Mrs Williams	Miss Choy	Mrs Newton

 

Year 3 Poplar Class 2025-2026 

 

In Summer 2, we will be learning:

 

Writing: 

 In English we will be focusing on poetry and non fiction. 

In poetry, we will learn the poem ‘The Owl and the Pussycat’ by Edward Lear. We will explore the story behind this poem and write our own nonsense poem.

 

Guided Reading: 

Fluency lessons every Monday and Tuesday

Pathways to Read- The Egyptiam Cinderella for retrieval, vocabulary and inference skills.

 

Maths:  

This half term we will be completing our work in Unit 13 – Time

 

 

Science:

This half term we are learning about plants. We will explore what plants need to grow and we will label the different parts of a flower.

   

 

Geography: 

 In our Geography lessons we are learning about coasts and asking, ' What's it like to be beside the seaside?' We will look at the coast of the North West of England in depth , discussing how the coastlines differ at different points. We will learn about the natural features of a coast and the processes that make them. We will also look at the human features of coasts and how different coastal towns have been developed for various activites. Linking to our coasts topic, we will be visiting two local coasts to observe these natural and human features.  

PE:  

In PE we will be developing our skills in tennis and also yoga. This will further enhance our balance, flexibility and strength.

DT:  

  

 

Computing: 

 

RE: 

 

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PSHE: 

 

Music:

 This term we will be practising our Amasing songs and learning how to perform them.

 

 

MFL: 

 

Important Information for Summer 2

 

Our PE days are Tuesdays (outdoor) and Wednesdays (indoor). Please be reminded of Whitby Heath's PE kit: 

 

• Team colour t-shirt ( Donaldson- yellow, Dahl- red, Suess- green, Rowling- blue)
• Plain black shorts
• Black pumps for indoor PE
• Trainers for outdoor PE
• Tracksuits, sweatshirts and leggings can be worn for outdoor PE in colder weather 
• Ear rings must be removed and long hair must be tied back

 

Reading Book Changes

Expectations

It is expected that all children will read at home at least five times each week. This can be a mixture of reading with support from an adult and independent reading. It can be their home reader, a magazine, newspaper, library book, or any other book that your child would enjoy reading. All home reading should be recorded in home-school diaries, this can be as simple as individual date and signature and the book that has been read as well as comment about how your child has read.

All children at Whitby Heath read daily in class whether it be on a 1:1 basis or working within group. As a school, we aim for ‘Strive for Five’. Using our Dojo reward system to celebrate this achievement. As a result, parents will receive a notification of this via the Dojo app as well as children receiving a stamp in their Reading Record indicating their total number of reads each week. 

Each child has an allocated day that their book/s will be changed, linked to their house teams:

Donaldson- Monday

Seuss- Tuesday

Dahl- Wednesday

Rowling- Thursday

In school, we use children’s Reading Records to keep a record of what the children are reading rather than a dialogue between parents and school. We love to see parent comments about how they have got on if you have listened to them reading aloud or have asked them some questions about what they have read. We look forward to catching up with parents about children's reading progress in our parent’s evenings. 

Homework Information

Maths homework is set each week on Mirodo

English homework is set on Dojo and alternates between Oracy and Spelling.

 

 

 

Times Tables

Please also practise the times tables that your child is on. Children are tested twice every week and cannot move on to the next times table until they have passed their current level three times. This includes multiplication and division.

ClassDojo

Should parents need to contact the Year 3 team please send a direct message through ClassDojo. All communication from school will be shared in this way. 

Other useful websites for learning at home

• Mirodo

 

• Timestables Rockstars

https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student
All children have a login for this website.

• Hit the Button

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
A great way to practice times tables at home.

• Newsround

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround
A place for children to keep up with current events!

• National Geographic Kids

https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/
A lovely website for children to learn more about animals, wildlife and the world around them.

• BBC Bitesize

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/primary
A place full of information that covers the range of the subjects and topics we study in school.

 

 

 

 

 

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