Year 3 Rowan Class 2025 - 2026

Mrs Lloyd	Mrs J Newton

Year 3, Rowan Class 2024-2025

Curriculum Information for Spring 2 

Important Information for Spring 2 

Writing: 

 In English we will be focusing on poetry and non fiction. We will learn about the features of a discussion text and decide whether camping on our own is a good idea. We will be focusing on using subordinate conjunctions to add detail to our sentences and creating a balanced argument.  

In poetry, we will learn the poem ‘To make a garden’ by Mary Ann Hoberman. We will learn about the repetition and rhythm. We will innovate this poem and create our own tasty camping poem.  

Guided Reading: Pathways to Read- we will be reading ‘This morning I met a whale’ by Michael Morpurgo. Within this unit, we will be asking questions to improve understanding, drawing inferences and justifying with evidence from the text. We will be discussing the words and phrases that capture the reader’s interest and imagination. 

Maths:  This half term we will be completing our work in Unit 7 – Length and Perimeter. In Unit 8 we will learn about unit and non-unit fractions. In Unit 9 we will learning about mass and the different units of measure e.g. kg, g.  In Unit 10 we will be learning about Capacity and the different units of measure e.g. l,ml. We will apply our knowledge of the four operations across these units.  

Science: This half term, our Science topic will be Light. We will be learning about different light sources, reflection and shadows. We will investigate transparent, translucent and opaque objects.  

Geography: In our Geography lessons we will be learning about our world and answering the key question: Where on Earth are we? In this unit, the children will improve their locational knowledge through identifying the position and significance of latitude, longitude, the Equator, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic and Antarctic Circle, the Prime/Greenwich Meridian and time zones (including day and night). They will practise geographical skills through using maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate features studied. They will use the eight points of the compass to build their knowledge of the wider world. 

PE: In PE we will be continuing to develop our gymnastics skills and beginning a new outdoor unit on Hockey.  

Design and Technology: We will be learning about Digital Wearable Technology. We will looking at digital wearable technology, designing our own light up wearables and programming micro: bits.  

Computing: This term we will be completing our learning about Scratch. We will learn how to programme  sprites to move, change colour and make sounds. We will create code to make sprites play well known nursery rhymes. We will create stages and programme them to change. 

RE: We are finding  about  Christianity  and answering the key questions - What do I think about Jesus and how is he portrayed in art from around the world? Why is the cross important for Christians?  

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

PSHE:  This term we will be learning about how to keep safe online, on or near the road and in emergency situations. In our first aid lessons, we will learn how to call for help in emergencies and how to help someone who has been stung or bitten. We will focus on the importance of being kind online, understand what cyberbullying is and how to identify fake websites and emails. We will also be thinking about how to understand choices people can make and recognise who and what can influence our decisions.   

MFL:  This half term we will be learning about basic lunchtime food and create a simple café menu. We will also be learning basic body parts and singing the song ‘Head, Shoulders, knees and toes’ in French.  

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

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