Manor Park Primary School
Year Group
Information for parents!
3
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This newsletter contains exciting information
about what your child will be taught in
Summer Term 1
Literacy: Non Fiction
In Literacy the unit of work the children
will be studying is- Historical Fiction.
Children will research the histories of kings
and queens. Children will be working with
literature from Horrible Histories. Within
this unit of work children will be looking at
improving their writing skills in writing more
detail, using letter writing, explanation text,
diary entries and recounts
Mathematics:
This half-term we will be learning to add,
subtract using various methods. Children will be
solve word problems involving all four operations
(addition,
subtraction,
division
and
multiplication)
Measurement
Children will continue to know and understand
the calendar including days, weeks, months
and years and tell the time to the nearest 5
minutes using analogue and digital clocks. They
will also learn to measure using metric units
and length, mass and capacity.
Science:
Unit of work this half term is; Material world.
Children will continue to collect information
and carry out more investigations on
materials –
 Know that temperature is a measure of
heat
 Distinguish between solids, liquids and
gases; and the effect of friction.
IPC:
The topic the children will be studying
will be Scavengers and Settlers.
Children will research and write up the lives
of an historical king or queen. They will
generate and develop discussions which will
include the use of ICT skills
Other Lessons:
3A and 3B - PE lessons are on Mondays and
Thursdays. Swimming will be on Wednesdays
starting 15.4.15 up until 15th July 2015.
Children must have full costumes. Boys trunks
not below the knee and no pockets and a towel.
Girls must wear the appropriate swimming suit,
Special Events:
On Mondays and Thursdays ‘Bungee artists’
will continue to work with the children
focussing on this term’s theme Scavengers
and Settlers.
How you can support your
child:
Please ensure you child has their full and
correct PE kit in school from Monday to
Friday’s
Reading
books
changed
least
Every child
needswill
to be
wear
a white at
plain
top,
once
a
week,
please
hear
your
child
read.
black shorts or jogging bottoms, trainers.
All
Support
teachers
by
ensuring
that
your
long hair must be tied back and NO Jewellery
child is completing their homework on a
weekly basis
Homework is handed out on Fridays and is
expected back into school for the
following Wednesday. Spellings are given
out on a Friday.
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