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 2

In Science this term we will be investigating plants.  We will be finding out about the different parts of a plant and their functions.  We will be carrying out lots of practical experiments and investigations to find out about all these ideas.  We will also be investigating the life cycle of a flowering plant finding out about different stages including germination and pollination. 

Our Science Knowledge Organiser below will tell you a little more about what we will be learning:

In Geography this term we will be undertaking a fieldwork project in our very own grounds!  We are going to investigate the flora and fauna around our school, finding out about what grows where and why.  We are keeping our fingers crossed for some lovely weather so that we can get out and about lots!

Our Knowledge Organiser below shares some of the things we will be learning.

Our English work will firstly be based upon the book 'The Heart and the Bottle' written by Oliver Jeffers. Through our investigation into this book we will be writing narrative texts which will be focussed around how a dilemma can become part of a story. Later in the term we will be using the book 'The Tin Forest' written by Helen Ward and Wayne Anderson and writing some persuasive leaflets.

We will be developing our reading skills by working with the book 'The Magic and Mystery of Trees' written by Jen Green. 

Maths

This term in maths we will be investigating shape and data handling.  We will be finding out about angles, different kinds of lines and polygons.  We will also be exploring different types of graph including pie charts and pictograms.

We will be consolidating our times tables work by looking at the 4s and 8s together and practising these tables in different ways including using Times Tables Rocks.

PE

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