Red Deer

Welcome to Red Deer Class!

Welcome to Year 3!

We hope you had a restful half term and are ready for the exciting learning we are doing in the run-up to Christmas!

In English, we are going to be finishing our unit on 'Escape from Pompeii' by Christina Balit by writing a newspaper report about the eruption. We will then be reading 'Small in the City' by Sydney Smith where we will explore city and country environments, write poetry, diary entries and letters of advice, and finally plan and write our own version of the story with a twist. Finally, we will begin exploring 'Leon and the Place Between' by Angela McAllister.

In Maths, we will begin by completing our unit on addition and subtraction by applying everything we have learnt about the column method to problem solving questions involving 1 and 2 steps. Then, we will begin to explore multiplication and division by consolidating our understanding of grouping and sharing, as well as learning our 3, 4 and 8 times tables.

In Year 3, our foundation subjects are usually taught in the afternoon, and we block teach our subjects. Music, PSHE and PE are all taught weekly. We will be starting with History and learning about Ancient Greek life, comparing differences and similiarities between daily life then and today. We will link this to our Art unit where we will use clay to make our own terracotta pottery! In Science, we will explore healthy eating, our skeleton and skeletons of animals, as well as the body's muscular system. In Spanish, we will be learning the vocabulary for different animals. In RE, we will explore the Christian views of who Jesus was and revising the Christmas story. Throughout the half term, we will be practising our Christmas songs ready for the Carol Concert!