Welcome to Class 3
Class 3 will be taught by Mrs Digby (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon) and Miss Preedy (Wednesday morning, Thursday and Friday).
Mrs Upton is our Teaching Assistant.
As mathematicians
As mathematicians we will be –
Working with 3 digit numbers and understanding the value of each digit of numbers up to 1,000. We will use resources to represent and partition in standard and non-standard ways. We will also look at working out numbers on a number line, finding 1 , 10 or 100 more or less and practise counting in 50's. If you are still able to access Doodle, you can use this for times tables practice. Hit the button on Top Marks maths is also a good resource to practice the recall of the time tables.
Spellings
Children will learn strategies to help them improve their spelling ability.
At home, please encourage your child to log into Ed Shed to complete the assignments set each week. There are many games on there that will help your child recall learnt words and spelling rules.
We will have handwriting practice every morning where children will practice joining letters and continue to increase their consistency and quality of their handwriting .
Labelling belongings...
Please make sure that your child's belongings are labelled with their names, especially coats, cardigans and jumpers. We have trouble reuniting people with their lost property when it is not named. Thank you.
Autumn
KEY DATES - Trip - 15th October Hereford History Store.
As athletes
Class 3 will be having PE every Tuesday this half term and children should come into school dressed in their PE kit. Please ensure your child is wearing sport trainers and have warm layers because they will be outside for TENNIS. We will be learning - to identify and describe soe rules of tennis. Serve to begin a game and explore forehand hitting.
As artists we will be learning-
Drawing and Painting
We will look at work by Van Gogh and use a range of materials to create different marks We will also mix colours and be taught how to use a variety of painting techniques, including tonking and sgraffito. We will also explore how to combine techniques to create texture and shape.
As musicians we will be learning -
The history of singing.
We will explore hymns, sea shanties and war songs.
As historians we will learning –
Changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age
We will explore the changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. Looking at the three distinct periods of time: Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic. We will explore cave dwellers as well as nomads who followed their food and had temporary homes, such as shelters or tipis. We will also look at Ice Age animals such as the Woolly Mammoth and Woolly Rhinoceros.
As linguists we will be learning to –
We will learn how to greet people, colours and emotions in French.
In computing -
We are Programmers
We will plan and create an algorithm for an animated scene in the form of a storyboard, write a program in Scratch to create the animation, including characters, dialogue, costumes, backdrops and sound. Then, we will review our animation programs and correct any mistakes.
As writers
As writers we will be learning to–
Stone Age Boy
Our writing will be linked to the class text -The Stone Age Boy. With a focus on punctuation, writing in first person, maintaining the correct tense and use of conjunctions, we will be writing a character description and diary entry. We will also be learning to use a thesaurus to up level our words.
Non- chronological report
Our writing will be linked to our guided reading text- Pebble in my pocket. Using headings and sub-headings, we will be writing non-chronological report linking with our science topic of Rocks.
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As readers As readers we will be learning about – Greta and the Giants by Zoë Tucker. The Pebble in My Pocket by Meredith Hooper. We will learn that a summary is a brief overview of a text and how real events can be presented as a narrative. We will retrieve key details by reading the text closely and respond to questions based on the core themes within them. We will look at inference by looking at the views of the books’ authors.
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As theologians
This unit will look at
What do Christians learn from the Creation story?
We will look at where the Creation story comes in the Bible’s Big Story’, understanding that Christians believe God created the world and then make links between Genesis 1 and what Christians believe. We will explore how Genesis 1 tells humans that they should look after the world and be caretakers of God’s creation, understanding that some Christians look after the world because God has told them to do so. We will also recognise that the story of ‘The Fall’ in Genesis 3 explains why things go wrong in the world.
If you have any questions or concerns please do get in contact.
