Welcome to Summer Term 2024/2025

Welcome back to another fantastic term in Year 3! We are so excited about this term. We have lots of wonderful activities planned for the children. The Summer term always brings an exciting energy, with lots of outdoor learning opportunities available. It will be a busy term with science week which will be starting the week on 19th May 2025 and ending with a Science fair (after school) on Friday 23rd May 2025. In the second half of the summer term, we will also host our annual Sports Day (venue and date to be confirmed). We will also be visiting local parks to explore the woodlands and do some litter picking. 

Our class novel will be chosen from a selection of a range of genres via a class vote.

Our main topic this half term is geography based and we will be  comparing Dartmoor with the Alps.  In the second half term, we will be finding out about Ancient Greece.  In Science, we will be investigating contact and non-contact forces.

We look forward to helping every one of the children achieve their full potential and ensuring they have a fun-filled journey along the way! If you have any questions or if you or your child requires support, please do not hesitate to contact us. 

YEAR THREE TEAM

The Year 3 Teachers and Teaching Assistants are all looking  forward to welcoming you back and supporting you:

This term, 

• Mrs Bloodworth will teach in 3KB 
• Miss Glover will be teaching 3AG  
• Miss Matthews will be teaching some limited subjects to both classes on a half-day session. 
• Mrs Bishop will be working with individual pupils in Year 3. 
• Our Year 3 Teaching Assistant this term is Mrs Lewis.

Underpinning all of our learning and time together are our school values. They are also linked to our Class Dojo rewards. We will learn about and celebrate examples of each value daily.

OUR VALUE FOR THIS HALF TERM IS....

Unity

Our key questions are:

What can I do to make others feel that they belong?

What does unity mean to me?

English 

As Writers, we will develop our writing skills, through a range of genres including writing playscripts and Persuasive texts. We will develop our use of descriptive vocabulary and we will also be focussing on our spelling, punctuation and grammar in our weekly SPAG lessons. 

We will work on sentence structure and vocabulary not only in English, but throughout all lessons, and develop a range of new writing techniques.  We will at all times, focus on handwriting and presentation. 

Reading

Reading is a priority at Salisbury Road, therefore we will be practising our reading skills 4x a week using VIPERS to help us. In the classroom, we will use a mixture of choral, echo and partner reading, this will enable us to become confident, fluent readers.

Please remember to read at home four times a week to an adult. It is also really important that you record your reading in your reading record so your teacher can see how much you are reading at home. If you have read four times in a week, you will earn a raffle ticket for the reading raffle and have the chance to win a brand new book!

We will visit the central library. 

Maths 

As Mathematicians, we will improve our understanding of fractions, time and multiplication and division. There will be a drive on learning times tables and the children will be expected to spend time each week on TTRS. 

We will develop our arithmetic skills and the children will complete regular homework tasks with a focus on arithmetic and times tables. 

We will learn all about time, including Roman numerals and will explore measuring volume, capacity and mass. 

Science

 As Scientists we will be learning about forces and motion The children will look at the differences between pushes and pulls before exploring opposing forces, and balanced forces. In addition to this the children will learn about the changes forces can cause.

In summer 2  our learning will be about magnetism. The children will investigate contact and non-contact forces, including friction and magnetism. In magnetism the children will learn about magnets having north and south poles. 

Geography and History

As Historians, we will be learning about Ancient Greece, exploring how Ancient Grecians lived, were ruled and we will find out about their beliefs and customs. 

As Geographers we will be learning about the world that we live in.  We will be comparing the human and physical features of the Alps  and Plymouth, and exploring the impact of tourism in these areas. We will be looking at maps using a junior atlas and the digi-maps app

Computing 

As Computer Programmers, we will learn how to use technology responsibly and identify a range of ways to report  concerns about contact that makes us feel unsafe. We will also be learning to send and receive emails safely. 

 Music

As Musicians we  will practise our singing skills and consider how to evaluate pieces of music using the scheme ‘Charanga’. We will be listening to songs and learning to play instruments with confidence, expression and control.

PE

Through weekly indoor and outdoor sessions, this term we will be developing the skills of agility, balance and co-ordination.  

We will be developing our ability to move in different ways including leaping and jumping and using simple equipment we will focus on our accuracy when throwing and catching.  Promoting teamwork, we will play simple team games and always encourage good sportsmanship.

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Spanish

As Linguists, we will be learning Spanish. The topics we will cover are Colours, Word classes and word order in constructing sentences and instructions. We will also explore learning and retelling a traditional story in Spanish. Spanish. 

PHSE and RE

As Philosophers, we will be developing our speaking and listening skills while considering our own views and the views of others.

In PHSE, we will be thinking about our aspirations, dreams and goals. We will set realistic, achievable goals for the term ahead an will explore the skills we will need to develop in order to reach our goals. We will understand the importance of determination and perseverance and will consider who can help us and how we can help ourselves in times of challenge. 

In RE, we will be asking the question— 'What is the Holy Trinity and what does it mean for Christians?' We will be exploring how people of all religious and non-religious beliefs make moral decisions. 

ART and DT

As Artists and Designers, we will be learning about drawing and painting techniques, while also experimenting with the prehistoric art of the Stone Age.  Later in the term, we will be  designing our own Stone Age tools.

Spellings

Spellings will be given out on a Monday ready for a test on the following Monday. These words will be linked to the Year 3 spelling patterns in our Read Write Inc. daily spelling lessons as well as the year 3/4 NC required word lists. We will have a focus on recapping previous spellings and spellings from year 2 to help close gaps. Links for spellings can be found in the website links part of the page 

TIMES TABLE ROCKSTARS

We are trying really hard this year to learn our times tables. We have a daily session where we practice. To support our learning of these tables in school, we would love you to have fun using TTRS at home; the children love it in school! The children have all been given their individual login. 

Please don't forget to keep practising your times tables - these are VERY important!

Challenge yourself to beat your classmates on TTRS.

Homework 

Homework is set on a Tuesday to be returned on the following Monday. This maybe through teams, paper copies or a project. Children should also continue to use TTRS to help with  learning their times table, practise their spellings and read as often as possible.