Welcome back! Hopefully you are all rested after a wonderful half term and are ready for more amazing learning!

Here’s what we will be learning this week:

English- This week we will be beginning a brand new text, The Bluest of Blues by Fiona Robinson. We will be thinking about the function of photographs and how they have changed, doing some descriptive writing to describe a setting and thinking about what our own autobiographies would be like.

We will be beginning to send home reading books on Monday, Wednesday and Friday for those children who have not already chosen them. Reading diaries should be brought to school each day.

Maths- We will be beginning a new unit of work all about fractions, beginning with identifying parts and wholes and thinking bout equal and unequal parts of areas and shapes.

If your child would like to practise their learning at home, there are lots of free games which they can use, including Daily 10 from Topmarks or Hit the Button

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

PE- We will be beginning to work on gymnastic and static balance and also incorporating some dance lessons over the course of this half term.

Art- We will be making a papier mache construction of a volcano. Please provide your child with an old shirt to wear if possible to protect their uniform when working.

History- We will be comparing four Ancient Civilisations, the Egyptians, the Shang Dynasty, Sumar and Indus Valley, before beginning an in depth look at Ancient Egypt.

Science- We will be continuing our topic of light, looking for patterns in the way that the size of shadows change and focusing on sundials.

Homework- We will post homework on Google Classroom each week. We have added tasks to Mathletics. Additionally, the children will have access to Language Angels to practise their new vocabulary in Spanish. We hope to give your child access to TTRockstars also this week, a fun way to practise times tables.

PE will take place on Monday and Friday for Blackfriars class and Tuesday and Friday for Waterloo class. Children should come to school in their school PE kits on those days.

RHE- We are beginning a new topic about why it is important to keep your body fit and healthy.

Please ensure your child has a water bottle in school each day.

Lastly, if you have any questions or concerns, please speak to a member of staff or email us at the address below;

Year3@howard.croydon.sch.uk

Year 3 Team

We have now got access to Google Classroom again and are starting to upload homework tasks. Children’s logins have not changed but there is a new class code.

Waterloo: 2tu6ksx

Blackfriars: tdsv7fo

If you have any problems logging in, please let us know.

Another busy week of learning completed. The children have been impressing us every day! We’re nearly at the end of the half term, it has really flown by!

This week, we are celebrating Children’s Mental Health Week and we will also be raising awareness for Safer Internet Day.

Here’s what we will be learning this week:

English- This week we will be writing a Kenning poem. We will learn what a Kenning poem is, brainstorm some powerful vocabulary and have a go at writing and editing our poems. We will also have a focus on spelling words with the -ous ending and a reading focus of sequencing and summarising.

We will be beginning to send home reading books on Monday, Wednesday and Friday for those children who have not already chosen them. Reading diaries should be brought to school each day.

Maths- We are continuing to work on multiplication this week. We will be consolidating our knowledge that 9 is triple 3 and that the 3, 6 and 9 times tables share factors and working on the divisibility rules for the 3, 6 and 9 times tables.

If your child would like to practise their learning at home, there are lots of free games which they can use, including Daily 10 from Topmarks or Hit the Button

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

PE- We will be beginning to work on gymnastic and static balance and also incorporating some dance lessons over the course of this half term.

Art- We will be making a papier mache construction of a volcano. Please provide your child with an old shirt to wear if possible to protect their uniform when working.

RE- We will be thinking about how and why we should care for our world and comparing the views of different religions about the importance of caring for the world and those who live in it.

Science- We will be continuing our topic of light, looking for patterns in the way that the size of shadows changes.

Homework- We will post homework on Google Classroom each week. We have added tasks to Mathletics. Additionally, the children will have access to Language Angels to practise their new vocabulary in Spanish. We hope to give your child access to TTRockstars also this week, a fun way to practise times tables.

PE will take place on Monday and Friday for Blackfriars class and Tuesday and Friday for Waterloo class. Children should come to school in their school PE kits on those days.

RHE- We are beginning a new topic about dreams and goals and thinking about the challenges people face and how they can overcome them.

Please ensure your child has a water bottle in school each day.

Lastly, if you have any questions or concerns, please speak to a member of staff or email us at the address below;

Year3@howard.croydon.sch.uk

Year 3 Team

We have now got access to Google Classroom again and are starting to upload homework tasks. Children’s logins have not changed but there is a new class code.

Waterloo: 2tu6ksx

Blackfriars: tdsv7fo

If you have any problems logging in, please let us know.