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We will be using The Firework Makers Daughter to write...

a poem about bonfire night

Diary entry

an adventure story

Towards Christmas, the children will be reading: Ice Palace by Robert Swindells, using this to inspire:

Setting descriptions

Character descriptions

Similes and Metaphors

Alongside this we will be studying some grammatical features such as:

fronted adverbials to show where or when something happens

adding a comma after fronted adverbials

expanded noun phrases

Inverted commas (speech marks)

nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs

In year 3, the children will also begin to learn cursive writing.

To support your child at home, you could :

Read and perform poetry, focusing on their prosody when reading.

Looking at descriptions found in stories, can you find any similes or metaphors?

use BBC Bitesize to explore the grammatical features studied in year 3

Write short stories, letters to family or friends, book reviews, diary entries etc

Describe the world around them- building their vocabulary. This will support them when describing settings in stories.

Practice letter formation at home beginning to join letters together.

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Following the children's learning of phonics in year 2, they will continue to learn and review a variety of graphemes and phonemes. Using these to read and spell a variety of words. Each week, we will send home a list of spellings detailed those graphemes reviewed.

The children will also learn how to spell the year 3/4 words outlined in the curriculum.

To support your child at home you could:

Model sounding out words, breaking them down into smaller chunks to aid spelling for example fan/tas/tic

Review the graphemes taught using the 'Grapheme Mats' stuck in their homework books.

Use the spelling and phonics shed to further practice their spellings.

Read daily, practicing decoding any unknown words.

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Your child will learn about

Greetings and French culture

Classroom instructions

Animal vocabulary

Numbers and plurals

We are also offering a French lunchtime club through Lingotots. This will run during lunchtime, if you are interested in your child joining please speak to the office.

To support your child at home you could:

use Duolingo to learn additional French vocabulary

Ask your child what French they have learnt and practice this together.

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Throughout Autumn 2, we will be developing our addition and subtraction skills. Applying our knowledge of fluency facts (for example number bonds), to help us solve more complex equations. The children will add and subtract 2 digit numbers from 3 digit numbers and look at the inverse to check their answer. We are working towards using more formal methods of addition and subtraction such as column addition and subtraction. Attached is a video outlining how this is taught in year 3.

Later in the term, we will begin looking at multiplication and division focusing on our 2, 5, 10, 3, 4 and 8 timetables. The children will look at arrays and other more formal methods to solve multiplication and division beyond the 12 times table.

To support your child at home you could...

Use Maths shed

Practice times tables at home with a focus on 3's, 4's and 8's. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Practice their number fluency facts below 20, for example 5+2= 7 , 12 +8 = 20. Hit the button is a brilliant game to support this.

Topmarks has a variety of games linked to addition and subtraction : https://www.topmarks.co.uk

Practice more formal methods of addition and subtraction at home.

Complete missing number sequences that count in 4's , 8's or 2's from any given number.

https://vimeo.com/731050814 - link to modelled column addition

https://vimeo.com/731052793 - link to modelled column subtraction

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Y3 Autumn Block 2 TS13 Add two numbers (across a 10)

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We will be learning about Light this term. Identifying what a light source is and how it enables us to see. The children will explore artificial and natural light sources, using these to investigate shadows. They will deepen their understanding of opaque, transparent and translucent materials.

They will also, develop their scientific enquiry skills, by planning, doing and evaluating a more formal investigation surrounding shadows.

To support your child at home you could...

complete some shadow experiments at home. This website has lots of great ideas! https://www.science-sparks.com/shadow-activity-ideas/

Create a sundial at home, tracking how the sun moves throughout the day.

Look at shadow art performances, could you create your own shadow puppets. Thinking about what materials would be best suited for this (linking to opaque, transparent and translucent).

This website has information for parents regarding light and also gives some additional activities and resources available https://explorify.uk/teacher-support/helpful-reads/explorify-at-home-light

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Sunny summer days are a great time to experiment with shadows. I've put together a fun list of shadow activity ideas with ( hopefully ) something to appeal to kids of all ages.

What is a shadow?
For a shadow to be formed an object must block light. The object must be opaque or translucent to make a shadow. A transparent object will not make any shadow, as light passes straight through transparent objects.
Transparent Materials

Transparent materials let light pass through them in straight lines, so that you can see clearly through them.

Translucent Materials

Translucent materials let some light through, but scatter the light in different directions. We can not see clearly through translucent materials.

Opaque Materials

Opaque materials do not let any light pass through them.

Shadow Experiments for Kids

Shadow Frame

Make a shadow frame using cardboard and contact paper. This is great for experimenting with different shapes and types of materials. Try translucent and opaque materials to investigate how the colour of the shadow changes.

Draw Shadows

Use building blocks to make shapes you can draw around. How does the shadow change if you rotate the block? Is the shadow different at different times of day?

Can you make some 3D shapes shadows to draw?

We love this use of colour blocks for shadows from Stimulating Learning and this huge version from Play at Home Mom LLC.

Rhythms of Play painted inside their shadows and they look amazing!

Sundial Experiment

This human sundial experiment is a great idea too. You could use the same idea to make a smaller version using a LEGO tower on white paper.

Shadow Puppet Theatre

Build a shadow puppet theatre like Inner Child Fun, this would be great for linking shadows to literacy work.

Shadow Experiments - Shadow People

Try building people or animals with pipe cleaners, it was quite a challenge to get ours to stand up. Can you make one shadow twice as tall as another?

Shadow Experiments - Shadow Sculptures

The Artful Parent has some brilliant shadow sculptures, it could be quite fun to use the same idea but make chemical structures and draw the shadows too.

Shadow Puppets

Childhood 101 has some brilliant Star Wars shadow puppets.

