Welcome We have really enjoyed meeting and getting to know your children over the last few days! They have started to settle in well at KPJS.
This term we will study: - Place Value - Mental and written addition and subtraction (including column addition and subtraction) - Multiplication and Division
With your child, please practise:
number bonds to 10 and 100
the 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 times tables
Adding to 100 mentally.
This term we will study:
A Crow's Tale - a fable
Stone Age Boy - a historical fiction
Spellings: Spellings are given out on Monday and will be tested on Friday.
With your child, please practise:
writing in neat, joined handwriting
writing short stories
writing diary entries about their day
This term we will study:
Reading skills
Grandpa Bert and the Ghost Snatchers
The Faraway Tree
Reading Records will be sent home each week with a book and need to be brought to school on Mondays. Children need to read for about 20 mins a day and fill in their reading record. They can use any book as part of their reading record. Please try to read with your child at least twice a week.
Homework is given every Friday. Each child will have a set of spelling words to learn for the following Friday, a piece of reading comprehension and maths. The reading comprehension and maths must come back to school the next Monday.
Children will also receive username and passwords for different websites to support their learning. These will be in the front of their Reading Records. Please support your child in using them at least once a week.
This term our foundation subject topics include:
Science: Electricity and Animals (including humans)
Topic: The Stone Age to the Iron Age
Computing: Learning how to use google classroom, internet safety and typing skills
R.E.: Hinduism
PSHE: Family and Relationships, No Outsiders
Music: Autumn songs & music including Harvest Playing tuned percussion and elements of music theory & notation.
MFL: Je me presente and les animaux
The welcome presentation for Year 3 2024