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Four Acres Academy
Building relationships that enable children to learn, grow and achieve
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Year 3 (Foxes and Squirrels)
Foxes
Class Teacher: Mrs Holden and Miss Scott
Teaching Assistant: Miss Haddow and Miss McInerney (Miss M) 1 to 1
Squirrels
Class Teacher: Mrs Hutchings
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Walker
What to bring daily:
Bookbag including reading book and reading record
Water bottle
Coat
P.E. kit
School Jumper
Wellies and a Raincoat - with the weather getting worse we want children to still be able to make use of all of our play spaces !
General Information
Year 3 is made up of two classes, Foxes and Squirrels. We continue to foster a love of learning through a range of different activities and approaches. We have a whole class approach to teaching, with a strong emphasis on working with a partner. Our curriculum consists of reading, writing and mathematics and our foundation subjects are taught following the Futura Trust Curriculum with some foundation subjects such as PSHE/Jigsaw, Spanish and RE taught discretely or by specialists. We keep all parents, carers and children up to date using our Class Dojo pages.
Reading
In Year 3 reading continues to be really important to support all areas of our learning. We need to bring our book bags (with our reading records) every day. We expect children to read at home 5x a week and all children will read with an adult in school at least once a week. We may invite your child to attend a reading club to further support them. Please speak to a member of staff if you would like more information.
This term our class book will be Jack and the Beanstalk by Richard Walker.
Writing
This term will be writing both fiction and non-fiction using the Talk 4 Writing cycle of planning.
Here is some info on Talk 4 Writing: What is Talk for Writing? - Talk for Writing (talk4writing.com)
Maths
We follow the White Rose Planning scheme for maths.
In Maths this term will will focusing on the following:
Adding 2 and 3 digit numbers
Subtracting a 2 digit number from a 3 digit number
Number bonds to 100
Inverse operations (50+30=80, 80-30=50)
Using arrays (2x5=10, 5x2=10)
Multiples of 2, 5 and 10
Multiply and divide by 3
Multiply and divide by 4
Multiply and divide by 8
Key Stage 2 Maths - Topmarks Search
Science
In science this term we will be learning about electricity.
Geography
In Geography this term we will be learning about location and UK national parks including the Brecon Beacons and Dartmoor.
Design and Technology
This term we will be looking at food and making pizzas to enjoy.
Music
We will look at a wide range of music styles and songs throughout the year.
Jigsaw
Jigsaw is our PHSE program where we are philosophers!
RE
Our focus religion this term will be Christianity. Throughout the year will study Judaism and Hinduism
Spanish
Hola ! In Spanish this term we will be learning how to greet each other.
P.E.
As athletes we ensure that our PE kits (white top, black bottoms and black trainers/daps) are in school ready for our PE day. Squirrels do PE on Wednesday and Foxes do PE on Thursday. We also have specialist PE teaching from Swift Academy twice a term - we will notify you of when these will be.
Home learning
Home learning will consist of reading and spellings that are individual to your child. Spellings should be practised at home and will be updated when your child is ready for a new set. Any additional work will be posted on Class Dojo. Our Times Tables Rockstars logins are on the inside of our reading records.
Break and Lunchtimes
All children across the school will be enjoying active playtimes. To best support your child, please ensure you send your child to school with uniform that is appropriate for the weather (e.g. coat, gloves, hat for the winter terms and a sun hat, sun cream, shorts for the summer terms). Children are allowed a snack for playtime. This should be as healthy as possible, and put in to the child's drawer when they come to school.