Sycamore Class Year 3
Welcome to Year 3 with Miss Newton and Mrs Chandler.
Home Learning Hub - If you have any problems logging onto Teams for your child's live lessons or accessing the follow up work on SeeSaw then please let school know.
Oak Academy National Classroom - Week commencing 01/03/21
Monday - English Maths Religious Education
Tuesday - English Maths Religious Education
Wednesday - English Maths Religious Education
Thursday - English Maths Religious Education
Friday - English Maths Religious Education
If you have any problems accessing any of these or wish to share any work, news or photo's please contact us on sycamore@cvps.rklt.co.uk
Real PE - Lots of PE activities and skills to try at home.
This week's PE session
Numbots - Maths games
Times Table Rockstar - Times tables and rockstars!
Active Learn Primary - Phonics activities allocated to you and reading ebooks
Oxford Owl - Lots of free books and resources
Scratch - Online computer programming with lots of tutorials
If you have anything that you want to share with us (pictures, successes outside of school) then please email us on our class email;
Our class email has recently changed to the above so please make sure you send any emails to this new address.
Here is our timetable for the rest of the Spring term.
Key Information
- This half-term, PE will take place on Tuesday of Week 2 and Wednesday each week. Please make sure your child has a PE kit in school on those days.
- All children should wear uniform which is clearly named.
- Please make sure that your child brings their own water bottle and a snack to school each day.
- Please ensure your child brings a coat for outdoor play.
- Drop-off is between 8:45-9:00 and pick-up is between 3:15-3:30 - please do not arrive before these times as gates may be locked.
Our topic for Spring Term: The Americas
Across the foundation subjects, we will work towards being able to answer key questions. Where appropriate, these questions will link to our learning umbrella of 'The Americas'. Our key questions this half-term are:
History
What could have happened to the Mayan civilisation?
Why did Martin Luther King Jr need to make 'that' speech?
Art
What are The Americas? (Watercolour landscapes - Randy Hale)
Science
What impact is farming having on the South American rainforest? (plants, animals inc. humans and living things and their habitats)
Geography
What are the Americas? (Oceans/continents) (climate zones/equator)
Why is the ring of fire such a dangerous place? (volcanoes)
Why was the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 so devastating? (earthquakes)
DT
Why was the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 so devastating? (construction - earthquake 'proof' buildings)
Music
How varied is North American music?
RE
Why are festivals important to religious communities?
Computing
How do you control a sprite? (computer science)
What is a network? (computer science)
Reading
Our book for this half term is The Story of a Seagull and the Cat who taught her to fly by Luis Sepulveda.
SPaG and Writing
Our key words for this half term are;
decide
different
heart
interest
medicine
minute
February
build
circle
difficult
eight
eighth
Year 3 - Maths
We will be looking at Time, Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division this term.
We will be focussing on the 3x, 6x and 9x table this term.
Addition in Year 3
Subtraction (finding the difference) in Year 3
What is a 'fact family'? - Year 3
Sycamore Class Yearly Overview
Our teaching timetable for Sycamore Class
USEFUL WEBSITES
Maths:
https://play.numbots.com/#/intro
English:
https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/
Growth Mindsets: help your child try new things - CBeebies ... www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/grownups/help-your-child-try-new-things
