Dear Parents and Carers of Year 3 pupils,
Re: Year 3 Curriculum – Summer 2 2024: Windrush
Welcome back! We hope you had a wonderful break. Below we have outlined some key information regarding this term that we hope you will find useful.
Curriculum
Our topic this term is ‘Windrush’ where we will discuss the impact that the Windrush Generation has had on British Culture. In English we will be looking at the autobiography of Floella Benjamin and the poetry of John Agard. In Maths we will be learning more about fractions, measurement, and time. Our topic in Science this term is Forces and Magnets. In DT, we’ll be developing our sewing skills, where the children will be planning, designing, making and evaluating cushions. Children will be learning about Hinduism in RE, and PSHCE will cover Economic Wellbeing.
Visitors – we would love to hear from anyone who can offer to come in and speak with the children about their personal experiences of migrating to England from anywhere in the world. Please e-mail admin@kelvingrove.lewisham.sch.uk with the subject: Windrush Year 3.
Home Learning
Children who read regularly at home make good progress in all areas of the curriculum. Please support your child in reading daily and record this in their reading record. We are encouraging children to keep these in their school bag every day so they can be accessed in class when necessary. Children’s books will be changed on Thursday in Emerald class; Friday in Jade and Mint class.
In Maths children have logins to TTRS (Times Table Rock Stars) and Mathletics. Mathletics tasks are set each week. TTRS is progressive and children will make progress the more often they play. Children will start to have weekly times table tests this term: they are very motivated, please help them practice!
We will continue to have weekly spellings to learn at home, these will be sent home with children. They have been working really hard to learn their weekly spellings, please support them in practicing these too.
Children will be bringing home a home learning project sheet. We would love each child to complete at least one project, and bring them into school to share with their classmates.
P.E. Lessons
Your child will be wearing their PE kits all day so please ensure they have the appropriate kit (white T-shirt, dark bottoms), including trainers/plimsols. Year 3 will have PE on PPA Monday 16th June, PPA Monday 30th June and PPA Monday 14th July. In addition, Mint will have PE every Wednesday; Jade and Emerald will have PE every Friday.
Uniform
Encourage your child to wear full school uniform and ensure they have a coat appropriate for the weather. It is important that your child does not wear jewellery (unless it is for religious reasons) apart from stud earrings. Please ensure their coats and jumpers are labelled with their names. This helps greatly with reuniting misplaced items with their owners.
Other information
Please ensure your child brings to school a labelled water bottle each day, especially as the days are (hopefully!) growing warmer.
Sports Day – a separate letter will be sent out later in the term confirm the dates and details of Year 3 Sports Day 2025
Thank you for all your support and as always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.
Mrs Heron-Njie, Mrs Legouix and Mrs Clark and the Year 3 Team.
