Monday and Thursday afternoons, children will need indoor kits and suitable footwear e.g.
trainers or pumps.
Spellings
New spellings will be given every Monday and tests will be on the Friday afternoon of the same week, the spellings given are a focus on particular word rules e.g. suffixes, prefixes, singular, plural rather than the actual words. So when practicing them please emphasise the rule e.g. adding -ing.
Homework
Homework is the learning logs, a new learning target will be put into the books every fortnight
and your child will have 2 weeks to fill the 2 pages with anything they think relates to the learning target, the deadline date will be at the bottom of the target.
I would be very grateful if you could encourage your child to complete every
piece of homework and to hand it in on time. It is essential for your child to
get into a routine before they start high school.
Please make sure your child reads their school reading book at home. I would like them to read everyday, and if you could please write a small comment about what they have read and
sign it in their reading journal. We will aim to listen to your child read at school once a week (reading timetable already been sent out) so please ensure your child brings their book and reading record on their designated reading day.
Learning Target
To research theatres.
What could you do?
- Research theatres on the internet.
- Print out pictures of theatres found on the web.
- Research theatres at the library.
- Have a go at drawing a set design of a scene from The Phantom of the Opera.
- Brainstorm what jobs you think there may be at a theatre.
- List the things found in a theatre.
- Find out about local theatres.
- Research any famous or historical theatres.
- Anything else you find out about theatres.
To be handed in by Wednesday 12th October
Learning Target
To research masks and gain ideas.
What could you do?
- Research masks on the internet.
- Print out masks found on the web.
- Research masks at the library.
- Draw your own ideas for a mask.
- Brainstorm materials you want to use to make your mask.
- Draw different shapes or a mask
e.g. eye mask, full face mask, half face mask.
- Find out different events where masks
are worn.
- Research any famous or historical masks.
- Anything else you find out about masks.
To be handed in by Friday 23rd September
Wednesday
7th September
Dear Parent,
Welcome back, I hope you all had a super summer.
Here are some reminders of dates and topics for this coming half term.
P.E. Monday and
Thursday, children will need outdoor kits and suitable footwear e.g. trainers
or pumps.
Spellings New spellings will be given every Monday and tests will be on
the Friday afternoon of the same week, the spellings given are words related to the
class theme and words with a focus on a particular word rules e.g. suffixes,
prefixes, singular, plural rather than the actual words. So when practicing
them please emphasise the rule e.g. adding -ing.
Homework Homework is the
learning logs, a new learning target will be put into the books every fortnight
and your child will have 2 weeks to fill the 2 pages with anything they think
relates to the learning target, the deadline date will be at the bottom of the
target.
I would be very grateful if you could encourage your child to complete every
piece of homework and to hand it in on time. It is essential for your child to
get into a routine before they start high school.
their school reading book at home. I would like them to read everyday,
and if you could please write a small comment about what they have read and
sign it in their reading journal. We will aim to listen to your child read at
school once a week (reading timetable attached) so please ensure your child
brings their book and reading record on their designated reading day.
This term our class theme is The Phantom of the Opera, so all our subjects will
be related to this. Here are some of the activities we will be doing this half
term;
Literacy
Play/script writing and shape poems
/ calligrams related to The Phantom of the Opera.
Maths
As a school we follow the DCFS
Mathematics framework and during this half term we will be covering blocks A, B
and C unit 1 and also relating maths work to theatre attendance and production
costs.
Science
Looking at light and shadows, related to a theatre and theatre
productions.
Information Communication Technology (I.C.T.)
Researching the theme.
Geography
Theatre and local “haunted” building locations and map work.
Design Technology (D.T.).
Mask making and set design.
R.E./Personal, Social, Health and Cultural Education
Islam, New beginnings
Physical Education
Dance and gymnastics.
Music
Composition and appreciation of the music related to the theme.
Mrs Pound will be teaching Thursday afternoon, teaching R.E., PSHCE, French and
P.E. to cover my PPA time.
Also don’t forget our Year 3 blog which can be found on the homepage of the
school website, get blogging!
Finally,
can you please ensure your child has an indoor pair of shoes/pumps or slippers.
I am aware
that there is a lot of information included in this letter! If any of the
information
is unclear, or if you have any further queries regarding your child, please do
not hesitate to see me.
I look forward to meeting you more formally at the target setting day.
Kind regards,
Miss M L Green
Year 3 Class teacher
Learning Target
To show what you have learnt during Year 3.
What could you do?
- Draw pictures of things you have learnt.
- Explain in words what you have learnt.
- Look at the class blog to look at some things we have done.
Here is a reminder of some of the things we’ve done;
- Play writing - Shape poems
- Famous authors - Letter writing
- Instructions - Myths - Report writing
- Information texts - Table/place decoration
- Animation - Maths - E-books
- Changing texts and adding graphics in ICT
- Researching on the internet - P.E.
- Teeth - Healthy eating - Forces
- Haunted places - Different countries
- Castles - Mask/puppet/menu making
- Chef’s outfit - Coat of Arms
- Making a meal - Building a model castle
To be handed in by Wednesday 20th July
Learning Target
To research the Tudors.
What could you do?
- Find out about the War of the Roses
- Find out about Henry VII
- Find out about Henry VIII
- Research Henry VIII’s wives.
- Name his wives.
- What happened to his wives?
- Research Henry VIII’s children.
- Name his children.
- Did his children become Kings/Queens?
- Draw a Tudor family tree.
- Find out what roman numerals are.
- Would you have liked to have lived in Tudor Times?
- Was Henry VIII a nice/good king?
- Write anything else you know about the Tudors times and the Tudor Monarchy.
To be handed in by Wednesday 29th June
Learning Target
To research myths and legends.
What could you do?
- Read a myth/legend and retell it.
- Copy/print out a myth or legend.
- List some myth/legend characters.
- Find some pictures of mythological creatures.
- Draw a mythological creature.
- Research why myths/legends were written.
- Google myths/legends and see what results you get.
- Visit the library to see if they have any myth/legend books.
- Do you have any myth/legend books? If so, bring them in for us to look at.
- Who wrote myths/legends?
- Make up your own myth/legend.
To be handed in by Wednesday 8th June
