Glade Hill Primary and Nursery School
We are Golden and we SPARKLE
Yr 3 - Fantastic Firs
Fantastic Firs Class Page
2023 - 2024
Welcome to our class page! I am so excited to be sharing our learning journey with you on this page this year. In Fantastic Firs, we are GOLDEN and we SPARKLE and have lots of fun.
On this page you will find information about the learning taking place each half term. You will also find information about homework, timetables practice and letters.
If you have any questions or queries, please feel free to contact me on our class email. I will try to get back to you as soon as possible.
firs@gladehill.nottingham.sch.uk
Mrs Gohil and Mrs York
Home School Diaries
In year 3, we carry on with the Red Ted reading award scheme. Every 10 weeks your child can fill a bear and receive a reward for it if the have read 3 or more times every week.
The 3 (or more) reads need to be recorded in your child's home school diary and signed by the adult they have read to.
Diaries will be checked every Friday for 3 or more reads. Please ensure your child brings their diary in so they can have their star added to their Red Ted.
Diaries are also expected to be in school every day as I may use them to communicate a message with parents/carers.
Autumn 2 - Rise of the Robots
We are mathematicians
In maths this half term we will be continuing our learning about addition and subtraction then moving onto our new unit of work all about multiplication and division. We will also be continuing to practice previously learned concepts in our maths blast sessions.
We are writers
Our English lessons this half term will be inspired by the book ‘The Iron Man' by Ted Hughes.
We will be learning how to persuasive speeches and science fiction stories.
We will be learning about expanded noun phrases, fronted adverbials, onomatopoeias, similes, rhetorical questions, paragraphs and many other techniques that will make our writing fantastic!
We are athletes
This half term, we will be doing dodgeball in our PE lessons. These lessons will be inside in the hall. Make sure you have appropriate kit in school.
We are scientists
Our science unit for the half term is energy where we will be learning about light. The big question we will be investigating is 'How do we see the lights at Goose Fair?' We will be learning about how we see lights, how lights are reflected, how shadows are created and many other interesting things.
We are geographers
In geography we will be building our knowledge of places in the United Kingdom by comparing Nottingham and The Peak District. We will look closely at maps to be able to find differences in the human and physical features of both these places.
Autumn 1 - Our Magical World
We are Mathematicians!
In maths this half term we will be learning about place value and addition and subtraction. We will also be continuing to practice previously learned concepts in our maths blast sessions.
We are Writers!
Our English lessons this half term will be inspired by the book
‘Malala's Magic Pencil' by Malala Yousafzai.
We will be learning how to write poems, biographies and adventure stories.
We will be learning and including exciting adjectives, expanded noun phrases, fronted adverbials, facts, paragraphs, commas and many other techniques that will make our writing fantastic!
We are Athletes!
This half term, we will be doing basketball in our PE lessons. These lessons will be outside on the playground so make sure you have appropriate kit.
We are Scientists!
Our science unit for the half term is animals including humans where we will be learning about the human body. The big question we will be investigating is 'Why do animals have skeletons?' We will be learning the names for bones and muscles in the human body as well as investigating if all animals have skeletons.
We are Geographers!
In geography we will be building our knowledge of the United Kingdom and places within it. We will look closely at maps and atlases and be able to find and locate key human and physical features. We will focus specifically on maps of Nottinghamshire and be locating key features in our local county.
Parent Meet and Greet
Fantastic Firs 2022 - 2023
Summer 2 - Extreme Earth
We are mathematicians
In maths this half term we will continue learning about fractions. We will be learning about what makes a fraction, finding fractions of amounts, unit and non-unit fractions and equivalent fractions. We will also be continuing to practice previously learned concepts in our maths blast sessions.
We are writers
Our English lessons this half term will be inspired by the book ‘Escaping the Giant Wave' by Peg Kehret.
Lots of our writing lessons will be recapping the techniques we have already learnt this year, such as: description, subordinating conjunctions and sentence openers.
We are athletes
This half term, we will be doing athletics in our PE lessons. These lessons will be outside on the field so make sure you have appropriate kit.
We are scientists
Our science unit for the half term is about plants. The big question we will be investigating is 'Why do plants have flowers?' We will be doing some experiments and lots of research to support our learning in this topic.
We are geographers
In geography we will be building our knowledge of physical characteristics looking at volcanoes. We will be learning how a volcano is formed and what causes volcanic eruptions.
Summer 2 - Extreme Earth!
English
This half term in English we will be learning how to write a disaster story, an explanation text and a poem! These will be based on our class book which is Escaping the Giant Wave.
Lots of our writing lessons will be recapping and consolidating writing techniques we have already learnt such as: similes, choosing powerful vocabulary, layout of a text and adding ing, er and ed spelling rules.
Maths
In maths this half term we will be starting a continuing our topic of learning: fractions! We are learning how to place them on a number line, ordering and comparing unit and non-unit fractions, adding and subtracting fractions and finding equivalent ones.
Please keep practising your TT Rock Stars and Tackling Tables
at home.
Topic/Science
Our topic this half term is Extreme Earth! We are having a geography focus, learning all about how volcanoes are formed and earthquakes are made.
In science, we are learning about plants, the function of their parts and the pollination process.
PE
PE this half term is swimming every Tuesday afternoon and Striking and Fielding on Wednesday afternoon - please do not forget your kits!