Welcome back and Happy New Year!

This term, our Big Idea is I am an artist. In English, we are going to be focusing on performance Art. We will start by reading a book called Leon and the Place Between, which is about a boy who visits a magical circus. You can watch an amazing musical version of it below:

Maths

Our first focus in Maths will be money! See if you can practise recognising and using coins and notes at home.

You can find a money activity, which recaps your learning from Year 2, here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zp8dmp3

Art

In Art, you are going to be learning about an artist, engineer and scientist called Theo Jansen. You can find out more about him here:

You can find out more about what we are learning here:

And find more information about the term in our Newsletter:

This term we will start our Book Club groups.

You can find read-alouds of some of our Book Club books below, where I have been able to find them:

The Witches

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

We had a wonderful time in RE week! We learnt all about Christianity, and how Christians in Britain show their faith today.

We also celebrated Diwali by designing and creating amazing Rangoli patterns:

Welcome Back!

Our Big Idea for this term is I am an explorer. As part of this, we will be launching with a visit to Jacob Smith Park, and landing with a campfire session in the forest!

Below you can see our Medium Term Plan, Newsletter and Timetable for this term:

Extra Resources:

Maths

In Maths this term, we will be focusing on multiplication and division. You can practise your four and your eight times tables using these songs:

8 times table song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdqAA9Ky2DY&t=8s&ab_channel=MathSongsbyNUMBEROCK

English:

We are going to start this term by reading Cinderella of the Nile. You can see a read-aloud of it below:

History

In History, we are going to be learning about the Ancient Egyptians. You can look at the websites below to do your own research!:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zg87xnb

https://egypt.mrdonn.org/

Science

In Science, we are going to be learning about light! Look at the article below to find out how the moon shines and more:

This week in English, we have been looking at lots of different types of parts of speech. We have been watching the video below to help us, and the children have loved it! Ask your child to sing it to you at home!

This term, our Big Idea is We Are Members of the Community.

Maths

In Maths, we are looking at place value, and we will soon move onto addition and subtraction. At the moment, we are working on our 5 times table. Below is a song that we sing in Maths lessons:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvincYg0pHo&ab_channel=MathSongsbyNUMBEROCK

English

In English, we will start by reading the book Castles by Colin Thompson. We will create descriptions based on an amazing image in the book. You can read the book for yourself here:

History and Geography

In History we will be learning about Knaresborough Castle. In Geography, we will be looking at land use around our local area.

You can find out more about King John, who had a connection to Knaresborough, below:

You can also find out about land use and different types of community here:

https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/community/626292

Website

More information about our learning can be found on the Year 3 page of the school website:

https://www.meadowsideacademy.org/classes/year-3

Our Medium Term Plan for this week can be found here:

Updated 23/9/22

Well Done to the following children who were recognised at Celebration Assembly:

5R Award: Billy B, for showing respect and resourcefulness, especially in PE lessons.

Headteacher Awards: Riley received a HT award for incredible focus in Maths and English lessons this week.

Jigsaw Award: No Jigsaw awards were given this week, but the children really showed amazing insight and empathy when discussing our Nightmare School this week. I am looking forward to seeing their ideas for a Dream school next lesson!

In Year 3, we use a lot of useful websites to help us with our learning. If you need your log-in, please ask Mrs Portway.

Maths

https://ttrockstars.com/ for Times Table practice.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?Subject=16 for Maths games.

English

https://student.readingplus.com/seereader/api/sec/login – Reading Plus. The Site code is rpmeado12 

https://spellingframe.co.uk/ can be used to practice spellings, particularly our Year 3 and 4 common exception words.

Computing

https://www.purplemash.com/login/ – you can practice your computing skills, as well as complete activities for all subjects!

Humanities and Science

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z2pfb9q – Bitesize Science

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zbkw2hv – Bitesize Geography

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zcw76sg – Bitesize History

https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/ – DK Findout, lots of e-versions of DK books

https://ancienthistory.mrdonn.org/ – Mr Donn Ancient History

https://worldhistory.mrdonn.org/ – Mr Donn World History

https://www.kids-world-travel-guide.com/ – Information about countries around the world.