Year 3

Hello and welcome to Summer Term 2026,

It was lovely to welcome the children back to school after the Easter holiday. I hope you all enjoyed some sunshine in the break.

PE days will be on a Thursday, starting with football and children will need white t-shirt and joggers/black shorts. Children should wear trainers suitable for playing football outside.

Mrs Glaister will now be teaching the children reading and French on a Tuesday afternoon.

What will we do doing this term?

In English we shall begin by we shall looking at a diary entry based on the story of the Journey before writing a non-chronological report on healthy eating - which we have also looked at in Science this year and will be a useful refresher of this information for the children. We shall then look at the Firework Maker's Daughter and write a fiction text based on this story before looking at Poetry based on big and small things and persuasive writing  based on the Day the Crayons Quit.

Mr Fisher will be reading the stories of Anansi and the Antelope Baby and The Sheep Pig with the children. 

Please remember children should be reading at least 3 times a week at home so that they can take their Accelerated Reader quizzes each week.

In Maths we will be looking at fractions including adding and subtracting fractions before looking at money, time shape and statistics. It would help enormously if children were given the opportunity to practice money and time skills at home as well as measuring - whether it be length or mass in baking, these practical skills really help to bring classroom learning to life.

In RE we will consider To The Ends of the Earth which will look at the events on the road to Emmaus before looking at the Early Church and how we can share Jesus's message with others before considering the Holy Trinity and the work of Mary and the disciples. We shall then engage with dialogue and encounter with a look at the Jewish faith and the feast of Passover allowing us to reflect how this links with the Last Supper.

In History we shall look at childhood through the ages with a focus on the Tudor and Victorian periods. We shall consider how children's rights have changed from a period of time where education was for a privileged few and most children were expected to work from a very young age. We shall then look at the work of campaigners in the Victorian Age who brought about changes to children's rights including early education. 

In Geography we shall look different types of settlements from villages to cities. How these are shown on maps before comparing New Delhi to Carlisle.

In Science we shall look at light and how darkness is the absence of light. In a cross over with both Computing and DT we shall be using Micro:Bits to design and program wearable devices to keep us safe at night. Finally, we shall be learning more about plants, including looking at different plants at Forest School.

In Music we shall be looking at rhythm boxes and developing our own rhythm compositions.

In Art we shall consider negative areas and how to represent them in a sculpture. In DT we shall look at designing a wearable device to keep us safe at night.

In computing we will be  organising data in a database using both physical and iPad based resources before looking at events and actions in programs. This will help us to put inputs into our wearable device and make it give a signal or use a sensor to detect if a signal needs to be given.

In PHSE we shall look at how we are created to live in a community and how we can work together to help others and working together to fin God's love.

Remember to keep checking the weekly Newsletter to see special events and up to date dates. 

As ever, if you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to speak with myself or Mrs Coulson, Mrs McMillan or Mrs Rothery,

Mrs Gibson

Key Dates Summer Term

• Monday 13th April - return to School
                                 - Whole School Mass
• Monday 27th April - Year 3/4 Mass
• Thursday 7th May - Stockswood Forest School
• Monday 11th May - Year 3/4 Mass
• Tuesday 19th May - Year 3 Act of Worship
• Wednesday 20th May - Sports Day
• Friday 22nd May - St Bede's Day
• Monday 25th - Friday 29th May - Half Term
• Friday 5th June - Parent's Open Afternoon (2.30) writing
• Monday 15th June - Mass Years 3/4
• Monday 29th June - Whole School Mass
• Thursday 9th July - Summer Music Concert
• Monday 13th July - Whole School Mass
• Thursday 16th July - Summer Fayre
• Friday 17th July - end of term
  
  Dates may be subject to change - please check the newsletter.

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