Welcome to Year 3
Across the academic year 2023/2024, Mrs Williams, Mrs Welsh and Mrs Cavanagh will be leading Year 3 on a fantastic and exciting learning journey. Below is some key information for parents and children regarding the Year 3 Spring curriculum and our routines. For more in-depth information about the spring curriculum please refer to the Spring Topic Overviews on this page.
Topics: For our literacy tree books this half term, we will be continuing ‘Cinderalla of the Nile’ and writing our own versions of a traditional tale. Then we will be reading ‘The First Drawing’ to create a recount. As part of our whole class reading, we will be continuing to study poetry in ‘New and Collected Poems by Carole Ann Duffy’ and also learning about non-fiction texts using ‘Africa, amazing Africa country by country by Atinuke’. Our Mathematics work will focus on multiplication and division skills and shape.
In Science this term, we will be studying Physics, learning about forces including magnetism. We will be learning the difference between contact and non-contact forces, and exploring which materials respond to magnets.
In History this half term, our lessons will be exploring what life was like in Britain from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age. This is a fantastic unit, during which we have a visit from a real archaeologist with some amazing artefacts.
Reading: Every child will have access to ‘Reading Eggs’ which is an online reading program that has been used across school in order to develop children’s reading skills, vocabulary and comprehension. At times, children will be assigned tasks on reading eggs as homework and are expected to complete in the time frame they are given. Please support your child as much as possible at home to access this wonderful resource.
Routines: Homework will be given every Thursday, alternative weeks for English and Maths, and should be returned to school by Wednesday. Homework is an important part of your child’s education and it would be much appreciated if you could fully support school with this.
Spellings will be given out every Monday and need to be learned for our spelling test on Fridays. Spelling sheets should be kept at home for regular practise and do not need to be returned to school. Reading books will be given out on a Thursday to be returned the following Wednesday. Please return your child’s book every week even if they are still working through it.
Our PE sessions will be every Thursday and Friday. Children should come to school in their school PE kit (white and blue Sylvester t-shirt or plain white t-shirt, shorts/joggers and black pumps/trainers).
Please ensure children bring their bookbags and water bottles into school every day.
Sylvester Primary Academy
St Johns Road
Huyton
Knowsley
L36 0UX
Tel: 0151 477 8320
Email: sylvester@knowsley.gov.uk