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!

Summer: Term 1

In Science this term we will be investigating Rocks.  Our focus will be initially on identifying and sorting different types of rocks according to their features.  We will then investigate properties such as permeability.  We will think about the different parts of conducting an experiment including prediction, method and conclusions.

In history this term we will be spending time investigating the period of time which stretches from the stone age to the iron age.  We will be thinking about where these periods fit into a timeline compared to other periods of history we have investigated.  We will then be finding out about what life was like during the stone age and looking in depth at some important features of the period such as Stonehenge. 

Our English work will firstly be based upon the book 'The First Drawing' written by Mordicai Gerstein. Through our investigation into this book we will be writing some stories of our own explaining the first drawing. 

We will be developing our reading skills by working firstly with the story book 'The Stone Age Boy' written by Satoshi Kitamura and then the book 'Earth Shattering Events' written by Robin Jacobs.

Maths

In Maths this term we shall be exploring multiplication and division further developing our knowledge of the 6 times tables. We will also be looking at time, thinking about telling the time to five minute and minute intervals. After we are feeling confident with time we will be exploring shape and thinking about the features of 2 and 3D shapes .  

PE

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