Elm Tree- Year 3 2024 - 2025

   Welcome back!    

I hope you've had a lovely Easter holiday and are ready for our final term together - I can't believe how quickly this year has gone!

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

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, Blue John 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: fractions, time, money and shape. 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 Summer Term. 

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

Why did the Anglo-Saxons Invade Britain? Children will learn all about the invasion of the Scots and Anglo-Saxons in the 5^th Century.  They will find out where the invading troops came from and where they manged to settle.  The children will look at what life was life in an Anglo-Saxon village and how they influenced English language.  They will also examine artefacts and draw conclusions about what we can learn from them.

Geography

What’s on the other side of the world?  Children will take a closer look at where the countries of the world are located, and some of the ways geographers describe locations. Children will learn to locate and describe places using longitude and latitude and find out about some of the important lines that delineate specific areas of the Earth - the Equator, the Hemispheres, the Poles, the Tropics and time zones.

Science

This term we will be learning all about Forces and Magenets.  Children will learn what a contact and non-contact force is and identify some around them.  They will learn about friction and recognise that objects move differently on different surfaces. They will investigate magnetic and non-magnetic materials and also learn that magnetism is a non-contact force as no objects need to touch. 

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.