Welcome to 3GB

Teacher: Mrs Bryant

LSA: Mrs Squires

Welcome to our class page for the second half of the  Autumn term 2025.

We have lots of exciting learning that will be happening in our class over this half term. 

In English we will be reading 'The BFG' and focusing on descriptive language,  character description and narrative writing as well as the SPAG features within year 3.

We will also be teaching the skills of skimming and scanning a reading text and begin to look at how to answer retrieval questions (who, where, when to start) as well as 'find and copy words'.

In maths we will be looking at addition focusing on number bonds to 10 then looking at column addition as a formal method and reasoning. We will also use our Ashley Downs books to consolidate our 2x table knowledge. Please help your child to learn these at home as well as division facts.

In the afternoon, we will be covering a range of subjects.

In history we will focus on Stone Age to Iron Age thinking about their food, homes and way of life. We will also think about how we have found evidence from these time periods.

In PSHE we will be thinking about celebrating differences and how we are all unique.

In science we will learn about rocks and soils with a focus on the properties as well as completing lots of investigations! We will also research Mary Anning.

In RE we will continue to look at 'what is important to me' through the faiths of Christianity and Judaism.

In music, children will continue to learn how to play the recorder with Mr Wolfe and look at the tempo of music.

Important information

Homework

Homework will be given out every Friday and be due in on Wednesday. This will be a piece of work in books to consolidate learning from that week. Children will have also have a sheet of spellings to learn which will also include the word of the week and two spellings from the statutory 3 and 4 word list. They will also have  a mixture of multiplication and division questions depending on which times table olympic level they are working on. Please help them to learn practice these daily. Here are some websites that may help you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9u3KxGCio8

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

https://ttrockstars.com/ 

There will be a times table test and spelling test every Thursday.

PE kits

The children do not need to bring PE kits to school. On both Wednesday and Thursday, the children can come to school in their PE kits with their school jumper over the top. When it is colder, they are welcome to wear their joggers. Please ensure children wear appropriate footwear on these days too. 

Reading books

We use accelerated reader books for our reading. The children will complete a star reader test in school which will give us the children's book band level. Once they have read the book, they complete a comprehension quiz in class on their book. If they score above 80% they can move up to the next level. Children will read in school daily and quiz in school so it is really important their reading books are in everyday.