North Somercotes CE Primary School
‘Make your light shine so others will see the good that you do’
Year 3
Welcome to our Year 3 page!
The Year 3 Team:
Mr Lucas, Mrs Poulter and Mr Wilson
Routines:
On a Wednesday we have the JB Sports coaches come and teach our P.E lessons; on these days we come to school in our P.E kit. Our P.E kit should be:
- Plain white t-shirt
- Black/navy shorts.
- Trainers or Plimsolls can be worn for PE lessons.
- Black/Navy tracksuit bottoms for colder weather/outdoor PE.
- Black/Navy tracksuit top for colder weather/outdoor PE.
- No Football/Sports shirts
Homework will consist of Maths and English and will repeat a skill learnt during lessons that week. This will be given out on Friday and is due in on the following Wednesday.
Spellings are given out on a Wednesday and we are tested on our spellings on the following Wednesday. Spellings will be stuck in their spelling books and should be practiced at home. We expect the children to bring their spelling books into school every day so they can practice during the school day too.
Class Reading
Mr Lucas loves to read out loud to the children and tries to do so at the end of every school day! We have read a few picture books this term. Our favourites have been "DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOK!" by Andy Lee and "The Book With No Pictures" by B.J. Novak (which we thought would be boring but turned out to be HILARIOUS!)
Our actual Whole Class Read for the Christmas term though is the laugh out loud funny "Perijee and Me" by Ross Montgomery. "Perijee and Me" is a hilarious and touching story about an unusual friendship, a heart-stopping adventure, and the power of kindness when you're faced with an alien invasion.
Home Reading - We encourage all children to read for 30 minutes at least 5 times a week. This will help them to put their fluency into practice, one of the cornerstones to great reading! If they read for three or four nights a week, they move up the reward ladder in class and earn a token for their house; if they read for five, six or seven nights a week, they move straight to the top of the reward ladder and gain a raffle ticket. On the last day of each big term, Mr Lucas will draw two tokens from the pot and those children will win a £10 book voucher!
Click on the link below for a full breakdown of the expectations and some tips on how to help your child with their reading at home.
"Let your light shine, so others may see the good that you do."
This term we are shining a light on English archaeologist Howard Carter! Through him, we will be exploring the attitudes and life skills that took him from his humble beginnings as the son of a painter to the desert sands of Egypt, where he became known the world over for his discovery of King Tutankhamen's tomb!
Jigsaw This is Jigsaw Jino! Jino will support us this year during our Jigsaw lessons and ensure we are following the Jigsaw charter.
Our Autumn 2 piece is: Celebrating Difference
Indian Experience Day
We began year 3 with a wonderful day of cultural enrichment where we were taught all about the art of rangoli. After a brief talk all about the patterns and their significance to the people of India, we used stencils and a chalk to create some of our own. We had to work as a team, ensuring we were agreeing on which colours went where so that in the end, when the stencils were removed, we were left with a symmetrical pattern. We think they turned out great!
Wild Woodcraft - Year 3 Trip
On Friday 17th November, Year 3 went back in time to spend a day in the Stone Age! We travelled deep into the woods to visit a stone age village. We were taught how to make clothes using animal skin and nettle rope, how to light fires, how to built a shelter to protect us from the cold and even how to prepare animals for eating.
Year 3 Fencing
This Spring term, Year 3 have been given the extraordinary opportunity to try fencing, all thanks to JB Coaching. We had our first session where we learned all about how to bow to our opponent, how to hold our swords, and how we are only allowed to move forwards and backwards. To win points in fencing, you need to jab your sword into the chest of your opponent. We finished the session with a selection of battles! Everyone was exhausted and excited for next week's session. "On guard!"
