Tornadoes Class Page

We are delighted to welcome you to our year 3 class page and are looking forward to sharing all our exciting work with you as the year progresses.  We will update our page termly to share all the learning we have been curious about and the fun we have been having!

Autumn: Term 1

In Science this term we will be investigating light.  Our focus will be initially on identifying different sources of light and grouping them.  We will then be investigating reflective materials, how they work and what materials we would choose for different jobs as a result.  We will be thinking particularly about how to write a prediction when organising our experiments.

In History this term we will be spending time finding out about the Ancient Egyptians.  We will be investigating how Egyptian society was structured during this period and what a typical day in the life of an ancient Egyptian would be like.  We will also be finding out all about the process of mummification including the gory bits!

Our English work will firstly be based upon the book 'Jim - A Cautionary Tale' written by Hilaire Belloc. Through our investigation into this book we will be writing some narrative poem which contain a dilemma.  We will also be reading 'Cinderella of the Nile' written by Beverley Naidoo. We will be writing some stories of our own using this narrative as out inspiration.  

We will be developing our reading skills by working firstly with the story book 'How Does A Lighthouse Work?' by Roman Belyaev.

Maths

In Maths this term we shall be exploring multiplication, refreshing our 2s, 5s and 10s then thinking about our 3s. We will also be looking at place value, finding out about placement of digits and how this affects their value, exploring numbers up to 1000.  Once we are feeling really confident with this, we will be applying our knowledge to some adding and subtracting challenges.

PE

Our PE sessions this term will be Mondays and Wednesdays. Children need to attend school wearing their kit.