Year 3 Rowan Class 2025 - 2026

Mrs Lloyd	Mrs J Newton

Year 3, Rowan Class 2024-2025

Curriculum Information for Summer 2 

Important Information for Spring 2 

Writing: In English we will be focusing on Poetry and non fiction. 

In poetry we are looking at the poem, 'The Owl and the Pussycat' by Edward Lear. The children will explore the srory of the poem and then will write their own nonsense poem. 

Guided Reading:  

Fluency lessons every Monday and Tuesday.

Pathways to Read: The Egyptian Cinderella

Maths:  We will continue Unit 13 - Time. The children are learning to tell the time to 1 minute and then looking at durations of time and also usingthe 24 hour clock. We will also learn about days, months and years and how many days are in each, including leap years.

Unit 14- properties of shape. We will look at 2D and 3D shapes.

Unit 15- Statistics- drawing and interpretting Bar Models, Pictograms and tables.  

Science: This half term, our Science topic will be plants. We will learn what plants need to grow effectively and also learn to label parts of a flower . 

Geography: We are learning about coasts and asking ' What is it like to be beside the seaside?' We are learning about natural features of coasts and how they are formed and human features of coasts and different ways they are developed. We will focus closely on teh North West of England and discuss how the coastlines differ from place to place. Linking to our topic of coasts, we will visit two local coastal places to observe the different features for ourselves.

PE: In Pe we are developing our skills in tennis and yoga.

Design and Technology:   

Computing: . 

RE: 

Music: This term we will be developing our singing techniques by learning songs for our AmaSing performance in July.  

PSHE:  

MFL:   

PE- Rowan class will have their PE sessions on Tuesday ( indoor) and Wednesdays (outdoor).  

PE Kit: 

• Team colour t-shirt
• 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 or covered with plasters/tape if recently pierced 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 will be set weekly on Mirodo. Click on the link below to access the website. 

https://app.mirodoeducation.com/login

English homework will be spellings or oracy which will alternate on a two week basis. 

Homework will be set on a Friday and due in on the following Tuesday. 

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

• 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