Year 3

Welcome back! We hope you enjoyed the break and are looking forward to the final 7 weeks! This term, we will continue to compare aspects of South American life to that of the United Kingdom. To celebrate and share our learning, we would like to invite you into school on the morning of Wednesday 28^th June.

During this time, we would appreciate your help in assisting the children to design and create their own carnival masks which they can then wear in our very own South American carnival!

Topic

Since beginning our exciting topic, we have already located the major cities within South America using an atlas and have started to research the living conditions in the Amazon rainforest. Both classes have enjoyed investigating unusual artefacts from the rainforest; which have included birds, spiders, and other insects.

English

Throughout this final term, year 3 will be using drama to explore traditional tales of South America! We are very excited to inform you that we have a theatre company coming into visit us to deliver a number of sessions. Here, children will be immersed in a range of different activities to develop their story writing and telling skills.   

Maths

• Measure, compare, add and subtract lengths, mass and capacity.
• Continue to measure using the appropriate tools and units, progressing to using a wider range of measures, including comparing and using mixed units.
• Solve problems, including missing number problems, using number facts, place value, and more complex addition and subtraction.

Both classes will have regular opportunities to apply these skills through reasoning and real-life problem solving activities.

Science

Year 3 will be learning about ‘Animals and humans’. We will learn to identify that animals, including humans, need the right types and amount of nutrition, that they cannot make their own food and that they get nutrition from what they eat. We will then move on to identify that humans and some other animals have skeletons and muscles for support, protection and movement.

History/Geography

History this term will link to tradition tales of South America. This will be done through the completion of theatre company workshops where children will learn the technique and arrangement of traditional story telling.

Art

This half term, both classes will be exploring the work of Sarah DeRemer and Nicholas Di Genova who create South American hybrid animals. Through a series of lessons the children will create their own versions of hybrid animals, focussing on those from South America.

Kind Regards,

Miss Robinson.