Year 3 2020 - 2021
Miss Toft
Welcome to Year 3 and Autumn 2020
Miss Toft and Miss Beardsall
We wish you a warm welcome back and look forward to a successful Autumn term!
English
In English this term we are using the text "Return" by Aaron Becker which links really well with our whole school topic.
Maths
Don't forget to log onto Mathletics and Timestables Rockstars to compete against your personal best or other children in our class or from around the world.
World Knowledge
This term our topic is "Migration: Incredible Journeys" and we will be complete a wide range of activities that link to this theme. We will be linking this to the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age in history to look at the journey and development through these ages. In georgraphy we will be looking at the World and how it has grown as well as leaning the seven Continents and finding out all about them. Have a look at our Curriculum offer to find out what else we will be getting up to this half term.
PE
Year 3 will be having PE every Monday - don't forget to send your child to school in their PE kit!
Please remember that homework is handed out on Fridays and is due in on Wednesday the following week.
5 Reads are due in on Fridays and this is when books will be changed.
Our spelling test will be on a Wednesday.
Useful websites:
Maths
- http://www.mathletics.com
- http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks1numeracy.html
- http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2numeracy.html
- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/underwater-counting
- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/chinese-dragon-ordering
- http://www.primarygamesarena.com
- www.mathszone.co.uk
- http://www.math-exercises-for-kids.com
- www.subtangent.com
- https://www.mathplayground.com/
- http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/maths
- http://www.theschoolrun.com/primary-numeracy-glossary-for-parents
English
- BBC Spellits (Spelling games) (KS2)
- BBC Bitesize (Spelling and grammar) (KS2)
- Arcademic Skill Builders (Literacy and maths games) (KS1 & KS2)
- Crickweb (Literacy and maths educational games) (KS2)
- Kids Spell (Create your own spelling lists & games) (KS1 & KS2)
- Fun Brain (Maths, reading and spelling games) (KS1 & KS2)
- Learning Games for Kids (Spelling and word games) (KS1 & KS2)
- Eduplace.com (Levelled spelling and vocabulary games) (KS1 & KS2)
- PrimaryGames.com (Spelling rules, incl. vowels, blends, plurals etc) (KS1 & KS2)
- ICT Games.com (Look, cover, check game) (KS1 & KS2)
- The Times Spelling Bee (Listen to a word and spell it) (KS2) (14 day trial: £1)
- Manythings.org (Aimed at ESL students but includes useful spelling & vocabulary games) (KS2)
- Spelling city (Vocabulary and spelling interactive activities, printable worksheets, games) (KS2)