Hello from Class 3

In September we will be starting the year with our exciting theme on the Stone Age. During this theme, we will look at life in the Stone Age and how people survived; considering shelter, food and clothing. We will learn how people made tools and weapons to aid their survival and how tools and settlements changed during the transition to the Iron Age. We will learn about animals around at the time (which were food and which were to be avoided) and the movement into farming.

We ended the last school year with our local history theme ‘Saddleworth Heritage’, learning about the changes in settlements, housing, transport and industry. We followed this up with a walk around Diggle where we were able to see examples of our learning first hand, including the Standedge Tunnel: famous for being the longest tunnel in the UK and reaching from Diggle to Marsden.

Welcome to Class 3.

Here are some of the exciting themes we will be covering this year:

• Autumn 1 - The Stone Age

• Autumn 2 - Europe

• Spring 1 & 2 - Ancient Egyptians

• Summer 1 - Text Based theme

• Summer 2 - Around the World in 80 Days

Videos to improve your times tables knowledge or pick up speed.

Chanting 3 times tables

Key Information

PE will be each Friday. Children should come to school dressed in their kits on PE days.

Reading books are changed on Friday. Please make sure that reading books are brought into school each day, but especially on Fridays. Please listen to your child read their book at home and record comments each time to ensure your child can reach their Home Reading awards. Each week, please choose one of the reading questions from the front of their reading record book and write your child’s response in the Comment box.