We care, we share, for the future we prepare
Year 3 have made a brilliant start to life at Shaftesbury Junior School. I have been impressed with the resilience they have all shown since they have been back. The class have been very enthusiastic to jump back into learning and they have immersed themselves into the curriculum. I am looking forward to a brilliant year ahead with so much to look forward to!
Miss Trounson
Homework
At the beginning of the term, each child will be provided with a homework book. Please hand in homework every Thursday. Looking forward to seeing some great pieces of homework!
Homework: Hand in every Thursday
Spelling Test - Every Wednesday
Times tables Test - Every Friday
Reading - Everyday - Please complete your Reading Mile every time you read.
PE - Every Wednesday and Thursday
Please come to school in your PE kit and trainers/plimsoles.
Curriculum
History and Geography
In topic this term we have been Learning about life in the Stone age. We are learning when this happened in history, how they lived, comparing their lives to ours.
Maths
At Shaftesbury Junior School, we follow the NCETM program in Maths. We began this term with a unit on addition and subtraction. We have now moved onto Place Value. We will reinforce the times tables learned in Year 2, which were the 2x, 5x and 10x but we will soon begin looking at the Year 3 times tables which are 4x and 8x. We will also be looking at Measures - Money, Fractions in the spring term.
English
We will be starting this term using a text - The Stone Age Boy. To tie in with our history unit, where we are looking at what it was like to live in the stone age.
Science
This term we have begun looking at rocks and soil. In this topic we will be covering types of rocks and how to classify rocks.
French
We are currently looking at the early acquisition of the language and working on the pronunciation of the vowels. We have now moved onto looking at different types of animals in French.
PSHE
We are currently following the Jigsaw programme, in which we are looking at the being me in my world topic.
Religious Education
At Shaftesbury we follow the Leicester Agreed Syllabus. We ensure the children meet the requirements by holding RE days termly. The first for year 3 will be in term 2, which will cover 'How does a Christian follow Jesus?' and 'Who is our neighbour?'
Physical Education
Year 3 have their PE session on Wednesday and Thursdays. This term we will be learning a variety of inclusive activities.