Welcome to Year 3
at St Anne’s Primary School
Writing
This half term we will be using the book ‘Big Blue Whale’ by Nicola Davies to inspire our writing. This story explores the life of a whale, it teaches children all about this wonderful animal.
Children will write an informative article about whales persuading for the protection other blue whale. Children will consider the following when writing:
Adverbs to express time, place and cause
Building an increasing range of sentence structures
Use headings and subheadings to aid presentation
Assess the effectiveness of their own and others
Welcome to Year 3!
Class Teacher - Mrs Nall-Evans
Teaching Assistant - Miss Hogg
Maths
For our Maths lessons, we will be looking at fractions. Children will develop their understanding of fractions by recognising, comparing and ordering unit fractions. They will learn about denominators, count in fractions, and find fractions of shapes and quantities.
RE
We will be starting our new unit ‘Desert to Garden’. We will be learning about the the links between the Last Supper, Mass and First Holy Communion.
In geography, we will be learning about Biomes.
In science, we will be looking at plants.
In art, we will be looking at the artist Lowry .
In PE, children will be learning cricket.
Things to remember
Our PE days will be on a Thursday. Children need to come into school wearing their correct PE uniform.
Please make sure your child brings their book bag in each day so their book can be changed. We will be reading with your child throughout the week.
Children need to bring a labelled water bottle in each day.
