Welcome to Summer Term 2025/2026

Welcome back to our final term together 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 the excitement of the end of the year and all the achievements that go with it. 

Our class novel will continue to 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  looking at comparing the Graian region and Dartmoor.  In the second half term, we will be finding out about the Ancient Greeks in our history lessons.  In Science, we will be investigating forces and motion before moving on to magnetism.

We look forward to continuing to help 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 Palmer will be teaching 3BP  
• Miss Matthews will be teaching some limited subjects to both classes on a half-day session. 
• Our Year 3 Teaching Assistant this term is Miss Rundle.

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

We will be discussing what unity means, as well as these 2 key questions:?

What does belonging mean to me?

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

English 

As Writers, we will develop our writing skills, through a range of genres including writing a diary recount based on the book Field Trip Fiasco! 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 be learning about measure and will be making comparisons between, Kg, g, ml, l, 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. 

Science

 As Scientists we will be exploring forces and motions and how forces are either a push or a pull. The children will look at the differences between the types of forces.

In Summer 2  our learning will be about magnetism. The children will investigate the relationship between the North and South poles.

Geography and History

As Geographers we will be learning about Europe and where we are within it.  We will be comparing the human and physical features of the Graian region and Dartmoor.  We will be looking at maps using a junior atlas and the digi-maps app

As Historians, we will be learning about the Ancient Greece.

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 about Desk Top Publishing.

 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 athletics.  

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 greetings, Word classes and word order in constructing sentences and instructions. We will also explore learning and retelling a traditional story in 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 relationships followed by Changing Me. 

In RE, we will be looking at Islamic views.

ART and DT

As Artists and Designers, we will be learning about Mythology.  We will be looking at Computer Aided Design in DT.

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.