SYCAMORE CLASS

YEAR 3

MRs Armstrong-McCLEan

2024-25

Spring Term

Welcome to our class page! Hopefully you will find this page useful. On our class page we have details of our topics for this half term as well as other useful information about Sycamore Class and websites that we use to help our learning. We love to share what we learn in school every day, so please follow us on our Facebook page to see what we get up to on a daily basis.

Mrs Armstrong-McClean

What will we be learning about this half term?

English

1^st half term- George’s Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by CS Lewis 

2^nd half term- The last bear by Hannah Gould

Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White

Maths

Multiplication and Division, Length and Perimeter, Fractions, Mass and Capacity

R.E.

1^st half term-How do festivals and worship show what matters to Muslim?

2^nd half term- What does it mean for a Jewish person to follow God?

Science

1st half term- Light and Shadow

2nd half term- Forces and Magnets

History - 1st half term

How have the Ancient Greeks shaped my world?

Geography - 2nd half term

What can we discover about Europe?

Art - 1st half term

Vincent Van Gogh

DT - 2nd half term

Food – Toastie Sandwiches

P.E.

1st half term- Handball, Swimming

2nd half term-Basketball, Swimming

Music - 2nd half term

The Dragon Song

French - 1st half term

All about me

PSHE / RSE –

1st half term- Dreams and goals

2nd half term- Healthy Me

Computing

1st half term-Touch typing, Email

2nd half term- Branching databases

Key information

Arrival/collection

Our arrival time each morning is 8.45-9.00am and we leave at 3.15pm.

What to bring to school

The children should bring in a water bottle which they will take home each day as well as their packed lunch (if they do not receive a school lunch). They do not need any other equipment such as pencil cases, stationary etc as they will have everything they need at their own desk.

Snacks

Children are allowed to bring a ‘healthy’ snack to school for breaktime. However, this must be either a piece of fruit or breakfast/cereal bar. Thank you for your cooperation.

PE days

Our PE day is Wednesday. Our other PE day is Friday for swimming.

On Wednesday, the children should come into school wearing their PE kit. They do not need to bring in their normal school uniform to get changed into, they will just stay in their PE kit all day. PE kit this year is: trainers, white PE t-shirt, purple shorts or plain black tracksuit bottoms, purple hoodie or purple school jumper.

On Friday, the children should bring their swimming kit and a towel.

Homework

Spellings

Spellings will be posted on Class Dojo for the term and children will have the same list for 1 week starting from the week beginning 6.1.2025. It would be great if the children completed fun activities at home and we will be learning these spellings in class throughout the week.

www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/spookySpellings/index.html

www.ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling

Year 3 and Year 4 Common Exception Words

Reading

The children are encouraged to read a variety of texts at home and share a love of reading with parents. Try to read Accelerated Reader/ Home Reading Books at least 3x per week. Remember to bring your Accelerated Reader book back into school each day. There will be an opportunity to change library books every Friday.

Times tables

Try to practise your times tables 3x per week. Suggested websites and apps to help to practise times tables include:

https://www.timestables.co.uk

www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button