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Class 3B

                                                                  Welcome to Year 3B

We are a class of enthusiastic writers, artists, readers and so much more...

Join us on our learning journey and follow our progress. Below you will find content around our Learning means the World subjects and photographs of our exciting experiences.

Important dates:

Fri 14th Mar - Non-Uniform Day

Fri 28th Mar - Easter Disco

Fri 4th Apr - Break up for Easter

Mon 23rd Jun - Development Day

Fri 25th Jul - Last Day of Summer Term

Mon 28th Jul - Development Day

Tue 29th Jul - Development Day

Learning Means The World

Spring 2: our first LMTW unit will be Athens v Sparta.

“Athens v Sparta” is a  unit based on Ancient Greece, with a key focus on history. Learning is centred on how the Greeks used to live, including the key aspect of mythology, especially highlighting the conflicts that characterised Ancient Greece.

Curriculum Newsletter- Athens V Sparta

WhISK Sheet- Athens V Sparta

Spring 1:

LMTW unit- Cry Freedom

“Cry Freedom” is a unit based around slavery. It looks at the history and origins of slavery around the world, before moving on to learning about some key figures involved in the abolition of slavery. Pupils will also learn about modern-day slavery, including child labour.

Whisk Sheet -Cry Freedom

Curriculum Newsletter - Cry Freedom

LMTW unit -Lindow Man

‘Lindow Man’ is a unit with a history focus, telling the story of prehistoric Britain, from the Stone Age to the Celts.

Lindow Man Knowledge organiser

Reading

The Boy Who Grew Dragons 

In 3B we are reading The boy who grew dragons. We are using our reading toolkit to develop our reading skills. We are learning strategies to support our comprehension.

Word reading

Clarify

Summarise

Select and retrieve

Respond and explain

Inference

Language for effect

Themes and conventions

Maths

Spring 2

Maths Units

3.7 Addition and Subtraction

3.8 Measurement and time

Fluency focus

Times table Rockstars: https://ttrockstars.com/

Number sense focus - Doubles and 5 timetables

     

Trips and Visitors

Spring 1

Winchester Science Centre and Planetarium

What a day! The children and staff have had the most incredible day, filled with practical experiments, live talks, explorative play and wonderful experiments!

A visit from Isle of Wight Council’s Waste and Recycling Team.                                                Mrs Cooke gave a talk about the importance of recycling and the best way to sort our rubbish. We learnt about recycling safety and played lots of games.

 

English

Instruction writing - How to care for a dragon

Through our exploration of language, oracy and immersion, 3B are writing wonderful instructions because, just like Thomas from The Boy Who grew dragons, you never know when a dragon fruit might fall at your feet...