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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 26 eager and excited children ready to embrace their Key Stage 2 journey.

I am Mrs Lord, the class teacher and, together with Miss Ward and Miss Beeson, 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: alord@olsa.lancs.sch.uk

Welcome back to another exciting term! We are pleased to begin this new academic journey with your children.

Routines

Let’s start with our daily routines. Please remember to send your child with a small snack in a named tub or bag each day, along with a named bottle of water to keep them hydrated. Please ensure that water bottles are washed daily at home and contain only water in them. It’s also essential to label all clothing items, as this helps us avoid any mix-ups.

P.E. Days

P.E. is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday this term, with P.E. on a Tuesday with Coach Tom and P.E. on a Wednesday with Coach Amy. We kindly ask that children come to school dressed in their P.E. kits. Here’s a quick reminder of what they should wear:

Blue Logo PE top
Blue Logo PE Hoodie (Children may wear their school jumper or cardigan too)
Plain black jogging bottoms (let’s keep it simple—no stripes, logos, or colour flashing allowed!)
Plain black leggings (same restrictions as above)
Plain black shorts or knee-length cycle shorts (once again, no embellishments)
White or grey socks and trainers

Please ensure your child is jewellery-free during P.E. to keep them safe while they’re having fun!

Reading

Reading together at home plays a vital role in developing your child's English skills. We encourage you to read regularly with your child, fostering a love of reading that will serve them well in the future. Each child is encouraged to complete a quiz on Accelerated Reader every fortnight, so do check in with them about their reading progress. It can be a delightful experience, and you might even uncover their thoughts on the stories they read!

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.

Homework

Homework reinforces what we learn in class and helps consolidate knowledge. This term, children are expected to complete three nuggets on Century Tech each week. The platform is a fantastic resource, allowing children to explore various subjects at their own pace. Alongside this, practising their times tables is extremely important, as it lays the foundation for all future math’s learning. There are links to times table games below.

Curriculum

Welcome back to a busy, exciting term. We hope you’ve had a lovely break, and the children are ready to get back to school and continue their adventures in Year 3. This half-term our class history topic focuses on the Romans; we will be exploring ‘The Roman Empire’ and its impact on Britain. This term, we will be visiting Chester to learn more about the Romans.

In English, we will be reading and writing diaries focussing on the text ‘Empire’s End: The Roman Story by Leila Rasheed. Following this, we will be writing discussion texts with a particular focus on ‘Were the Romans an influence on the British Empire’. At the end of the term, we will be reading and writing poems about the Romans.

In maths, we will be learning how to create and interpret pictograms and bar graphs. We will be creating several different pictograms where the pictures can represent more than one item. Then we will begin to create bar graphs, using our knowledge of pictograms to help us read and interpret the information from the bar graphs.

In our religion lessons, we will recognise that Mary joins the disciples in prayer and make simple links with how Catholics ask for Mary’s prayers. We will make connections with the life of the early Church and Catholics gathering for Mass today. We will also recall the life of Jesus in the gospels and the work of the disciples in Acts and learn that Paul wrote letters to the early Christian communities.

In science, we will be learning about Forces and Magnets and compare how things move on different surfaces. We will notice that some forces need contact between two objects, but magnetic forces can act at a distance. We will observe how magnets attract or repel each other and attract some materials and not others and compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of whether they are attracted to a magnet and be able to identify some magnetic materials.

Thank you for your continued support and involvement in your child's education. Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to get in touch.