Welcome to Year 3!
A very big welcome to our Year 3 class page. My name is Mrs. Heightley and I am the Year 3 class teacher. I have been the Year 3 teacher for quite a number of years now, and I must say, it is the best year group! Year 3 children are now at the beginning of their Key Stage 2 life. I am honoured to be teaching your child at this point of their education and I can't wait to watch them grow and learn during the year.
Mrs. Stayman and Mr. Murdoch will also be supporting Year 3 across the week.
AUTUMN TERM
Please find below Year 3's Autumn term Newsletter and the PowerPoint used during the 'Meet the Teacher' event, both of which contain information relevant to the whole school and information specific to Year 3.
Outdoor Education
Year 3 will have six Outdoor Education sessions with Endless Adventure over 6 weeks during the first Autumn half term.
Each week, we will go to a different location in the North East and complete activities in the outdoors. Some of our activities will be linked to our Science and Geography topics in class.
Week 1: South Shields or Marsden Rocks – rock formation / coastal erosion / rock pooling
Week 2: Ashgill Beck – river walk or gorge scramble / ghyll scramble / fossil hunting
Week 3: Roseberry Topping – hill walk / rock formation / geology
Week 4: Causey Arch – rock climbing / soil identification, formation and erosion
Week 5: Hetton Lyons – orienteering / giant paddle boarding
Week 6: Hamsterley Forest – map work / orienteering
Year 3 will be split into two groups: Group A and Group B.
Group A will go out every Tuesday of Autumn 1.
Group B will go out every Wednesday of Autumn 1.
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Week 1
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Tuesday 12th September
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Wednesday 13th September
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Week 2
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Tuesday 19th September
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Wednesday 20th September
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Week 3
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Tuesday 26th September
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Wednesday 27th September
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Week 4
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Tuesday 3rd October
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Wednesday 4th October
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Week 5
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Tuesday 10th October
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Wednesday 11th October
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Week 6
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Tuesday 17th October
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Wednesday 18th October
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Our Autumn term topic is The Stone Age.
We will be finding out about life in our country and across the world during this period of time.
Our Autumn term Science topic is Rocks and Soils.
We will be learning about:
- the three types of rocks (sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic) and how they are formed
- Mary Anning and her fossil finding adventures
- what fossils are, how they are made and what type of rock you will find them in
- coastal and soil erosion
P.E.
Our P.E. lessons are on a Tuesday and a Thursday.
Please bring your P.E. kits into school on a Monday and leave them in school all week just in case our P.E. lesson has to change to a different day because of the weather / other things happening in school etc.
SPRING TERM
Our Spring Term topic is 'The World Around Us'.
We have two Science topics in the Spring Term.
Spring 1: Forces and Magnets.
Spring 2: Plants
Summer Term
Coming soon ...
Below are links to websites that you might find useful.