HEAVERS FARM AND SELSDON PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PARENT AND CARER LEARNING NEWSLETTER
Year
THINGS TO REMEMBER THIS HALF TERM
Welcome to Year 3! This newsletter is coming out a little later
than planned but we hope you find it as informative non the less!
This letter contains a Topic Map, which shows all of the areas of
the curriculum your child will be learning this half term. Please
spend some time looking at this and discuss the areas with your
child. Your child should be able to guide you through the topic map
but if you have any queries please feel free to ask us.
Ruby and Pearl have swimming on MONDAYS. Onyx and Jet have
swimming on TUESDAYS
Please ensure that your child has a towle, swimming costume /
swimming shorts not regular sport shorts. We would recommend a
swimming cap and goggles aswell.
Ruby and Pearl have PE on THURSDAYS. Onyx and Jet have PE on
MONDAYS
Please ensure that your child has correct PE kit with them each
week which includes the Heavers Farm house T shirt.
Children must bring in their reading diary and reading books
every day and their diaries must be signed each week. Please speak
to your child or class teacher to find out on what day it needs to
be signed.
Homework / Learning Logs
We would like to thank you for your patience regarding the
homework books. They have now arrived and look forward to seeing
some great homework!
The children are set homework each Friday and need to return it
by the following Wednesday. Homework is an important activity that
reinforces learning from the week and teaches children about
responsibility for their own learning. Please make every effort to
ensure that homework is completed and handed in on time each
week.
The homework will also be posted onto the class blogs each
week.
Ways to help your child:
Make visits to the library to take out topic related books. Our
main topics this half term is called ‘Inventions that have changed
the world’ and will include looking at different subjects such as
Literacy, History, Geography DT and Art.
Help them with their homework each week.
Practice their times tables regularly.
Read every night with your child and try to ask them questions
about the story which they have read.
If possible take your children to museums, galleries or
exhibitions to help develop their own interests.
ENGLISH
We will be looking at Anthony Horowitz 'Stormbreaker' as our
narrative text. We will also be looking at different types of
letters, focusing on formal and informal writing.
MATHEMATICS
Using column additon and subtraction with partitioning into
Hundred, Tens and Unit. Continuing to learn our 2, 3, 5 and 10
timestables. Measuring using standard units .
SCIENCE
About the air around us and the science of flight. How to make a
paper glider. About man-made materials and their properties. How to
carry out a scientific test
ART AND DESIGN
How technology has been depicted in art. About techniques in
traditional and modern art. How to create digital art. How to make
a print
HISTORY
About significant inventions of the last 100 years. About
inventions in the way we communicate. About the Islamic ‘Golden Age
of Invention’.
GEOGRAPHY
About significant inventions from around the world. What
countires have fewer technologies and why.
MUSIC
Be able to sing familiar songs. Be able to play simple rhythms
with a steady beat to create a rhymic dance to a beat.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Ball skills
Swimming
R.E.
Challenging Attitudes - To recognize that people have different
beliefs, experiences and feelings
COMPUTING
Research inventions on the ipads. Create an information poster
about different inventions. Use the internet to find images and
videos
DT
How to make a pinhole camera. How levers, gears and cams work.
How to make a moving toy. How to invent and build something to
solve a problem
