3 Aspen
Welcome to Aspen Class!
Hi everyone! Welcome to the class page for 3 Aspen.
Here you will find all the information you may need and an insight into all the exciting things we will be learning about!
In 3 Aspen we are Ready, Respectful and Safe.
We always DREAM BIG and DARE TO FAIL.
Staff
In 3 Aspen we have Miss Cherryholme (Monday and Tuesday), Miss Minghella (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday), Miss Furze and Mrs Bartholomew.
Important Information
Here is our class timetable.
We have two P.E. lessons a week. These will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We will also complete an active break non-P.E. days.
On P.E. days we will need to come to school in our P.E. kits and we stay in them for the day.
P.E. kits are as follows:
- Plain black shorts or tracksuit pants and a plain white t-shirt with a black jacket or hoodie or;
- The official P.E. kit from Kitworld
- Black or white trainers
It is important to keep hydrated throughout the school day so we have a water bottle in the classroom with our names on. We have water fountains in school to refill these when needed.
In 3 Aspen, we LOVE to read! We will be able to take our library books home with us every night and we will change these during our library slot every other Monday starting from Monday 9th September. Children should aim to read at home at least 3 times a week.
Key Dates
Tuesday 22nd April - Children back in school after Easter break
Tuesday 29th/Wednesday 30th April : Parents Evening
Monday 5th May - Bank Holiday - school closed
Monday 12th May: Year 6 SATs week
Monday 12th May: Mental Health Awareness week
Monday 26th May - Friday 30th May: Half Term
Monday 2nd June - Children back in school
Friday 18th July - Break up for Summer holiday
This half term we will be learning ...
Our bi-weekly library slot will be on a Monday morning. Children may swap their library books on this day.
This half term we will be learning ...
Guided Reading
As part of English, we will be accessing Guided Reading lessons. In our Class Novel Guided Reading, we will be reading Winter of the Wolves by Tony Bradman. This book links to our topic of 'Anglo-saxons and Vikings'.
English
In writing, we will be beginning this half-term by using the story of Robin of Locksley (Robin Hood) to write our very own Narratives.
Later on this half-term, we will be writing a fact-file of King Arthur and Sir Lancelot.
Maths
In Maths this half-term, we will be continuing our work with fractions, we will be learning how to find equivalent fractions using number line and bar models. We will also be learning to add and subtract fractions too.
We will be continuing to learn and practise our Times Tables using a Rekenrek and Times Table Rockstars! In Year 3, we build on our Year 2 times tables knowledge of 2s, 5s and 10s by learning the 3s, 4s and 8s times tables.
Log on to TTRockstars here: Times Tables Rock Stars: Play
Topic
We have changed the way we teach our Foundation Curriculum and now we will teach lessons such as History, Geography, Art and DT through an umbrella topic. This term's topic in Year 3 is 'Anglo-saxons and Vikings'. We will continue to teach History, Geography, Art and DT separately but they will follow a theme where possible.
Science
Our Science topic is Light. We will be learning different types of light sources and we will also be learning about how shadows are created. We will learn about why it is important to protect ourselves from the sun.
History
As part of our topic of 'Anglo-Saxons and Vikings'. Year 3 will be learning all about the life of Anglo-Saxons and Vikings. We will learn about all the changes people went through during these times. We will even go on a trip to the Jorvik Centre in York to learn even more about how people lived during these times.
Geography
As part of our Geography topic within 'Anglo-Saxons and Vikings', we will learn how to locate the UK on a map. We will also learn about how places in the UK were named during these times. We will also learn about all of the different types of settlements from the Anglo-Saxon times.
Music
Our music lessons are based on our recorder lessons with Music every week on a Wednesday.
This music presents an integrated approach to music where games, the dimensions of music (pulse, rhythm, pitch etc), singing and playing instruments are all linked.
As well as recorder lessons on a Wednesday, we will be having extra music lessons in class on a Friday. We will be learning about Caribbean music this half-term.
PE
This half term we will be learning all about athletics and gymnastics.
Author Focus
Thiago de Moraes
Thiago spends most of his time in a tiny shed at the bottom of his garden, writing and illustrating books, comics and bits of old cardboard boxes.
He enjoys telling all sorts of stories, from non-fiction books like Myth Atlas and its sequels to picture books and fiction, including the A Mummy Ate My Homework series and Old Gods New Tricks. He also creates comics for The Phoenix magazine.
Thiago has won the Sheffield Children’s Book Award, was longlisted for the Klaus Flugge Prize and twice nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal. His books have been translated into 24 languages.
He is 90% beard, dangerously fond of bacon and lives in England with his wife, kids and a pet tortoise called Nibbles.
Tony Bradman
He was born and brought up in London and still lives there. He has written poetry and picture books, short and long fiction and educational books and plays. VIKING BOY was been very successful and ANGLO-SAXON BOY - the story of one boy's involvement in the Battle of Hastings. He won the Historical Association's Young Quills Award in 2018.
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