Clapham Road,
Bedford.
MK41 7LG
Tel. 01234 352879

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Welcome to Wagtails Class

Welcome to Year 3

Wagtails

 

 

 

We hope you had a lovely summer and enjoyed the holiday.

Mr McQueen, Mrs Bunker and Mrs Baldwin would like to welcome you to year 3 and the Wagtails. 

We are going to begin our learning journey by travelling back in time to the Stone Age and learning about life during prehistoric times. We have lots of interesting and exciting activities planned. 

 

YEAR 3 SPELLINGS

Each Monday morning we will begin to learn our spellings.

The words will be listed on our class page so you can learn them at home as well as at school.

On Friday we will see how many words we can remember how to spell. 

              

Our spellings for the following half term are as follows: 

Week beginning: 12th September 2022  

eight    eighth     eighty    weight    neighbour    vein    veil     beige     sleigh    freight

     

Week beginning: 19th September 2022            

hey    they    obey     grey      prey     whey    survey     convey      disobey     purvey

 

Week beginning: 26th September 2022 

straight   campaign   contain    brain   faint    waist    claim    praise   complaint    afraid

  

Week beginning: 3rd October 2022      

 earth      early     learn     heard     earn    pearl    search    unearth   earl    rehearse

  

Week beginning: 10th October 2022 

 here       hear       heel       heal       main      mane     mail     male     knot      not

 

Week beginning: 17th October 2022

 berry      bury      brake      break      meet     meat     ball     bawl     fair     fare 

 

 

ENGLISH  

This term we will be using the Jane Considine writing plans to help us with our learning in our English lessons. 

We will be focusing on texts that are linked to our main topic 'Stone Age to Iron Age'

Our first text is 'Stone Age Boy' by Satoshi Kitamura. This is a fantastic story about a boy who travels back in time and experiences what life might have been like during the Stone Age. Using this story as a starting point we will build up to writing our own adventure story about travelling back to prehistoric times! 

 

MATHS  

This term we will begin by exploring place value, addition and subtraction.  

We will also be using TT Rock Stars to help us learn our times tables.

We will start by practising recalling multiplication and division facts for the 10 and 2 times tables. 

 

SCIENCE

In our Science lessons we will be learning about the importance of good nutrition and healthy lifestyles.

We will also explore types of skeletons and find out how different muscles work. 

 

TOPIC

Our topic this term is 'Stone Age to Iron Age'

We will travel back to prehistoric times and explore how people might have lived during this period. Using a timeline will help us to sequence and place events. We will become history detectives and investigate the types of settlements and homes people lived in and how they hunted, gathered and farmed. 

 

ART

In our art lessons we will be exploring prehistoric cave art and create our own masterpieces. 

 

TECHNOLOGY

In our technology lessons we will plan, design and make our own Stone Age roundhouses out of natural materials. 

 

P.E. 

P.E. for Wagtails is on Monday and Wednesday.

It is important you wear your P.E. kit to school on P.E. days.

 

YEAR 3 HOMEWORK

Please read as often as you can and remember to get your reading diary signed. 

To help with the 'Times table Challenge', click on the link below to take your child to the Times Tables Rock Stars log in, 'My Maths' or Top Marks website.

https://play.ttrockstars.com 
https://www.topmarks.co.uk

https://www.mymaths.co.uk

Here your child can practise their times tables.
Remember there are bronze, silver and gold badges to be won.