Curriculum Overview Leaflet Year 3 Autumn 2015

How to support your child’s learning at home To help your child further in their education, they must be doing the following activities at home.

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They must read for 10 minutes each night to an adult. The adult must then fill in their reading journal.

Practice times tables. By the end of year 3 your child should know their 2, 3, 4, 5, 9 and 10 times tables off by heart.

Each child has a home school journal. These must be signed by an adult each week and be in school every day.

To promote independence year 3 children are required to enter school by themselves. If as a parent you wish to speak to a teacher they are always available at the end of the school day.

Don’t forget PE! PE kits should be in school every day and jewelry must be removed.

Adults who work with us in Year 3: Miss Wallace – 3 Oak Teacher Miss Shaw - 3 Maple Teacher Mrs Kelly – 3 Elm Teacher Miss Porter – Trainee Teacher Mrs Rothwell – teaching assistant Mrs Sultana – teaching assistant.

Mrs Walmsley – teaching assistant.

Miss Kauser – teaching assistant Mrs Asghar – teaching assistant.

Mrs Donworth – French Teacher Mrs Marshall – Music Teacher Ms Harvey – ICT technician.

Mr Casey - artist

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If you have any concerns about your child and wish to discuss them please contact us on: 01282 612063 Or visit: www.lomeshaye.lancs.sch.uk Lomeshaye Junior School Norfolk St Nelson Lancashire BB9 6HH

Curriculum Overview Year 3 Autumn Term 1

English: English: In English we will be looking at shape

In English be looking at shape poems.

Wewe arewill going to be writing poems.

We ourselves are going to beour writing poems about and class poems about ourselves and our class tree, ready to put up on display. We will tree,move readyonto to put up on display. then information texts, We andwill will then move onto information texts, and will be looking at their layout and how to be looking at their layout and to make them eye catching.

The how children make them eye catching.

The children will be making their own leaflets all about will be making their own leaflets all about Naughty Bus Tours.

Naughty Bus Tours.

IIP: IIP: All children have now been set targets.

All children haveinnow been writing set targets.

They have these reading, and They have these in reading, writingtarget and maths. They also have a personal maths.

They also have a personal target that they set for themselves. All targets thatbe they set in foryour themselves.

All targets can found child’s journal. can be found in your child’s journal.

Please encourage them to learn these, as encourage them to learn these, as itPlease will support their learning. it will support their learning.

Geography: Geography: In geography we will be looking at the

In geography will be looking countries in thewe British Isles.

We at willthe look in the landmarks British Isles. will look atcountries their location, andWe cultures. at theirplaces location, These will landmarks be located and and cultures. plotted These places will be located and plotted on a map of the UK, Europe and the on a map of the UK, Europe and the world. world.

Creative CreativeCurriculum Curriculum Our topic to start the year is Ourselves.

Our topic start is Ourselves.

During this to unit we the lookyear at ourselves, the During who this unit at ourselves, the people helpwe uslook in school and our people who help us in school and our body. We will then move onto Our body. WeThe will children then move onto Our Kingdom. are going to Kingdom.

The children are going learn about the United Kingdom and theto learn about and the countries thatthe areUnited within Kingdom it. countries that are within it.

Maths: Maths: In maths we will start by looking at the 4

In maths we start looking at the 4 operations andwill how to by work out these operations and how to work out these questions using written methods. Over questions written methods.

Over the next fewusing weeks we will look at shape the next few weeks we will look at shape and measurement and data handling, and measurement andcharts data handling, where we will use tally and tables. where we will use tally charts and tables.

PE: PE: In PE we have been looking at our multi

In PE We we have have been been learning looking attoour multi skills. balance, skills.inWe have directions been learning balance, travel different and to control travel in different directions and control equipment such as balls. Please make equipment such ashas balls. sure that your child the Please correct make PE kit. sure that your child has the correct PE kit.

Science: Science: Throughout the term we will be looking at

Throughout the term we humans and animals.

Wewill willbe looking at humans and animals.

We will concentrate first on nutrition, making sure concentrate first on nutrition, making that we know how to eat healthily and sure that these we know how eat healthily and what foods dotofor our body. After what these foods do for our body.

After this we will explore our body. We will this we explore ourbones body.inWe learn thewill names of the ourwill body learn the names of the bones in and how our muscles work duringour body and how our muscles work during exercise. exercise.