Welcome to Year 3!

Contact:

3CG - Miss Guyatt - cguyatt@redhill.worcs.sch.uk (maternity leave)

 Mr James Marsh (maternity cover) jmarsh@redhill.worcs.sch.uk 

3CR - Mrs Reece - creece@redhill.worcs.sch.uk

Spring term 2

Curriculum Knowledge 

Reading                                                      

Focus text: 'The Boy who Grew Dragons' by Andy Sheperd       

          

Writing                                                                                                   

Focus text 1: The Egg by M. P Robertson

Purpose: To entertain - Setting description 
Writing skills focus: Adjectives and fronted adverbials

Focus text 2: Dare to Care: Pet Dragon by Sally Symes

Purpose: To explain- Explanation text of how to look after a pet dragon

Maths

Skills focus: Fractions and Mass and Capacity 

Religious Education - How do festivals and worship show what matters to a Muslim? 

Geography - How do people adapt to life in an earthquake zone?

Science - Forces and Magnets: How do magnets work?

For further information regarding the foundation subjects, please see the Spring 2 Red Hill Riches.

Further information

Forest School is on Monday - please send your child to school in the appropriate clothing with their welly boots in a named bag. 

PE day is Tuesday (Outdoor - OAA) - please send your child to school in the appropriate PE kit. 

Water bottles need to be brought into school daily - please ensure these are labelled.

Parent Stay and Share - Tuesday 25th March, DT focus - making cushions

 

Spring Term 1

Curriculum Knowledge 

Reading                                                      

Focus text: 'The Ancient Egypt Sleepover' by Stephen Davies                        

Writing                                                                                                   

Focus text: The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo 

Purpose: To entertain - Write a narrative
Writing skills focus: Inverted commas, fronted adverbials and structure of narrative

Maths

Skills focus: Multiplication and Division and Measurement: Length and Perimeter 

Religious Education - What is it like for someone to follow God? (People of God)

History - What are the similarities and differences between Ancient Egyptian civilisation and Britain?

Science - Rocks and Soils: What are the properties of rocks?

For further information regarding the foundation subjects, please see the Spring 1 Red Hill Riches.

Enrichment Opportunities 

History Man visit: Ancient Egyptian focus - Tuesday 21st January

Mr Cadle came to visit Year 3 to talk all about life in Egyptian times. Children got the opportunity to play Egyptian games and even had a go at mummification!