Year 3 – Stingrays

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Weekly Information

This week in English we will be writing fact files on an animal of our choice. In Maths, we will be using the bar model to understand multiplication and division. In RE we will be learning about Hinduism and the Festival of Light.

General Information

Welcome back to all those who will be part of Year 3

This year with a particular welcome to those who may be new to our year group. As we begin our academic year, we want to give you a brief overview of the exciting learning that will be taking place this half term.

Year 3 will be beginning the year focusing on our Arts Week programme. Our focus is ‘Tribal Tales’. We will be learning about 4 different tribal cultures; the Massai, the Asaro Mudmen, the Quechua of Peru and the Maori.

As the term progresses, we will be using the fantasy world of Moana and the story of Te Fiti so inspire our narrattive writing. Later in the term we will focus on endangered animals and write information texts about them.

Our geographical learning this half term will focus upon learning all about the worlds continents and climates.In Science, we will learn about light and dark.

Throughout the school year, we ask that your child reads every day, practises their times tables and Times Tables Rock stars and completes their spelling tasks. We hope you and your children are looking forward to an exciting year ahead. If you have any questions, concerns or queries, please do not hesitate to see your child’s class teacher.

Many thanks for your support

The Year 3 Team.

Topic Overview

Year 3 Topic Letter Autumn 1