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Mulberry
Mulberry Class
Spring Term 2 2025
Art linked to our learning about 'Our Great Britain.'
The Loch Ness Monster - A landscape piece of art created by using water colours and acrylic paint.
English
This term we will be looking at writing a non-chronological report, which will be linked to our topic 'Our Great Britain'.
Our reading comprehension lessons will focus on texts related to our topics of Great Britain and the science behind forces and magnets.
In our Grammar lessons in Spring 2 we will focus on the following:
Adverbs of time, place and cause
Prefixes - in
Suffixes - ation
Co-ordinating conjunctions
Organisational devices
Maths
This term we will start be exploring worded problems. We will look at statistics and interpret bar charts and tables, we will learn to distinguish and estimate angles and right angles, develop our understanding of shape and how to calculate perimeter. We will also focus on Multiplication and our knowledge of the 3, 4 and 8 times tables as well as the inverse operation of Division.
Science
We will conclude our topic on 'Animals including Humans'. with a focus on nutrition and what makes a healthy meal and diet. Our new topic is 'Light' where we will be learning that darkness is the absence of light. We will conduct a number of experiments with light and shadows.
Geography and History
This term our topic is Geography based as our focus is 'Great Britain'. Map work will be a major focus as we locate and identify the countries that make up Great Britain as well as major cities and other geographical locations. We will also explore local myths and legends.
Religion and Worldviews
Our enquiry question for Spring Term is 'How are religions and worldviews shaped and expressed through art and architecture'. We will explore this topic through a range of religious viewpoints starting from a local perspective and branching further away.
PE
In PE lessons we will be learning about net and wall games developing our ball skills and complete a series of dance lessons.
Music
We will continue playing glockenspiels and start learning to play recorders with the Bob Marley track 'Three Little Birds' as our inspiration. We plan to do some improvising and composing with our instruments.
French
In French our topic is 'All about Me', children will learn to understand and follow instructions, identify colours and say what they are wearing.
| Teaching staff | Monday - Wednesday Mrs Schroeter Teaching Assistant: Mrs Raynor and Mrs Reynolds Thursday and Friday (and second lesson on Wednesday) Mrs Costar Teaching Assistant - Mrs Raynor and Mrs Brady |
| Weekly set homework | Each week we will set a piece of both English and Maths homework. English will include spelling and grammar activities as well as sentence writing. Maths will now be on a paper sheet and will link to the learning that is happening in class. Each week your child will bring home their work folder containing these activities which will need to be returned to school by the following Wednesday. |
Reading at home | Children are expected to read to an adult at home for at least 10 minutes daily. Children can change their own books in school once they have been read to an adult. Please indicate in the reading diary when your child has read including independent reading of their own books. Please ensure children bring their books and diaries into class daily so we can support reading in school. |
| P.E. | Our P.E. lessons will be on Wednesdays and Fridays. On a Wednesday's we try and get outside for P.E, weather permitting. Due to the often wet and mucky playground over winter we recommend a spare pair of trainers to be kept at school for PE and break times. |
Spelling | Please see the year 3 and 4 word list below. These are the spellings that children are expected to learn to spell by the end of Year 4. |
Times Tables | In Year 3 children are expected to know the following: 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 10 x tables. Here are some suggested websites to help you practise: https://ttrockstars.com/ - TTRockstars https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/399/Archery-Arithmetic-Multiplication |
Topics for the year
For your information, these are the topics that will be covered this year:
History and Geography
Autumn 1 and 2: The Stone Age - children will learn about the Stone, Iron and Bronze Ages.
Spring 1 and 2: Our Great Britain - our topic will have a geography focus.
Summer 1 and 2: The Egyptians - children will learn all about the Ancient Egyptians.
Science
Autumn 1: Rocks, fossils and soils.
Autumn 2: Animals including humans.
Spring 1: Forces and magnets.
Spring 2: Light
Summer 1 and 2: Plants.
Computing
Autumn:Typing. We will be learning to touch type correctly placing and using most of our fingers.
Spring : Coding. We will learn to write algorithms to achieve a number of goals in computer programming as well as spotting and correcting bugs in the code.
Summer: Email: children will learn to send, respond to and add attachments to emails.
R.E.
Our RE topics are as follows:
Why are nature and the seasons significant for religions and worldviews?
How are religions and worldviews shaped and expressed through art and architecture?
What can religion and worldviews tell us about conflict, peace, forgiveness and reconciliation and is this important?
Spelling and Handwriting information
Reading
Take a look at the following websites for recommended books for Year 3 children:
https://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/genre/7/7-plus-readers.html
https://www.booksfortopics.com/year-3
Maths
You can access your Mymaths account through this link. Login details can be found in the front of your child's reading diary. https://www.mymaths.co.uk
Top marks https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games
Hit the button: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Bonds to 10 - 20 marble run https://www.mathplayground.com/number_bonds_20.html