Welcome to Sharks class!

Class teacher: Miss Howsam       TA: Miss Evans

Key Information

Summer 1

Welcome back! I hope you all had a fantastic Easter break and are ready for an exciting new term ahead.

Swimming will now be on a Monday afternoon, so please remember the correct swimming kit for this: a swimming costume/trunks, swimming hat, towel and goggles. 

Forest school will take place on Tuesday 29th April and Tuesday 13th May.

As always, your child will need a change of shoes (wellies/trainers) and long-sleeved clothing to participate in activities at the forest safely. Trousers are needed. We will be attending the forest in all weathers so please ensure you send your child with appropriate clothing each week.

For both swimming and Forest school sessions, the no earrings rule still stands. We are not permitted to remove earrings in school and tape can no longer be used instead of removing earrings. Children will miss their PE lessons if they are unable to take out their earrings independently.

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Summer 1 learning:

We have an exciting half term ahead, packed with engaging learning opportunities across all subjects! Here’s what the children will be exploring:

➗ Maths – We’ll be continuing our work on fractions before moving on to money and time.

📖 English – Our writing will be inspired by Journey by Aaron Becker as we learn how to craft an adventure story. 

📚 Reading – We’ll be diving into the classic adventure story Mary Poppins!

🔬 Science – Our focus will be on plants and animals.

🏛 History – We’ll be learning about the Ancient Civilisations of Sumer, the Indus Valley and Shang Dynasty China.

✝️ RE – Our big question this half term is: What kind of world did Jesus want?

🎶 Music – Our music unit will explore pentatonic melodies & composition.

💻 Computing – We’ll be focusing on desktop publishing where we will be creating documents by modifying text, images, and page layouts for a specified purpose.

🇫🇷 French – The children will be learning how to talk about ice-creams in French.

PSHE - We'll be focusing on economic wellbeing. 

 Art – Or focus is on sculpture and 3D: Abstract shape and space.

It’s going to be a fantastic half term of learning! 

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Spring 2 learning

3/4/25 - Today, we carried out a science experiment to find out how our shadows change during the day. 

    

13/3/25 - We thoroughly enjoyed creating our Egyptian scrolls. Here are some of our fantastic pieces of work.

    

7/4/25 - World Book Day!

       

                                                       

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Spring 2 Curriculum 

English - We’ll dive into the world of whales with Big Blue Whale and This Morning I Met a Whale, gathering facts for our information article. Then we’ll write our own Dinka-inspired poems, celebrating nature and strength.

Maths - We’ll continue with length and perimeter, followed by fractions, mass, and capacity. Let’s measure, compare, and calculate our way through!

Science - Get ready to experiment with light and shadows, discovering how they work and how materials affect them.

Geography - Pack your bags for a world tour! We’ll discover famous landmarks, from the pyramids of Egypt to the Taj Mahal.

RE - We'll explore the importance of festivals and worship in Judaism, learning how these traditions bring people together.

Music - Will be led by Mrs Bright, who will introduce the children to the ukulele.

D&T - We’ll bring some spark to our designs with Electronic Charm, exploring how to build and use electronic components to create functional and fun projects.

PSHE - We’ll learn what it means to be a good citizen, exploring our rights and responsibilities in the community, and how we can make a positive impact on the world around us.

Computing - We’ll build and use branching databases to group objects using yes/no questions. Get ready to create your own digital decision-making systems!

French - We’ll learn to express what we can do in French with the phrase "I Am Able," expanding our vocabulary and confidence in speaking about abilities. 

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Spring 1 learning

7/2/25 - In our history lesson today, we used the VRs to explore what life was like in Ancient Egypt, then mummified our own tomatoes!

  

         

 

7/2/25 - As part of National Story Telling Week, we joined with year 1 to read some of our favourite books to each other. 

   

   

16/01/25 - In D&T today, we made pizzas. We enjoyed rolling out the dough, creating a base and chopping up the toppings to add to it. They were very tasty!

   

                         

14/01/25 - We enjoyed our first session back at forest school today. 

   

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Spring 1 curriculum

We are looking forward to another exciting half term in Year 3. Below you can see an insight into our learning adventures planned for Spring 1!

In Maths, we will be wrapping up our multiplication and division topic before diving into length and perimeter in more detail, followed closely by our unit on fractions.

In English, we will kick off the term with an engaging poetry unit, where we will be crafting a descriptive poem about the river in the Stone Age. Following this, Year 3 will have the opportunity to write their own stories set in the Stone Age, drawing on inspiration from the picture book Stone Age Boy by Katoshi Kitamura.

In Science, our focus will be on light and shadow, where the children will engage in hands-on experiments. History lessons will transport us back to the fascinating era of Ancient Egypt.

In RE, we will be learning about how festivals and worship show what matters to Muslims. In art, we will be creating some Ancient Egyptian scrolls!

Our PSHE lessons will centre on safety, with a focus on e-safety and understanding the changing body. In French, we will learn about instruments, while our Computing lessons will focus on sequencing sounds, in order to creating sequences in a block-based programming language to make music. Lastly, in music, we will be developing our singing techniques. 

It promises to be a fun six weeks full of learning and exploration. 

Autumn 2

In English, we will be diving in to Nen and the Lonely Fisherman by Ian Eagleton. The children will get the opportunity to write a fantasy story based on a classic tale.

In Maths, we will be focusing on addition and subtraction and multiplication and division.

In Science, we will be exploring forces and magnets and we will be studying cities of the UK in Geography.

In DT we will be learning about cooking and nutrition and our Music lessons will be led by Mrs Bright, who will introduce the children to tuned percussion instruments, broadening their musical horizons.

In Computing, we will be capturing and editing digital still images to produce a stop-frame animation that tells a story.

In our French lessons, we will continue to focus on phonetics to understand how to correctly pronounce spoken words as well as learning the names for some animals in French.

PE sessions will focus on gymnastics and PSHE lessons will be focusing on health and wellbeing.

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Autumn 2 learning

27/11/24 - We enjoyed playing the glockenspiels our music lesson with Mrs Bright.

         

20/11/24 - Today, we taste tested different vegetables in preparation for making our seasonal tart in DT. 

    

 

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05/11/24 - Here are some snapshots of our first session back at forest school.

   

   

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Autumn term 1 curriculum

In English, we will be diving in to Seal surfer by Michael Foreman. The children will have the chance to write a letter immersing themselves into various characters.

In Maths, we will be focusing on place value, addition and subtraction and multiplication and division.

In Science, our Geologists’ caps will be firmly cemented as we explore rocks and fossils and their fascinating properties.

History lessons will take us back in time to study the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age.

In Art we will be developing our drawing skills through examining different artists’ work and in Design and Technology we will be exploring cooking and nutrition.

Music lessons will be led by Mrs Bright, who will introduce the children to tuned percussion instruments, broadening their musical horizons.

In Computing we will be identifying digital devices and how devices can be connected to make networks.

French will commence! Allez!  The children will be introduced to the subject through phonetics to understand how to correctly pronounce spoken words. 

PE sessions will test the children’s sense of direction as they use maps to navigate themselves in orienteering.

During PSHE lessons we will be focusing on family and relationships.

 

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Autumn 1 learning

18/09/24 - In computing we compared the similarities and differences between drawing on a digital device and drawing by hand. 

26/09/24 - In our art lesson today, we used the technique 'frottage' on paper that we will use to create a piece of artwork. 

        

            

 

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​​​​​​Today we had a visit from an author, Mark Grist who performed a rap and poem for us. Then he helped us write our own class poem that we later performed. 

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   11/10/24 - Today, we created some botanical drawings of real-life flowers.