Olive Class
Miss Darbourne, Abby, Elizabeth, Ida and Lynda welcome you to Year 3!
The children have settled well into their new class and are already busy with their learning.
Below is the full overview for this half term.
year 3 autumn 1 parent overview.pdf
Don't forget to log in to Google Classroom to find weekly homework and helpful links related to our learning. The children have their login and password in their green reading diary.
As always, if you have any questions, do not hesitate to speak to one of us.
Miss Darbourne, Abby, Elizabeth, Ida and Lynda
Reading
We are cur
rently reading 'A Necklace of Raindrops' by Joan Aiken and Jan Pienkowski.
We focus on 7 key reading skills - clarifying, predicting, questioning, making links, summarising, inferring and evaluating.
English
In English, we are reading the story 'Stone Age Boy' by Satoshi Kitamura to develop our storytelling skills. The book also links to our history learning about the Stone Age. We will then write our own version of the story.
Stone Age Boy Read aloud videoMaths
In maths, we are learning about place value and numbers up to 1000. We will consolidate our understanding of numbers to 100 before moving on to larger numbers. We will represent and partition 3-digit numbers in different ways, using a range of practical resources and drawings. We will also compare and order numbers and find 1, 10 or 100 more or less.
BBC Bitesize - What is place value? BBC Bitesize - Numbers to 100 BBC Bitesize - How to partition a numberHere is the National Numeracy ppt shared with parents at the Maths workshop. All children have a maths sketchbook to complete their maths activities in. See the powerpoint for more details!
y3 maths workshop with parents 30 9 25 1 .pdf
In Science, we will be exploring different kinds of rocks and soils, including those around us. We will also investigate fossils and how they are formed. We will work scientifically by observing rocks and exploring how and why they might have changed over time.
BBC Bitesize - Fossils BBC Bitesize - Types of rockBBC Bitesize - What us soil made from?
BBC Bitesize - Working scientifically
History
In history, we are learning about prehistoric Britain from the Stone Age through to the Bronze Age and the Iron Age. We will investigate tools, homes and how people lived. We will also compare life in each of the different eras using our history skills. We will further develop our understanding of chronology and examine different sources to develop our understanding.
BBC Bitesize - Prehistoric BritainBooks for Topics - Stone Age to Iron Age book ideas
RE
In RE, we are learning about Buddhism and about some of the key teachings of the Buddha and how they impact Buddhists’ lives today. BBC Bitesize - What is Buddhism?
Other useful websites:
Epic Reading This is a digital reading platform for children, which is free to access on weekdays 7am-3pm. The children will need our class code, which you can find below.
Times Tables Rock Stars Hit the Button Great websites for times tables practice.
Children have logins and passwords for these websites (including Google Classroom) in their green reading diaries.