Welcome to Chestnut Class

Welcome to Chestnut Class and Year 3! Mrs Peel teaches us on a Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.  Mrs Salkeld and Mrs Dykes teach us on a Wednesday.  On a Tuesday afternoon we are taught by Mr Huxley and a coach from the school sports partnership.  Mrs Olverson and Mrs Nieuwenhuys both work in our class all week.  

This is what we will be learning about in the Summer term.

English –  We will finding out about how different seeds are dispersed and writing an explanation text. 

Maths – We will be busy continuing our new maths scheme 'Red Rose maths' which will encourage the children to develop their problem solving skills.  Times tables are also really important in the lower juniors.  By the end of Year 3 we need to know our 2,3,4,5,8 and 10 times tables within 6 seconds and we will be working on this all year.   

Science – Our topic for this half term is animals and humans and we are finding out about nutrition, the skeleton and muscles.

Geography and History  - Our History Topic this half term is The Stone Age. 

Music – We will be learning to play the glockenspeil.

PE – PE lessons are on Tuesdays and Thursdays

RE - Mr Huxley will be teaching us RE on a Tuesday afternoon. 

Spanish - On Wednesdays, we enjoy learning Spanish with Mrs Culshaw.

 Homework /reading/spellings 

Reading regularly with your child is so important and links to all areas of learning. Please listen to your child 5 times a week and record in the reading record book. 

Times tables - Please practise on the Times Table Rockstars website at home.  The children will have a password for this in the front of their reading record which will come home after the Meet the Teacher event.   This will really help to improve their times tables knowledge.  

Spellings - Spellings will be set on Fridays for a test the following Friday. This will link to the spelling pattern taught in the spelling lessons in class.  They will be able to practise using the Spelling Shed website.