Rabbits

Welcome to Rabbits!

Welcome back to Year 3! Rabbits Class Teacher is Miss Orr, and our Teaching Assistant is Miss Williams.

If you have any queries or concerns please to not hesitate to ask. The classroom door will be open from 8:30am and I will also be available to speak to after school.

Term 4  - Countries and Cities

This term our topic is based around learning about countries, cities and their characteristics. Year 3 are going to be taking on the role of explorers, travelling around the world to hunt for the escaped penguins from Central Park Zoo. They will be travelling around the world, visiting different countries and identifying human and physical features that may make the penguins want to stay in the country or may make them want to visit the next one. 

In Literacy we will be writing our own up-levelled versions of the story Meerkat Mail. Later in the term the children will be writing Non-Chronological Reports on the countries that they have visited. 

In Maths we are continuing with Multiplication and Division and will move onto Fractions towards the end of the term.

We have swimming on Thursday afternoons and PE on Friday afternoons. 

Term 3 - The Iron Age

This term we are going to be learning all about the Celtic way of life in our topic, The Iron Age. Our lessons will be based around a story where we are a breakaway Celtic tribe and need to create a new settlement to survive and thrive in. We will learn how the Celts used what they had in their environment to live well. Our Literacy writing will come from our topic.

In Maths we will be focusing on Multiplication and Division. The children should be using times table rock stars as much as they can at home to support with this!

Term 2 - Space

This term our topic is SPACE! The children are going to be working from a variety of space stories including 'A Way Home' and 'Little Wolf'. 

In Maths we are going to be continuing with Addition and Subtraction. The children need to make sure they are using TT Rockstars at home ready for us to start our Multiplication and Division unit. 

We have lots of exciting things happening this term including the cinema trip, theatre trip and activities leading up to Christmas!

Term 1 - One World

This term we will be focusing on the topic One World and developing our understanding on plastic pollution, recycling and the effect it has upon the world. We will be looking at making different uses of plastic bags in DT, creating our own instruments in Music, looking at other countries recycling techniques in Geography and doing experiments with plastic in Science.

In Maths we will be focusing on Place Value and then moving onto Addition and Subtraction.

In Literacy will be exploring the story Footpath of Flowers, and creating our own story to go with the pictures.

We will also be concentrating on SPaG, Guided Reading and the Year 3 Spellings.

Key information:

• P.E. is on Fridays
• Swimming is on Thursdays (Term 4)
• Forest School is every Tuesday afternoon, you will receive a letter with the dates that your child will attend.
• Homework is handed out on Fridays and is due in on Thursdays
• Reading books are checked every Friday