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.  We will be finding out about different sources of light and how we see them.  We will also be finding out about reflective materials and how shadows are made and changed.  We will be carrying out lots of practical experiments and investigations to find out about all these ideas.  This term we will be thinking particularly about making predictions and supporting our ideas with reasons why. 

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

In History this term we will be finding out about Egyptians.  We will be finding out about Ancient Egyptian society and the different roles people played in everyday life.  We will also be investigating Egyptian gods and godesses and finding out about the role of Egyptian Pharaohs. We are especially looking forward to finding out about mummies!

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

Our English work will firstly be based upon the book 'A Cautionary Tale' written by Hilaire Belloc. Through our investigation into this book we will be writing narrative poems. Later in the term we will be using the book 'Cinderella of the Nile' written by Beverley Naidoo and writing some traditional narratives of our own.

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

Maths

This term in maths we will be investigating place value. We will be representing and partitioning numbers.  We will also be comparing and ordering numbers according to their value.  We will also be exploring addition and subtraction where we will be thinking about 1, 10 and 100 more and less.

We will also be exploring our times tables and practising using Times Tables Rocks and other games.

PE

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