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Year 3 - Foxes

Year 3 - Foxes

Welcome to Foxes' class page!

Class teacher - Mrs Collins  kcollins@inspiream.org.uk

Forest School is on a Wednesday morning with Mr Bonici. Children should come to school wearing their Forest School kit every Wednesday and bring their school uniform to change into afterwards.

PE is on a Thursday morning. Children should come into school dressed in their PE kit.


What are we learning this term?

Main Experiences 

Ravishing Regions - In this Geography and English experience, the children will be exploring the differences between Kent and Snowdonia, talking to experts and learning about the human and geographical features that can be seen. We will be creating a narrative to set the scene of Snowdonia to send to our experts.

A Lot On My Plate - In this Science and English experience, the children will learn about the digestive system and the way the human body works. They will explore this through writing an explanation text that can be used to teach other people about the process.

On Top Of The World - In this Geography and English experience, the children will be exploring topography and the way that climate is impacted by the landscape. We will be developing our narratives from our first experience to create a conflict and resolution.

 

Discrete Experiences

Reading - Pupils will either continue with their Read, Write, Inc. phonics sessions or do Guided Reading. Children in Guided Reading are focussing on key skills: vocabulary, inference, prediction, explanation, retrieval and summary. We are reading 'A River' by Marc Martin, 'River's Tail' by Simona King and 'The Iron Man' by Ted Hughes.

Maths- Pupils will learn about place value and partitioning including thousands, hundreds, tens and ones. We will then learn about addition and subtraction including 3 digits +/- 2 digits, followed by multiplication and division with a focus on times tables.

PE - This term our PE focus is hockey. We will focus on dribbling, passing and scoring. We also have a dance instructor coming in every other week until May to teach us.

RE - In RE we are focusing on Christianity - People of God. We are focussing on the story of Noah's Ark and how Christians have commandments that guide them in the way they live their life. We will be considering the experiences of Christians and ourselves and what might help in the future.

Wellbeing - This term's wellbeing focus is an introduction to mental health and wellbeing. We will look at feelings and how to cope with a range of different feelings. We will also be looking at how to be a good listener.

How can you support at home?

Please talk to your child about their learning. Key knowledge that the children need to know is detailed on their launch pages.

Recommended book list - Year 3

The Accidental Prime minister – Tom McLaughlin

The Boy Who Grew Dragons – Andy Shepherd

Varjak Paw – SF Said

Dog Man – Dav Pikey

King Kong – Anthony Browne

Beast Quest – Adam Blade

Leon and the Place Between – Angela McAllister

The Abombniables  - Eva Ibbotson

Ice Palace – Robert Swindells

Voices in the park – Anthony Browne

The World According to Humphrey – Betty. G. Birney

Kid Normal – Greg James

Harry the Poisonous Centipede – Lynne Read Banks

Dilly the Dinosaur – Tony Bradman

At our House – Isabel Minhos Martins

A Moment in time: A perpetual Picture Atlas – Thomas Hegbrook

The Invisible Boy – Trudy Ludwig

Flat Stanley – Jeff Brown

The Secret World of Polly Flint – Helen Cresswell

Fantastic Mr Fox – Roald Dahl

Wilf the Mighty Worrier Saves the World – Georgia Prittchett

The Magic Finger – Roald Dahl

Dog in the Dungeon – Lucy Daniels

Willa and Old Miss Annie – Berlie Doherty

My Naughty Little Sister – Dorothy Edwards

The Diary of a Killer Cat – Anne Fine

Picasso Perkins – Adele Geras

The Reluctant Dragon – Kenneth Grahame

The Charlie Moon Collection – Shirley Hughes

All Because of Jackson – Dick King Smith

The Orchard Book of First Greek Myths – Saviour Pirotta

The Winnie the Pooh Collection – A/A Milne

Mrs Cockle’s Cat – Philippa Pearce

Mrs Pepperpot Stories – Alf Proysen

Unusual Day – Sandy Toksvig

The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark – Jill Tomlinson

Pippi Longstocking – Astrid Londgren

The Cat in the Hat – Dr Seuss

Who’s in the Loo? – Jeanne Willis

The True Stories of the 3 Little Pigs – Jon Scieszka

It was a Dark and Stormy Night – Janet Ahlberg

The Railway Cat – Phyliss Arkle

The Giving Tree – Shel Silverstein

Where the Wild Things Are – Maurice Sandak

Learning Experiences 2023-2024