Class 3 2024 - 2025
Mrs Owens
Welcome to Class Three
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Mrs Owens is the teacher in Class Three and we are lucky to have Mrs Jackson and Mrs Macaulay working with us too.
Happy New Year and welcome to the Spring Term!
English
In English, our work will be based on the book 'Escape From Pompei' by Christina Balit. This fits in well with our history topic :Romans'.
Reading - all children will be reading a book with their peers in class. We will be practising skills such as comprehension, inference, retrieval and developing vocabulary.
What can I do to support my child at home?
Reading - Read, read, read! Try to read with your child every day. In order to develop a love of reading, it is important that you read to your child as well as listening to them read.
Spelling - children will be working on spelling patterns at school. The common exception words for Year 1 and 2 and Years 3 and 4 are saved in the files section on this page. PLease practise these at home.
Maths
Our main focus this term will be times tables.
What can I do to support my child at home?
Years Three and Four are the years when children need to become fluent on all times table facts to 12 x 12.
In Year Three, children need to know multiplication facts for the 2, 5,10, 3, 4 and 8 times tables by heart.
In Year Four, children need to know these, plus facts for the 6, 7, 9, 11 and 12 times tables
To practise the Year 4 times table test go to https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
You can programme individual tables to be tested on or a random mix.
Oxford Owl have a great guide to learning times tables with hints, tips and games.
https://cdn.oxfordowl.co.uk/2014/05/13/10/30/08/349/PX_MathsContent_BK_TimesTablesInSchool_01_CH.pdf
Hit the button is another fun games to help learn tables.https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Other great maths websites:
Science
In science, we will be learning about Light. We will be looking at sources of light, how to stay safe in the sun and investigating shadows.
Wider Curriculum
In history lessons we will be finding out about the Romans. We will have an exciting session from Hi Impact using VR to learn more about life in Roman Britain.
We will do PE twice a week, with gymnastics on a Wednesday with Mr Cliffe, our PE coach. Our other session will be dance on a Monday.
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR PE KIT IS IN SCHOOL EVERY DAY. Earrings should not be worn on PE days.
In RE sessions, we will be learning about the Baha'i faith.
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