Welcome to Year 3!

There are 3 classes in Year 3;

3B, The teachers are Miss Beattie and Ms Daly
3J Miss Johnson
3KW Miss Westerman and Miss Kauser 

The teaching assistants who work with us are Mrs Pirways, Miss Mulla, Miss Habib, Miss Rehman and Miss Turner-Baker

In Spring 1 we are learning about:

Maths

In maths we will be continuing our unit on shape and right angles. Then moving onto informal and mental strategies for adding and subtracting two 3-digit numbers.

Writing and Reading

In Writing we will be exploring dragons through  both non-chronological reports on dragon species, and innovating a dragon egg hatching with our own creative writing ideas. In reading we are looking at a fun non-fiction text ‘Street Beneath our Feet’ and then reading a chapter book ‘The Boy Who Grew Dragons’.

Geography

In geography this half term we will be exploring keys on maps , land use and how the land is used in Fallowfield.

Science

In science we will be learning about light.

DT

In DT we are going to be designing, creating and evaluating a fabric pouch for a purpose of our choice.

RE

In RE we will be looking at why festivals are important to different religions.

PSHE

We are learning about different famillies. 

Music

In music we will be singing in harmony, exploring timbre in music, and combining chants and pictures to create a rondo performance. As well as some exciting steel pan sessions on Wednesday afternoon.

Computing

In computing we will be looking at branching databases and spreadsheets.

Books we are reading:

• Street Beneath My Feet
• The Boy Who Grew Dragons

Things to remember:

• Bring your reading record in every day and read at home at least 3x a week.
• PE days are:
  
  
• Bring your reading record in every day and read at home as much as possible.
• PE days are:
  3B Wednesday and Thursday
  3J Tuesday and Thursday
  3KW Monday and Wednesday