Welcome to Year 3!
Miss Francis, Mr Fagan, Miss Walton and Mrs Craddock
Welcome to the class page for Year 3, here you will find out some information about timetable and class expectations. Year 3 marks the beginning of KS2, which means the children will be starting to work more independently on a variety of exciting and fun themes. We will be learning lots of amazing things sucg as exploring the Stone Age and Iron Age and travelling back in time to learn about the Romans. We will be discovering all about volcanoes and getting chilly researching Antartica!
Year 3 also marks an important year for the Catholic children in their journey through the Sacraments. This year they will take part in Reconcilliation and then make their First Holy Communion. These are very special times which will help bring the children closer to God. More information will be given to you about these events closer to the time.
Important Information
Our P.E. Days are: Tuesday and Friday
Please make sure your child has their P.E. kit in school, it is very important that your child has full kit to participate in our P.E. lessons.
In Year 3 we love to learn and work together. Throughout the year we will share our learning and achievements with you. We can’t wait to show all of our learning and growing!
Curriculum
English
In English this year Year 3 will be focusing on building strong foundational skills in reading, writing and grammar. We will learn to comprehend a wider range of texts, plan and write creative stories and non-fiction pieces with varied sentence structures and punctuation, and identify and correct errors in our work. Key skills include developing vocabulary, understanding parts of speech, and using correct spelling and punctuation for clear communication.
Maths
In Maths we will be follwoing Abacus Mathematics Scheme as the basis of our progressive curriculum across the whole school. This ensures that learning is consolidated and built on year after year.
R.E.
In R.E. we follow ‘Vines and Branches’. During R.E. this year we will study parts of the Old and New Testaments and deepen their knowledge and understanding of the Mass and Sacraments. We will also celebrate Mass in school and at Church as well as taking part in many special celebrations thorughout the year. R.E. and our Catholic faith is at the heart of our learning everyday at St Patrick’s.
Science
The principal focus of science teaching in lower key stage 2 is to enable pupils to broaden their scientific view of the world around them. We will do this through exploring, talking about, testing and developing ideas about everyday phenomena and the relationships between living things and familiar environments, and by beginning to develop their ideas about functions, relationships and interactions. We will ask questions about what we observe and make some decisions about which types of scientific enquiry are likely to be the best ways of answering them, including observing changes over time, noticing patterns, grouping and classifying things, carrying out simple comparative and fair tests and finding things out using secondary sources of information.
Foundation Subjects
In our foundation subjects we will be covering a variety of subjects, these include: History, Geography, Art, Design Technology, Computing, Music, PHSE and French. We will also be getting involved in a variety of exciting trips, events and special learning days.
