Year 3
WELCOME TO YEAR 3 PALM
Our teacher is Mrs Spolander and our teaching assistant is Mrs Lawless.
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Meet the Teacher Information- Sep 2021
Summer Term 1 Overview
Our topic for Summer 1 is ‘Tremors’ and we will be exploring volcanoes and earthquakes. In Science we will be looking at different types of rocks and soils. For Maths our focus will be on multiplication and division and new written methods. The two main texts for English will be ‘The Iron Man’ by Ted Hughes and ‘Mini Rabbit Not Lost’ by John Bond.
Reading Breakfast 13th May - We shared a book or 2 with our grown ups in school this morning.
We are working on our Netball skills this half term
Practising 'Speed Stacking' ready for Sports Day!
Picking up some prizes for great attendance this term!
Egg Hunt! 1st April 2022
Take a look at some of our amazing homework projects this half term!
Year 3 Stay and Learn 25th March 2022. Our parents came to do some maths learning based on fractions with us this morning!
Red Nose Day 18th March 2022
We have been writing non chronological reports about pirates this half term!
World Book Day Thursday 3rd March
Our Charlie and the Chocolate Factory dance workshop!
Gymnastics this term.
Spring 2- This half term we are exploring Europe. We will be looking at the lakes, rivers and mountains within Europe.
In Science we will be exploring healthy eating. Maths will have a big focus on fractions, as well as statistics and multiplication/division worded problems. English will feature some report writing and examining haikus, tanka and kennings for the first time.
We continue with swimming and gymnastics until Easter and will prepare a performance for the Spring Music concert alongside our learning.
Harini taught a fantastic Gujarati lesson to Year 3 today- 21st February- to celebrate Mother Tongue Day!
Spring Term 1 Overview
This half term we are exploring the Bronze Age and Iron Age. We will be looking at what life would have been like during these times.
In Science we will be exploring Magnets and Forces. Maths will have a big focus on multiplication and division and computing has a musical theme alongside learning ‘Three Little Birds’ by Bob Marley in Music.
Year 3 are going swimming for the first time with school from January and we are exploring animals in French and making magnet games in Design and Technology. It’s looking like another busy half term!
We headed to the playground to explore perimeter!
We are enjoying Gymnastics this term!
Role Playing 'The Finger Eater' by Dick King Smith.
Our treat for earning lots of Presentation Stamps- a trip to the park!
Our trip to see pantomime at Watersmeet Theatre in Rickmansworth
Christmas Lunch Day!
Smoothie Making!
Odd Socks Day- Celebrating Difference!
Practising for our Christmas performance!
Autumn Term 2 Overview
It was lovely to have so many parents at our reading breakfast today -12th November 2021. We enjoyed books and some breakfast snacks together in Year 3 this morning.
Trick or treat at school today! 1.11.21
Autumn 1 Overview
Our topic this half term is The Ancient Greeks. We will be exploring how the Greeks lived and significant elements of the period. We will also be making Greek Urns out of clay in Art and DT. In Science we are finding out about our skeleton and muscles! We will be busy in maths too, starting with place value and we will get writing in English starting with recounts, vocabulary building and then on to traditional tales! We are playing Football and Cricket in PE and exploring 'Being Me in My World in PSHE which also relates to our homework project this half term.
Role play in our topic lesson today about life in Ancient Greece!
We had great fun making life sized diagrams of the skeleton and muscles in Science today!
Football sessions in PE this half term.
Painting our greek urns.
We are using clay to make Greek Urns. Tuesday 28th September
Re enacting the Sikh Amrit ceremony in RE last week.
Practicing our batting technique in Cricket.
Playing 'Wonky' in Maths. Who can end up with the largest 3 digit number?
Our first football session in PE!
We got to eat chocolate cake as part of our English lesson today! 14th September
