Olive Class
Miss Darbourne and Elizabeth welcome you to Year 3!
The children have settled back into school well after Summer holiday and are already busy with their learning. We can't wait to see what they learn in their first term as Year 3!
For information on our curriculum see here: https://www.twinoaks.lewisham.sch.uk/Learning/Curriculum/
Below is the full overview for this half term.
year 3 autumn 1 parent overview.pdf
Meet The Teacher Slides:
Don't forget to log in to Google Classroom to find weekly homework and helpful links related to our learning. The children have their login and password in their green reading diary.
As always, if you have any questions, do not hesitate to speak to one of us.
Miss Darbourne and Elizabeth.
Reading
We will start reading a new book soon. We focus on 7 key reading skills - clarifying, predicting, questioning, making links, summarising, inferring and evaluating.
English
In English, we will be working on narrative writing using a book based on our history topic, Stone Age to Iron Age.
Maths
In maths, we are learning about place value. We will be working with two and three-digit numbers up to 1000. We will partition numbers in different ways, find 1, 10 and 100 more and less than given numbers and compare and order numbers to 1000.
Here is the National Numeracy PowerPoint shared with parents at the Maths workshop. All children have a maths sketchbook to complete their maths activities in. See the powerpoint for more details!
y3 maths workshop with parents 30 9 25 1 .pdf
Science
In Science, we will be exploring different kinds of rocks and soils, including those around us. We will also investigate fossils and how they are formed. We will work scientifically by observing rocks and exploring how and why they might have changed over time.
BBC Bitesize - Fossils BBC Bitesize - What is soil made from? BBC Bitesize - Rocks BBC Bitesize - Working scientifically
History
In history, we will be learning about prehistoric Britain from the Stone Age through to the Bronze Age and the Iron Age. We will investigate tools, homes and how people lived. We will also compare life in each of the different eras using our history skills. We will further develop our understanding of chronology and examine different sources to develop our understanding.
BBC Bitesize - How can I be a historian? BBC Bitesize - Prehistoric Britain BBC Clips - The Story of Britain Books for Topics - Stone Age to Iron Age Book List
RE
In RE, we will be learning about Buddhism and about
some of the key teachings of the Buddha and how they
impact Buddhists’ lives today.
Other useful websites:
Epic Reading This is a digital reading platform for children, which is free to access on weekdays 7am-4pm. The children will need our class code, which you can find below.
Times Tables Rock Stars Hit the Button Great websites for times tables practice.
Children have logins and passwords for these websites (including Google Classroom) in their green reading diaries.