at the gravestones on the steps to see if we knew any names. Before we knew it, it was lunchtime. The security staff walked us to the cell where we would be eating lunch.
Then it was time for our tour of the castle, we learnt all about the Pendle Witches, saw the old prison cells and even got to play hide and seek in there! It was such a great day!
Autumn Term 1
We will be looking into this throughout the half term.
P.E
