Elm Tree- Year 3 2024 - 2025

   Welcome back!    

I hope you've had a lovely Christmas holiday and are ready for our next term together!

Have a read through our welcome letter and curriculum overview to see all the exciting things we have planned for the Spring term.

On this page, you will find some useful information about the term ahead and any key messages that you need to be aware of. To the side of the page you will see our class Twitter feed and link to Google Classroom. We love to use Twitter to share some of the excellent things going on in Elm Tree Class and will use Google Classroom to support learning at home - spellings, homework and useful documents will be uploaded and made available on there each week.

We are set to have a great term and have some really exciting things planned and lots of new things to learn about. As always it is important that we work in partnership to ensure the very best for your children. If you have any queries or need some support, please do not hesitate speak to me at the end of the day, phone or arrange an appointment. 

Don't forget to follow @elmtreeGSP if you are on X (Twitter) for regular updates. 

Kind regards

Miss Hewitson 👩‍🏫

English

In English, the children will use a variety of different stimulus throughout the term to engage and inspire the children’s writing.  The children will begin by looking at the book. Escape from Pompeii and cover a range of writing such as setting descriptions, diaries and an alterantive story ending. Children will also focus on spelling, punctuation and grammar.

Elm Tree class have been working extremely hard with their spellings. This term the children will need to focus on using their spelling strategies and rules consistently to ensure they can spell a variety of the KS1 and KS2 common exception words. Please ensure your child is practising on Spelling Frame or using the spelling list from Google Classrooms every day. Little and often is the best way! 

Maths

In Maths, the children will be studying the topics: Multiplication and Division, Mass and Capacity, Fractions, Length and Perimeter. If you follow us on Twitter (X), you will have noticed how hard we have been working on our times tables and our recall. We will continue this hard work in SpringTerm. 

Elm Tree class should be using TTRockstars and NumBots regularly at home to help with their recall of times tables and basic skills. Login details for these websites can be found at the front of your child's planner. Please encourage your child to do this as it will make such a difference! 

History

'What did the Romans ever do for us?' In this unit, the children will learn how Britain changed after the invasion and conquest by the Roman army in 43AD and about the impact on daily life. Children will also learn about Boudicca and how she is perceived, the Roman legacy and will explore key historical terms such as 'empire', 'invasion' and 'conquest'.

Geography

How does the UK compare to countries in the Mediterranean? In this topic, the children will learn about the countries of the Mediterranean. They will look in more detail at some of the contrasting areas of the Mediterranean, finding out about the landscape, climate and locations in each area. Children will then compare these features to the UK. 

Science

Children will begin the term learning about light, reflections and shadows. They will learn about different sources of light, and that we need light to see.

Children will then learn the names of different parts of plants, and the jobs they do. The children will investigate what plants need to grow well and will explore the life cycle of flowering plants.

Reading:

Remember to read for around 10 minutes a day, at least three times per week. Please leave a note in your child's planner so we know how they have got on.

Times Tables:

Children should try to use TTRockstars and NumBots regularly at home to help with their recall of times tables and basic skills. Login details for these websites can be found at the front of your child's planner.

Spellings:

Spellings will be uploaded to Google classroom on a Friday. Children should practise these throughout the week ready for their spelling test on the following Friday.

Homework

Homework will be uploaded to Google classroom on a Friday and should be completed and returned to school by the following Wednesday at the latest. Homework will alternate between a maths or English task each week and will be linked to the unit of work children are covering in class.

PE:

Our PE days are Thursday and Friday. Please ensure that your child comes into school wearing their PE kits as they have done last year. We will be swimming on Fridays now, so the children will need their swimming costume/trunks, towel and a bag. The children will continue their swimming lessons each Friday.