Christ The King RC Primary School

 

Year 3

Welcome to Year 3!

Meet the Staff

Year 3K Teachers: Mr Kendrick
Year 3A Teacher: Mrs Ashton
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Kelly, Mr Shaquille and Miss Phoebe

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What We Are Learning About - Autumn 1

 

In Religion, through the topic of Creation and Covenant we will be recapping over the creation story and finding out what covenant actually means to us. 

 

Maths

In Maths, our topic this term is Place Value. Through this topic the children will be learning how to represent and partition numbers to 100. The children will also be doing this with numbers to 1,000 along with ordering and comparing numbers. 


Useful Maths Websites:      
    

Woodlands Resources

Mad 4 Maths

Primary Games Arena

Every School

 

English

In English, we will be looking at a fiction book called 'Buster'. The writing journey for the children will be leading up to writing a letter of apology. We will also be looking at another fiction book called 'Lizzie and the birds' where the children will be writing a speech. 

Useful English Websites:

BBC Bitesize

Crickweb

Woodlands Resources

Topmarks

ICT Games

Oxford Owl

Free Kids Books 

 

Science

In Science, the children will work scientifically on a variety of quick investigations and longer tasks to learn about Food and Our Bodies. Within in this topic the children will discover which foods are in the different food groups.

 Geography

In Geography, the children will be learning about Our World. From this topic the children will be able to identify where the equator and lines of latitude are on a world map.

What You Need to Know

Please send your child in their PE kit on the days they do PE. For Y3K this will be on a Monday and a Thursday. For Y3A it will be on a Monday and a Wednesday.

PE kit is a plain white t-shirt with dark trainers or pumps, and blue or black shorts. Plain black or blue tracksuit bottoms may be worn in the winter.


Homework will be given on Fridays to reflect the week’s learning, in Maths, spellings and handwriting. We recommend spending no more than 20 - 30 minutes on homework per night. Children will also practise spellings and take part in the Grand Spell each week. 

 

Please check this page regularly as we will be posting updates on there as well as the school website.


Please make sure that aside from completing homework, your child is reading for a minimum of 10 minutes every night. If you have any concerns about your child’s homework, please speak to Mrs Coyle or Mr Kendrick

 

Book changing days:

Y3A - Monday - Friday

Y3K - Monday - Friday

Below are our knowledge organisers for Autumn 1

Below is our Grand Spell list for Autumn 1

Culcheth Lane, Manchester, Lancashire M40 1LU

0161 681 2779
For telephone enquiries please ask for Mrs Potter.

contact@christtheking.manchester.sch.uk
At point of contact, enquires and queries will be dealt with by Mrs. Potter.
For a paper copy of any information on this website, please contact the school office.
SEN enquiries will be passed on to the school SENDCo Mrs Holroyd.