Welcome to Year 3!

Spring Term 2025

This term we are exploring a project titled 'Rocks, Relics and Rumbles’. In the Rocks, Relics and Rumbles project, your child will learn about the different layers of the Earth, including plate tectonics and their potential effects on the Earth's surface. They will investigate different types of rock to learn about their uses and properties. They will also investigate soil and fossils, including learning about the work of Mary Anning. They will have the opportunity to use maps to learn about the lines of latitude and longitude and a compass to learn about the cardinal and intercardinal points. They will also learn about volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis and the long and short-term consequences that these can have.

Useful vocabulary; 

Geography Layers of the Earth; Rocks; Plate tectonics; Ring of Fire; Features of volcanoes; Lines of latitude and longitude; Volcanic eruptions; Earthquakes and tsunamis; Compass points; Maps

At the bottom of this page are four documents - vocabulary, a knowledge organiser and home learning tasks for this unit. There is also a knowledge organiser for our current Science unit. Knowledge organisers give an overview of the key information needed for each unit of learning. The home learning tasks are optional and do not need to be brought into school but will support your child's learning.

English

We use the Literacy Tree scheme to teach English at Oaklands. Children will learn reading, writing, speaking and listening through different units based on high-quality texts. This term the children will be reading 'The Tin Forest' and 'Cinderella of the Nile'.

Reading

We teach Reading through the Destination Reader scheme at Oaklands. Children will be learning the reading skills of prediction, inference, clarification, evaluation, questioning and making links. 

Maths

At Oaklands we teach through the White Rose scheme. The units that we will be covering in Maths lessons this term are; Multiplication, Length and Perimeter, Fractions.

Science

Our Science unit this term is 'Forces and Magnets'. Please see the knowledge organiser for details!

Computing

We use Purple Mash to help with our Computing learning. This term the children will learn about Touch typing and Presentations.

French

Language Angels is the scheme we use for French teaching at Oaklands. This term the children will learning colours and the basic parts of a conversation.

Music

Using Charanga, the children will learn how to: listen and appreciate music; sing in groups and to play along with known songs. They will have the opportunity to improvise using instruments as well. 

PE

Year 3 will have PE on a Monday and Tuesday. Please ensure they have trainers on both of these days.

Homework

Reading: Every night (15 minutes – please comment in your child’s reading record).

Reading books will be changed on a Thursday or Friday and each pupil will take two books home depending on their level of reading ability. Please make sure children have their books available to read every day.

Topic: This will be given out every other week on a Friday and is to be returned the following Wednesday in homework books. 

Times Table Rockstars/Numbots Daily Maths practice to ensure that gaps are continually being filled and there is continual progression

We are supported in class by Mrs Bell. If you, or anyone you know, has skills or knowledge that could enrich our in-class learning, we would love to hear from you and see if we can make use of this in our lessons. 

If you have any concerns, or questions regarding your child, please contact the school office (admin@oaklands.herts.sch.uk) to arrange a meeting. 

Kind regards,

Miss Willer