Year 3

Welcome to Year 3!

Dear Parents/Carers and Children,

The teachers in Year 3 are Mrs Thompson (Mondays and Tuesdays) and Mrs O'Brien (Wednesdays - Fridays). Our class TA is Mrs Terry who is in class every morning (and Tuesday and Thursday afternoons). We are really looking forward to a great year of learning in Year 3. Our PE days are Tuesday and Thursday. Please can the children come into school in their PE kit on these days.

Our class page contains information about what we will be studying this year, as well as links to useful websites. We would love to see any work or reading the children have done outside of school, so please encourage them to bring this in!

Please try and hear your child read daily. Spellings will be given out every Thursday and tested on the following Wednesday. Homework will be given out on Tuesdays and handed in to mark on Mondays. One piece of English or Maths homework, which will support our class learning, will be sent home weekly.

Very best wishes,

Mrs Thompson and Mrs O'Brien

Our topics for this year are:

	Topic Title	*Focus*	Science Title
Autumn 1	Why do people live near volcanoes?	Geography	Rocks and Fossils
Autumn 2	What was important to ancient Egyptians?	History	Amazing Magnets
Spring 1	Are all settlements the same?	Geography	Light and Shadow
Spring 2	Would you have preferred to live in the Stone Age, Bronze Age or Iron Age?	History	Roots and Shoots
Summer 1	Why are rainforests important to us?	Geography	Artful Flowers, Fruits and Seeds
Summer 2	Why did the Romans invade and settle in Britain?	History	Keeping Healthy