Year 3 – Blossom Class

"Every child is a different kind of flower and all together they make this world a beautiful garden."

In Year 3 we have 30 eager and excited children ready to embrace their Key Stage 2 journey.

I am Mrs Twist, the class teacher  and, together with Miss Rusden, throughout this year we will nurture your children as they begin their KS2 journey.    

The happiness and safety of your child is very important to me, if you ever have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me on my school email:  ktwist@olsa.lancs.sch.uk 

Welcome back to another action packed half term.

Some of our children will continue with their Sacramental Programme making their 1st Reconciliation this half term.

As we return to school we are going to be exploring our local area.  Our learning will focus around the river Spodden.  This will link to our Geography and Art work as well as some of our English work.

In Science we will learn about plants and how they grow, we will set up a number of experiments to explore and see the work of plants in Action.

In maths we will be moving on to fractions, before looking at money and time.  It is important that the children continue to work on their times tables as they will be applying these skills into their learning in fractions.  There are games in the maths section below to support the children with their times tables.

Lent will begin in the second week of term, this is a time of preparation and reflection in the 6 weeks leading up to Easter.  Our Religion work will focus on this, as well as studying the mass in more detail as well.  We have a Topic afternoon on Ash Wednesday, which all are parents and carers are invited to, during this afternoon we will look at the things we can do during Lent and end with a class reflection.  Towards the end of this half term we will learn about Lent and Easter in our Religion work and we will also celebrate our Whole School Mass and Holy Week assemblies in the final week of the term.  We look forward to you joining us at our masses, topic afternoon and Holy Week assembly.

PE days are now Mondays - Swimming and Wednesdays.  Please ensure that your children wear their PE kits on these days.

Swimming kit - all children will need a towel, swimming shorts (above the knee) or costume (one piece) and a swimming hat (both boys and girls).  Please ensure that these are in school every Monday.

Class Routine

As the children enter the classroom there will be a morning task for them to complete, this is usually a maths activity or quiet reading.

After registration the children will begin the learning for the day.

At break time the children can bring a healthy snack in to eat at break time, please note fruit is not provided for KS2 children.

World Book Day 

We came to school dressed as a word! There were lots of different words showing our amazing vocabulary in Year 3!  We really enjoyed our hot chocolate and biscuit at the reading cafe.

Timetable

Homework

Homework is completed on Century Tech.  Children need to complete the minimum of 3 nuggets per week on Maths and SPaG. Homework is due in every Friday, if children do not complete the expect amount at home they will have to complete it in their own time at school.

Reading

Your child should bring home a reading book each night, they should read for at least 20 minutes.  When they have finished their book they should complete the quiz on Accelerated Reader, if they pass their quiz (80% or above) they need to change their book for a new one.

Please ensure that your child has their book in school every day, along with their reading record.

Year 3 Curriculum Plan 

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Useful Links to Online Resources

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