Spring Term - Welcome to Barn Owls!
We work hard, try our best, listen to each other and most of all enjoy learning new things.
Class 3 - Barn Owls - Spring Term
Welcome to Barn Owls! Please find to follow information about the class and what topics we will be studying this term.
I very much look forward to working with you this year to develop your child’s learning to their maximum potential. Please contact me in school if you wish to discuss any aspect of your child’s education.
Spellings
Spelling tests will be on a Thursday. Your child will be given a spelling folder with a list of words to practise for a test the following Thursday.
P.E.
P.E. will take place on Thursdays. Please can the children come into school wearing their school P.E. kit and trainers along with sports trousers and a sports jumper/hoodie, as we will be outside. All jewellery is to be removed and hair tied back if it is shoulder length or longer. If your child has their ears pierced and cannot remove their own earrings they will be required to cover them with plasters before arriving at school.
Reading books
Each child has a reading record in a plastic wallet with a colour banded reading book. I encourage every child to read every day if possible, at home to a family member or even over the phone to a Grandparent for example. Please write comments in it when someone has listened to them read. Your child can also respond with their own comments if they have read independently. Please make sure that their reading book and reading record is in school every day.
Here is a link to recommended reading books for a 7 to 8-year old if you want to purchase any of your own books: https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/reading-lists-for-ks2-school-pupils/reading-list-for-year-3-pupils-ks2-age-7-8/
Homework
Each child will have a homework folder to take home every Friday. Please can the children bring in any completed homework by the following Friday at the latest. Please ask if you have any questions about any piece of homework.
Spring Term topics
(See documents at the bottom of the page for more information)
Numeracy – How to count in 4s, double 3-digit number to 100 and how to add a 3-digit number to a 2-digit number, telling the time and ordering time.
English – We will be reading The Sheep-Pig by Dick King-Smith and writing a diary entry. We will also be writing a non-chronological report on our geography topic Extreme Earth.
Science – Animals: Movement and nutrition.
Art: Prehistoric art. Drawing: Sculpture and 3D: Abstract space and shape.
Artist – Alana Ciena Tillman
Computing – Emailing.
Design and Technology - Structures: Constructing a castle.
Geography – Extreme Earth.
History – The Romans.
Modern Foreign Languages - French numbers and age.
Music – Pentatonic melodies and composition (Theme: Chinese New Year)
Musician - Matt Rodgers. Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Physical Education (P.E.) – Real PE: (Cognitive unit)
Sportspeople - Michael Jordan. Becky Downie.
Physical, Social, Health Education (P.S.H.E.) – Safety.
Religious Education (R.E.) - Making simple links between how a Muslim and a Christian prays and connecting ideas and beliefs to what people in these two religions do.
Extras
As well as the links in the above introduction, please click on the links below to support your learning at home.
www.spellingshed.com
