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Year 3 Newsletter (September 2023)

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Year 3 Newsletter  

Autumn 2023

Year 2 - Welcome Meeting - Mersey Park Primary School

Welcome to Year 3

Welcome to Sprowston Junior School everyone; we hope you had a restful summer break and are ready for all of the exciting activities we have planned for you. We have some really great topics that we will be learning over the year and some super trips and other events too…… so here goes!

This newsletter has been put together to tell you about our year group, the expectations we have; the main topics we will be covering and to give you general day-to-day information.

The Year 3 Team:

Martham Class: Mrs Wills – Class teacher

Filby Class: Mrs Connell and Miss Howse - Class teachers

Teaching assistants: Mrs Aldous, Mrs Blazer, Mrs Magee and Mrs Webb

At Sprowston Junior we use 'Marvellous Me' to communicate with you at home.  We send home important reminders, positive messages and general comments.

Please sign up to receive Marvellous Me messages so that you do not miss out! 

Here is a useful link to support you when setting up parent walk-through pdf

This is a useful video to walk you through using Marvellous Me at home too.

parent app explained video

We look forward to sending the first messages home.

Home/School Journal: Children will earn house points for reading at home (one for up to 3 times a week, two for 5 times a week). Every Friday we expect the journal to come in to school signed by someone at home (with a comment if possible).

Homework: Homework will be given on a Wednesday and will be expected back the following Monday. Children will be given logins to access maths games at home too- these can be found in the home/school journal.

We will send home spellings to practise in all different ways each week in line with our ‘Read Write Inc’ spelling programme.

You may also be the lucky carer of Martham's Maths’ monkey - Chimpanthree or Filby's maths crocodile, Mildred.  If you get to take these home, please complete some maths with them and record your activity in the book sent home.

PE days:

Year 3 PE days are Monday and Friday. Please send children to school in their PE kits (blue/black shorts, navy or white tops). Earrings should not be worn on these days and hair should be tied back.

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Equipment:

Children will need: a pencil, ruler, rubber and a sharpener. They may also need coloured pencils and a glue stick. The children only need one pencil case.

Top tip: LABEL everything!

Curriculum Corner - Concordia Academy

Curriculum Overview

Autumn

We start off our year using a series of picture books to teach us PSHE skills and our school's values.

 

Our local area: Identifying places near and far to improve geography skills, using the 8 compass points and map skills.

Stone Age: Hunter-gatherer life, being an archaeologist, discovering Stone Age inventions and finding out about Stonehenge.

Healthy living: Nutrition and balanced diet, bones in the skeleton and different types of skeleton.

Rocks and Soils: Identifying different types of rocks and soil, investigating rocks and understanding what is beneath our feet.

This term we hope to visit Norwich Cathedral.  Details to follow. We also hope to have a Stone Age experience event and a time, where you can come in to work alongside your child.

A helpful knowledge organiser will be sent home prior to each main topic. This will help children learn key vocabulary and important facts.

We are really looking forward to the term ahead and can't wait to get started.

If you have any queries, just ask.....