Summer 1 2024

This half term, the Year 3 Owls are learning...

Collective Worship

Our values are Respect, Love, Forgiveness, Service, Friendship and Peace. These values underpin our curriculum.

Throughout this half term, we are learning about what each value means and how we can promote each one through our daily actions to make a positive contribution to our school and the wider community. We are reading, listening to and responding to bible stories, which teach Christians about the importance of our values in daily life.

Don't forget to complete your values task at home - it could be included on our next newsletter!

RE

This half term, we are studying the following question around Rules for Living:

• Which rules should we follow? Does everybody follow the same rules?

Through our RE lessons, we will be deepening our understanding of the faiths of Christianity, Judaism, Sikhism, Hinduism and Islam.

Throughout our RE lessons we answer 'Big Questions', which give us the opportunity to discuss and debate open-ended questions that have many possible answers.  These questions broaden our thinking, acting as a springboard to new ideas and opinions. 

English

This half term, we are studying the text Egyptology by Dugald Steer. We are using our reading skills to gain a deeper understanding of the characters, settings and plot within the text. We also have a variety of opportunities to write for different audiences and purposes:

• to write an Egyptian mystery narrative.
• to write an Information text- Secret Diary.

Reading Plus

This half term, we are accessing Reading Plus on a weekly basis in school. Every child is to complete a minimum of 5 reading sessions per week.  The aim of this programme is to improve children's reading and comprehension skills, by quickly adapting to meet the exact needs of every learner. Any sessions not completed by the end of the week in school, should be completed for homework.

Maths

In our daily lessons, we are learning about the following topics:

• Number: Fractions
• Measurement: Money
• Measurement: Time

This knowledge will be underpinned by a weekly arithmetic lesson. Please ensure that your child has secure knowledge of the times-tables up to twelve multiplied by twelve, alongside the corresponding division facts. These should be practised at home on a regular basis through Times Tables Rockstars.  

Science

In Science this half term, we are learning about Plants.

Please make sure that your child learns all the vocabulary definitions and facts that are listed on their Knowledge Organiser, so that they are fully prepared for their Science lessons. This knowledge will be tested in a quick quiz at the beginning of each lesson. A copy of this document is available on our class page and will be stuck in your child's Homework Book at the beginning of each half term.

PSHE

This half term, we are learning about Health and Wellbeing

PE

In our PE lessons, we are learning about Dance

The value we are learning about through our PE lessons is Reflection.

Art & Design

In Art we are studying the works of Katsushika Hokusai and creating an abstract textured canvas. 

DT

In DT we are learning about textiles and developing sewing skills. 

Geography

In Geography this half term, we are completing a River Study. 

Please make sure that your child learns all the vocabulary definitions and facts that are listed on their Knowledge Organiser, so that they are fully prepared for their History lessons. This knowledge will be tested in a quick quiz at the beginning of each lesson. A copy of this document is available on our class page and will be stuck in your child's Homework Book at the beginning of each half term.

French

Our weekly French lessons are delivered by specialist teachers from Junior Jam.

We are learning about Family Storytelling and Conversation.