Year 3 - Elm Class

English

Our new class text is The Tin Forest by Helen Ward. It is a beautiful and poetic fable written about an old man who lives in a Tin Forest, otherwise known as a rubbish dump of unloved things, nobody wanted anymore. This book will provide many writing opportunities including writing in role, book reviews and creative writing.

Maths

Most of this half term will be spent continuing our learning about time before moving on to fractions. The children will be learning how to:

count on and back in tenths

·         recognise and write fractions of numbers and amounts

·         show simple equivalent fractions

·         add and subtract fractions

·         compare and order fractions with the same denominators

We have set the children the following times tables on TTRockstars: 2, 5, 10, 3, 4 and 8. Please encourage your child to access TTRockstars at home – a few times a week for 5 minutes if possible!

R.E.

This half term, children will be looking at “What kind of world did Jesus want?”

History

We will be continuing our learning about The Romans. Children will learn about Roman settlements, who Boudicca was, how Romans protected their land and what life was like during the final years of the Roman Empire. 

P.E.

Our PE days are Tuesday and Fridays. Please ensure your child has a full PE kit in school and long hair is tied back.

Science

Our new science unit is Plants.

The children will be:

·         identifying and describing the functions of flowering plant parts (stem/trunk, roots, leaves, flowers)

·         learning what plants need to grow

·         exploring the basic parts of a flowering plant’s life cycle

·         investigating how water is transported within plants

PSHE

This half term we will be looking at Citizenship

French

Topics include:

·         the alphabet

·         talking about brothers and sisters

·         naming family members

Music

Jazz

DT

Structures: Constructing a castle