Class 3 2024 - 2025

English

This half term, the children’s writing will be based around the book ‘”Journey” by Aaron Becker. The objective of this unit of work is write an adventure story based on the book. I’m expecting lots of description and dialogue.

Alongside our English lessons, we will continue to be having daily spelling, grammar and thrice-weekly handwriting lessons.  

Maths

At the start of this half-term, we will be finishing off our mass and capacity unit. We will then be delving a bit deeper into fractions, talking about money (adding and subtracting pounds and pence) and finally Time. For Time, we will be reading to the minute on an analogue clock so (if you have the ‘time’) please practice this at home with your child. There is a wonderful video from a comedian called ‘Dave Allen’ about “Teaching Your Kid Time” for just parents to watch to show the frustration of teaching time

Reading

For this half-term the class will be reading the classic ‘A Bear called Paddington’ by Michael Bond. This lovely book tells the story of the bear from Darkest Peru who stowed away on a ship headed for England. He arrived at Paddington Station with nothing but a suitcase, a half-empty jar of marmalade and a label that read, ‘Please look after this bear. Thank you.’

PE

Our PE days have moved to Wednesdays and Thursdays

For this half-term, we will be working on our rounders and our throwing and jumping techniques. We will start to venture more outside so please ensure that children have a hoodie and a water bottle, in case it is hot.

Other Information

This half-term, in Geography, the children will be learning about the Rainforest and Rio De Janeiro.

In Science, the children will be finishing off their Forces and Magnets topic before moving onto Plants.

In PSHE, the children will be focussed on ‘Bring their Best’. They will be looking at topics such as eating, health and talking about their talents.