Year 3 Curriculum Newsletter

Dear Parents and Carers,

Year 3 - Curriculum Newsletter

Welcome back to the new academic year! We hope you find this letter informative, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s class teacher if you have any questions relating to the curriculum.


Homework:
Our expectation at Broadford is that every child should do the following every night:

• 5 minutes reading to an adult and note in the reading record
• 15 minutes practising spellings
• 15 minutes rehearsing times tables facts (including multiplication and division)

If children would like to attempt an additional challenge, we have a new Worldly Wise challenge for the Autumn Term. There will be more detailed information to follow regarding this.

Spellings:
Spellings will be given out on Mondays. The children should practise their words every evening. We encourage the children to write their words in sentences on the back of their homework sheet. Their spelling test will take place on Fridays. Children in Read, Write, Inc groups could have their spellings given out and tested on different days.

Rockstar Times Tables:

Children will be completing their timestables daily in school at the start of each maths lesson. Please practise timestables with your children at home.

Curriculum Information

We have included a summary of the topics which the children will be covering this half term. If you have any questions about the topics being covered, please do not hesitate to contact your class teacher.

Yours sincerely,
Miss Taylor
Year 3 Leader

Autumn Term
	1st Half Term	2nd Half Term
Literacy	Spelling, grammar and punctuation Creating a setting Instructions	Spelling, grammar and punctuation Playscripts Information Texts
	Please fill in the reading journal after hearing your child read. For a good selection of children books visit the local library.
Numeracy	Place Value & Number Reasoning with 3 digit numbers ‘Count on us’ weekly session - tangrams, pentonimoes etc.	Multiplication and Division Addition & Subtraction Time ‘Count on us’ weekly session - tangrams, pentonimoes etc.
	This can be accessed from home with the children’s individual usernames/passwords.
ICT	Coding Using IPADS	E Safety
Science	Plants  Animals Including Humans	Plants Light
	You could visit the Science Museum. Admission is free. Located at Exhibition Road in South Kensington, London, SW7 2DD.
History/ Geography	How has architecture influenced society across the ages?	How has architecture influenced society across the ages?
		Hinduism - Festival of Diwali
P.E	Netball/Football/Tag Rugby	Netball/Football/Tag Rugby
	PE will be on Mondays. Please ensure your child brings in their kit.
Music	Rhythm and Pitch Music around the world	Rhythm and Pitch Christmas Production
Art/ Design and Technology	Portraits	3D Sculptures
French	Greetings, classroom instructions, animals, numbers.	Genders, storytelling, French names, Christmas.
P.H.S.E	Rights & Responsibilities
Trips	Our first trip will be to the new MOD Pizza restaurant in Romford, where the children will be making their own pizzas to support their writing of instructions in Literacy & Language. Followed by a World Religion workshop related to our RE curriculum. Dates to be confirmed and detailed letters to follow. Stay and Learn - Tuesday 1st October 9am - Reading Focus