Welcome to Year 3 

 Miss Mussa - 3M  (Year 3 & Year 4 Phase Leader)

Miss Steel/Mrs Marriott - 3SM Class Teachers 

Miss Ridgway - Trainee Teacher

Support Staff: Mrs Ford and Mrs Besley

We would like to welcome you to Year 3 and the start of Key Stage 2! 

We look forward to working with you this year. 

If you have a any questions or concerns and need to speak to your child's teacher, please do not hesitate to call the school office to make an appointment.  You can also email us using the year 3 email address where a member of the year 3 team will respond to you as soon as possible: year3@harlynprimaryschool.co.ukI

This year we are encouraging more independence in both learning and being responsible for our own belongings. 

PE Days

3M - Tuesday (indoor) and Wednesday (outdoor)

3SM - Wednesday (outdoor) and Friday (indoor)

Homework and Spellings

Homework is set on a Friday and is due in the following Wednesday. Homework consists of weekly spellings and timetables, a maths task (Doodle Maths) and an optional task.

Spring Term

Here is an overview of what we will be learning this term.

Science

First half term:  Plants

• different parts of a plant and how they function
• what plants need to grow well
• pollination

Second Half Term: Light and Shadows

• different sources of light
• how light travels
• how shadows are formed 
• how the length of shadows changes throughout the day

RE 

• First half term we will be learning about famous Christian figures that have shaped the world
• Second half term we will be introducing the children to Judaisim

Geography

• We will be learning about how to locate countries using lines of longitude and latitude
• comparing human and physical features of different countries, including the UK, another European country and a country from North America

History

• We will be learning about life and culture in Ancient Greece.

Art

• work of illustrators like Lauren Child

Design & Technology

• designing, making and evaluating a moving monster

Reading at Home

To help you enjoy reading together, please find below a link that will enable your child to have free access to a wide range of online levelled books.

Please follow the link below and check the document 'How Parents can access Collins books' to help you log into this site and select books. 

Login details:

Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk

Password:  Parents20!