Year 3C

Welcome to Year 3!

We hope you've had a fantastic Christmas and are excited to be back in school! We can't wait to get going with all the fun things we have planned for you all.

At Shavington, we use all use our learning muscles, and we do this in many different ways!

We are resilient rhinos - never giving up and making sure that we we work as hard as we can, even when it gets tricky.

We are resourceful beavers - using resources in and around the classroom to help with our learning and support us in lessons.

We work together as ants - helping and supporting each other whenever we can.

We are reflective tortoises - we look back on achievements and learn from our mistakes.

Adults that will work in our class this year:

Mrs Conroy (Class Teacher)

Mrs Eden (Teaching Assistant)

Miss Hulse (Teaching Assistant)

Mr G (PE Coach)

Spring Term:

Our topic this half term is 'Stone Age'.

Stone age title

This half term,we want to fully immerse ourselves in our Stone Age topic. We will be looking at chronological order to timeline the events of the Stone Age. We will then be looking at Stone Age homes and houses, clothes, tools, food and cooking. Towards the end of the half term, we will also be taking part in a Stone Age day where we pull all of our learning together and have a go at spending the day as if we were in the Stone Age.

To support our learning in topic, our book for writing this half term will be 'Stone Age Boy' by Satoshi Kitamura.

Stone age boy

In Guided Reading lessons, we will be focusing on 'The Iron Man' by Ted Hughes.

Iron man

Important Information:

PE days this year are Monday and Wednesday- please come prepared for PE with appropriate footwear and a T-shirt of your team colour.
If children are bringing a snack for break time, please make sure it is either a piece of fruit or a healthy snack bar.
Times tables will be a focus for us this year as by the end of year 4, we need to know them up to and including 12x12. While the end of Year 4 is a while away, we want to prepare the children as best we can. This isn't just for the national assessment at the end of the year 4, but also because maths from this point relies on having a secure times tables knowledge and it comes into a lot of lessons. When you are practising at home, its really important you know your times tables out of order, not just in order.

www.timestables.co.uk - a great website to help!

Many thanks for your continued support

Mrs Conroy

Water Bottles

All children have been given a school water bottle. This needs to be brought to school each day having been washed and re filled with fresh water from home. Children will be reminded at the end of the day to bring home their lunch bag and water bottle to be washed ready for the next day. We have turned off our water filter system so children will not be able to fill up their water bottle in the usual way. All classes have access to drinking water throughout the day should the children require extra water.

Coats

Please ensure your child brings a coat to school each day. We had a rainy start to the term but we are trying as much as possible to allow the children their outdoor breaks which may mean us putting coats on to go out in the rain as much as possible without getting too wet. Please ensure all coats are clearly named.

PE

Our PE days are Tuesday and Wednesday. On these days we ask that your child comes to school in their PE clothes rather than their school uniform.

Weather dependant they can wear their shorts and school coloured PE T- shirt and school jumper. If the weather is cold, then track suit bottoms/leggings would be more suitable. Trainers are preferable to pumps as it is possible the children may be outdoors for some lessons.