This term is really exciting as we get to know your children and they get to know us. The year 3 team is really passionate about ensuring your children have a smooth transition into KS2. We appreciate that the start of term can be a bit daunting, but we will focus on settling them into their new routine as wellbeing is a top priority for us. We will also be setting expectations clearly and consistently to allow all children to thrive.

We have our Carroty Wood School trip to help us bond, as well as Forest School on Tuesdays.

We will build up the learning in the first couple weeks as we settle. In English, we will be focusing on the story Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo and writing a recount of that story, and in reading strands we will be learning the story The Fossil Hunter by Kate Winter. In maths we will be learning about place value as well as addition and subtraction. In Science our topic is rocks, and we will aim to get hands on and think like scientists. In history, we are learning about Ancient Egypt, and have linked this learning to our story in English. In geography, we are learning about rivers, with a particular focus on the River Indus; we will also learn the water cycle and I apologise in advance if your child sings the water cycle song at home, it is very catchy! In RE our unit is called 'People of God' and we will learn what a covenant is and the story of Noah and the flood. We will be developing our drawing skills in art and our ukulele skills in music. In computing, we will learn about coding (something they seem really excited about!) and in Latin we will be learning where Latin comes from and playing some fun games with initial words. In RSHE we will learn about ourselves and the world around us, the unit is called 'being me in my world.' In PE we will do gymnastics as indoor PE and fundamentals in outdoor PE.