Class 3

Welcome to Class 3!

Teaching Staff

Miss Latter, Mrs Bateup, Mrs Housden, Mrs Giles and Mrs Entwistle

Meet the Teacher

Learning Lens - W/C 5th May 2025

Welcome to Class 3!

Here are some of the things we have been learning about in class:

In Maths, we finished our unit on money by calculating change. We then started a new unit on time. We have been linking in our prior learning on Roman Numerals (remembering a great song to help us!) with intervals on a clock face. We have also been using our 5 times table to help us figure out the minutes past and the minutes to the hour.

In English, we continued looking at our class text ‘The Iron Man’ by Ted Hughes. We started the week by reviewing our scrap yard mind-maps and adding to these with more descriptive noun phrases. We then worked as a class to write a Scrap Yard Poem, which we’re all really proud of! Moving on, we looked at alliteration and wrote some catchy headlines about the events in the beginning of chapter 4: a tiny star was getting bigger and bigger in the sky, then a black dot appeared on it. It continued to get closer and closer still until it landed – on Australia! We finished the week by illustrating the dramatic event and adding a caption.

In Science, we started a new unit on LIGHT! We considered some questions that explored the idea of us needing light to see, and look forward to learning more.

In RE this week, we have been detectives! We have been looking at the Lord’s Prayer and asking, 'What clues does the prayer give us as to what the Kingdom of God should be like?'

In Geography, we located places in and surrounding the UK. We began by going over the countries that make up the UK and then started to name and locate some of the islands that make up the British Isles.

In PE, we developed our defence and attack skills in handball. We also had a second lesson in which we played games to build on our acceleration and team work.

Reminder: As the weather is warming up, please can the children bring in their yellow hats.

Have a lovely weekend,

Miss Latter and the Year 3 Team

Phonics:

/ay/ as in day

• holiday • midday • replace • became • ashamed • male • mail • main • mane • eight • obey • major • ate • cake • Tuesday • May • layer • locate • mistake

This week's sentences:

The unfit runner felt very weak after their run and was finding it hard to breathe.

I am always running late so my cross mother wants me to wake up early every Monday in February but I disagree.

Our extremely enthusiastic teacher makes our weekly history lessons so much fun!

Common misspelt words in Class:

Set 1: • with • why • where • when • went • how

Set 2: • said • because • really • what • sure

Set 3: • were • which • found • little • see • saw

Set 4: • that • there • then • they • the • though

Set 5: • disappear • friend • could • should • would

Set 6: • people • know • now • called

Set 7: • wanted • asked • right • write • don’t • won’t

Home Learning:

TTRS, it is a great way to practice our times tables: https://ttrockstars.com/ - Log ins are in the children's planners. Please do this weekly.

Read! We will be sending some banded reading books home for some children as well as letting the children pick books for pleasure. Children will be changing their own books and if they pick a book they have read before that's fine. They should find it easier to read a second time round, gain more from it and be confident when reading. Repetitive reading will support children’s comprehension and impact their spelling.

Reading at home will always be encouraged and is a great way for children to discuss their ever-growing knowledge of different text types and writing styles!

Home Learning Ideas:

Geography:

- Draw your own small scale map of where you live.

- Draw a map of your route to school. Make a key and use it on your map.

- Name and locate cities in the UK on a map.

- Name and locate some of the main islands that surround the UK.

Science:

- Explain what electricity is.

- Find all the electrical devices in your house and make a list.

- Create a poster about the dangers of electricity.

English:

- Write your own story.