Class 15 = Italy             Class 16 = Canada

Miss Parslow

Teacher

Miss Garrett

Teacher

Mrs Bell

SEN Teaching Assistant

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  Our PE days for Term 2 are Wednesday & Thursday. 

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Our book change day is a Wednesday.

Our class book is:

The Creakers by Tom Fletcher

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Term 2 Summary

This term, the children are doing their first Year 3 Geography unit and the question this term is ‘Why do people live near volcanoes?. Each lesson, we will focus on a different key question, to eventually be able to answer this question. Our other key questions throughout the term will be:

  • How is the Earth constructed? 
  • Where are mountains found? 
  • Why and where do we get volcanoes? 
  • What are the effects of volcanic eruption? 
  • What are earthquakes and where do we get them?
  • Where have the rocks around school come from? 

 

This term in Science we will be looking at forces and magnets, with a focus on friction and investigating the strength of magnets and how they are used in the real world.

 

We will start the term by learning how to write a set of instructions which links to our DT project of making packaging for chocolate truffles that will be made by following a simple recipe.  

 

In Art we will be learning to join clay so that we can make and decorate our own coil pots. 

 

In PE we will be learning some net games skills and the Enrichment team will be teaching gymnastics. 

 

In Computing, we will be learning how to create a presentation – developing our word processing skills.

 

In PSHE we will be exploring the topic of Health and Wellbeing. We will cover the following areas:

 

  • My healthy diary
  • Relaxation: stretches
  • Wonderful me
  • My superpowers
  • Resilience: breaking down barriers
  • Communicating my feelings
  • Diet and dental health

Term 1 Summary

Welcome to Year 3! To start the first term, we will be focusing on the whole school learning skills and learning a bit about our class countries – Class Italy and Class Canada. 

Bailey’s Court Learning skills include: 

  • Show resilience
  • Can work in teams
  • Communicate effectively
  • Always show curiosity
  • Are ready to learn
  • Make connections
  • Show creativity
  • Take responsibility
  • Can be independent learners
 

Our History is all about: Would you prefer to live in the Stone Age, Bronze Age or Iron Age? 

The key questions we will be investigating are: 

  • How long ago did Prehistoric man live? 
  • What does Skara Brae tell us about life in the Stone Age? 
  • Who was this Bronze Age man? 
  • What was the impact of bronze in Prehistoric Britain? 
  • How did trade change lives in the Iron Age? 
  • What changed between the Stone Age and the Iron Age? 

Our Science is all about: Movement and nutrition. This will include learning about skeletons, muscles and balanced diets alongside developing scientific skills such as sorting, comparing and questioning data. 

Also in Art this term we will be looking at water colour painting and looking at the artist Paul Klee. 

We will start our first unit, J’Appends le Francais (I’m learning French) in French

In PE, we will be learning some disco dance moves and playing some invasion games. 

In RSE and PSHE we will be discussing family and relationships by exploring the following areas:

  • Healthy families
  • Friendship conflict versus bullying
  • Effective communication
  • Learning who to trust
  • Respecting differences in others
  • Stereotyping: Gender and age

This term we will be exploring the question ‘What makes us human?’ in Religion & Worldviews. This will include interpreting and using art to express beliefs about spirituality, inner self and the soul.

Term 1 will have our first visit to Hortham Farm for some exciting forest school sessions.