Welcome to KS2 and Year 3

Year 3 should be a fun place to be for you with lots of exciting projects and activities to do. From lots of P.E (including swimming) to studying rocks and crumbling. The classroom has been decorated in wonderful colours with a lively reading corner. It's actually the best classroom in the school now (well I think it is!).

This Summer Term, we will be studying lots of exciting new topics. This half term, we will be finishing Stone Age Boy with some focused writing. Next, we will be  studying 'Big Blue Whale' by Nicola Davies. The illustrations are really enaging and fun! The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever lived on Earth. Curious young minds will love reading this sensuous exploration of what a blue whale feels, sounds and smells like, and learning facts about a whale's size, life-span, diet, babies and more. This book reinforces and teaches valuable elements of the Year 3 curriculum particularly non-fiction. It will also link to some of  our science work. This Term we will be focusing on handwriting and presentation as a whole school.

Homework will consist of maths, English and spelling as well as reading and recording in our reading diaries and doing Times Table Rock Stars. 'ATOM Learning' is the platform we use in KS2 for homework and you will be given a login for that.

Alongside all of this, we are very much aware of the importance of ensuring the children are happy, safe and secure in school and to help us do this, we will be following our Hearts and Minds curriculum.  More information about our Hearts and Minds curriculum and our weekly Hearts and Mind planning can be found using this link: Hearts and Minds.

I am looking forward to teaching your children this term and excited about all they have to offer.

Mr Randall

Continuing the Learning Journey……

Week Beginning: Monday 20th April 2026

Maths: Finding equivalent fractions as part of a whole.

English:  We will be introducing 'Big Blue Whale' and finding out how to use a senses grid.

P.E. Monday (fundamental skills) and Wednesday (Athletics)

Religion & Worldviews: Why is water symbolic? 

Design Technology: Programing a 'crumble mircoprocessor' computing link.

Geography: Are all settlements the same?

Art: We will be learning about the artist, Paul Cezanne. 

Science: We will be studying the topic of Humans and Animals!

Music: We will be studying music from India and reading music notation.

Hearts and Minds: Talking about appreciating ourselves and others  .

Homework:

Homework will consist of Maths, and a SPAG activity online (no comprehension). Spellings sheet stuck in pink exercise book, spelling test on Tuesday. Please read and record in the reading diary. Have a go onTimes Table Rock Stars. 'ATOM Learning' is the platform we use in KS2 for homework and logins are in the front of the reading record.

Weekly Reminders:

• Homework & spelling will go out on a Wednesday. (ATOM Learning online). Spelling test on Tuesday A little homework slip will be given to the children each week so you know what they have to do.
• Please ensure your child is filling their reading diary on a daily basis.
• Practise timestables on a daily basis using Times Table Rockstars (2,3,4,5,8,10s)
• Children to come in P.E. kits for the whole day on Monday and Wednesday. 

Renaissance link for reading click here. 

In order to find year group expectations for maths, please click here, scroll down and click on the overview. 

For year group expectations for English, please click here, scroll down and click on the overview. 

The expectations for science and the foundation subjects can be found by selecting the relevant heading from here.

To access the Atom Learning homework platform, please click here. 

Key Dates:

Kibblestone Residendial Thursday 4th & Friday 5th June 2026

Thank you

Mr Randall

Don't forget to visit our Think Like an Engineer website regularly to see what we're all busy doing:

https://thinklikeanengineerproject.com