SYCAMORE CLASS
YEAR 3
MRs Armstrong-McCLEan
2024-25
Summer 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
1st half term- Fantastic Mr Fox- Roald Dahl
2nd half term- Escape from Pompei by Christina Ballit
Iron Man-Ted Hughes
Maths
Fractions, Money, Time, Shape, Statistics
R.E.
1st half term- What do Christians learn from the creation story?
2nd half term-How and why do people try to make the world a better place?
Science
1st half term- How plants grow
2nd half term- Scientists and Inventors
History - 1st half term
What was daily life like for Romans?
What happened when the Romans left Britain?
Geography - 2nd half term
Why does Italy shake and roar?
Art - 1st half term
Georgia O’Keeffe- Plant Art
DT - 2nd half term
Structures – Shell Structures
P.E.
1st half term- Cricket, Dance 2, Gymnastics 2
2nd half term- Athletics, Rounders
Music - 2nd half term
Bring Us Together
French - 1st half term
Food
PSHE / RSE –
1st half term- Relationships
2nd half term- Changing Me
Computing
1st half term- Simulations
2nd half term- Graphing
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
PE days
Our PE days are a Wednesday and a Friday. On these days, 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 is: trainers, white PE t-shirt, purple shorts or plain black tracksuit bottoms, purple hoodie or purple school jumper.
We will also being continuing with forest school sessions on a Tuesday afternoon until May half-term, please ensure your child has suitable clothing and shoes.
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 28.4.2025. 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:
www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Useful websites
Visit these websites for help in learning times tables:
Hit the Button - Quick fire maths practise for 6-11 year olds (topmarks.co.uk)
Multiplication Tables Check - 2023 - Timestables.co.uk (Times Tables Check)
Visit these websites for some games to practice your English skills:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/spelling-and-grammar
Vocab Ninja Mini Games (vocabularyninja.co.uk)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zv48q6f
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html
Visit these websites for some games to practice your Maths skills:
Hit the Button - Quick fire maths practise for 6-11 year olds (topmarks.co.uk)
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/ordering-and-sequencing-numbers