What YOU can do…

Multiplication and division will be essential for our fraction topic this term. Remember to keep
revisiting our multiplication songs at home!
Please continue to read with your child as much as possible. Don’t just stick to stories! Try out
news articles, magazines or anything that they find interesting. The more genres of texts the
better!

Year 3 ICT
English This term we will be
We have two key class texts this term. The Lion, the Witch and
Spring continuing to harness ICT
the Wardrobe and The Green Ship. The Secret Garden for our own research and
Both texts revolve around fantasy and adventure and will be a key learning. Year 3 will learn
influence in creating our own extended stories. We will also be how to present and publish
looking at how we can create both a balanced argument and work through word
strategies to be a persuasive writer. processing.
Within grammar, Year 3 will build on key skills from last term such
as the use of pluralisation and creating complex sentences.

PE RE
Why are the shepherds an important part of
the Christmas story?
We will be continuing with Real PE, please make sure
How did Samuel learn to listen?
your child has PE kit on Tuesdays and Thursdays. How can we learn to listen better to God?
In R.E this term we will be asking lots of
questions to direct our learning around
Christmas, Revelations and Lent. As always, the
Science/Topic R.E curriculum is packed full of different
Art & DT Why do we need plants? activities. We will be utilizing skills such as
Could we survive without drama and music to bring us together and learn
them? Year 3 will be
We will be looking at ways to discovering the more about the Catholic faith.
choose the best materials for importance of plants of
projects in DT. In Art we will all shapes and sizes. By
the end of the term we
be looking at how William will be able to identify
Morris created symmetrical how each part of the
plant works and how Maths
garden patterns. plants survive and grow. This term we will be challenging ourselves with topics
such as fractions and the measurement of time and
money. Within fractions we will learn what a tenth is
and how we can work out fractions of simple
amounts.