We love these Gruffalo's Child shadow puppets too.

You could also try some Christmas or other holiday themed shadow puppets. We made a big Christmas tree shadow puppet and then smaller puppets for the decorations.

More Shadow Experiments

Can you experiment with shadows at different times of day? You should find that the Sun makes the longest shadows at the beginning and end of the day, when the Sun is lowest in the sky and the shortest shadows at midday, when it's highest in the sky.
Suitable for Early Years Foundation Stage Suitable for Key Stage 2 Science
Can you think of any more shadow activities for us?

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Sunny summer days are a great time to experiment with shadows. I've put together a fun list of shadow activity ideas with ( hopefully ) something to appeal to kids of all ages. For a shadow to be formed an object must block light. The object must be opaque or translucent to make a shadow.

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We will be continuing our learning from Autumn 1, moving on from the stone and now looking at the Bronze and Iron age. We will be focusing on the changes in Britain throughout these ages, towards the end of the term we will present our learning in a leaflet, video or presentation.

Throughout the unit we will explore:

Bronze and Iron age tools and art

Early settlements such as Skara Brae

Bronze Age religion, technology and travel, for example, Stonehenge

making connections, contrasts and trends over time

exploring and analysing a variety of historical sources

To support your child at home you could:

Visit museums and archeological sights, discuss how we learn about the past and what these artefacts teach us.

visit the library, taking out books relating to the unit

Research each age using the internet, books or by watching documentaries.

Create powerpoints, information texts, presentations on the stone age.

make model simple tools using materials from the stone age

create cave paintings inspired by the stone age

Explore Stone Age pottery

Making a model of an Iron Age roundhouse

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Throughout the term we will be exploring a variety of religions and religious festivals. The children will be answering the question: Is light a good symbol for celebration? Linking this to Diwali and the story of Rama and Sita, Hanukkah and the christian Christmas story. Thinking about what light symbolises in these stories and how it is celebrated.

Alongside this, we will be exploring a number of religious festivals throughout the year. If you would like to share your own experiences of any of these religious festivals, please do not hesitate to get in touch! We would love some parent visitors to discuss how and why these festivals are celebrated in our community and different cultures.

To support your child at home you could:

Share and discuss your own religion and how worship makes you feel.

Research the above religious festivals and how light is celebrated

Visit the local church or other religious places of worship.

Explore other religions and religious festivals, this could be done through stories or research. BBC Bitesize has a selection of videos on various religious festivals.

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The children will be continuing to build their knowledge and skills surrounding art. They will explore a variety of materials and techniques including sculpting with clay.

They will use clay to create pots inspired by the iron age. Finally, they will build model ironage roundhouses using a variety of resources.

To support your child at home:

Research different artists at home- discussing what you like and dislike about their art.

Visit galleries

Use a variety of materials at home to create pieces of art - you may wish to recreate some iron age art.

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During Autumn term the children will be exploring a variety of computing equipment and skills. The children will...

use a variety of drawing programmes

Desktop publishing

introduction to screenshots and the Snipping Tool, and secure use of passwords

internet safety and the importance of this.

To support you child at home you could:

Create pieces of art using paint, these could be inspired by our learning across the curriculum.

Regularly discuss internet safety and how your child can be safe online. This link offers parents support and advice on how to start these conversations https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/talking-child-online-safety/

Create e-safety posters that could be displayed around the classroom.

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Through Autumn term the children will answer the following questions:

What is my role in making my school a place where we can learn happily

and safely?

• How can we build relationships in our class and how does this benefit me?

• What does it feel like to be new or to start something new?

• How can I help children and adults feel welcome in school?

• What helps me manage a new situation or learn something new?

• Who are the different people in my network who I can ask for help?

To support your child at home you could:

talk about friendships and belonging and how these make us feel

Share times when you felt nervous about starting something new.

Read stories that explore belonging, friendships and relationships.

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Following Charanga, the children will learn to play the Glockenspiel, learning basic instrumental skills by playing tunes in varying styles. Later in the term they will be exposed to the language of music, theory and composition.

To support your child at home you could:

find and clap along to the beat of a song

Discuss music with you child, which styles of music do they like or dislike and why?

Use technology to make songs

practice playing the Glockenspiel at home

Research different composers the children like or dislike

Listen to a variety of musical instruments- can they identify them by listening to them?

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Following the children's learning of phonics in year 2, they will continue to learn and review a variety of graphemes and phonemes. Using these to read and spell a variety of words.

Towards the end of the term the children will also learn how to spell the year 3/4 words outlined in the curriculum. Once we start teaching these spellings, we will send home a weekly spelling practice.

To support your child at home you could:

Practice breaking longer words into chunks for example fan/tas/tic.

Sound out different words counting the sounds in them. Children often drop sounds when spelling as they haven't clearly sounded it out before writing.

Review the graphemes taught using the 'Grapheme Mats' stuck in their homework books.

Use the spelling and phonics shed to further practice their spellings.

Read daily, practicing decoding any unknown words.

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A few things to note:

PE is now on Monday's and Thursday's. The children can come to school in their PE kits.

Swimming will take place in Spring term on Wednesday mornings (more information on this will be given out towards the end of Autumn term).

Homework will be given out weekly on Fridays.

As we approach the colder months, please ensure your child is dressed in warm, layered clothing so they can stay comfortable and enjoy outdoor activities during the school day.

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Parents evening: Monday 11th November 3:30- 7:30 and Wednesday 13th November 1:30 - 5:30

Book Fair: Tuesday 12th November

End of term: 20th December (1:30 pick up)

Panto: Wednesday 4th December (9:30 - 10:30)

Junior Carol Service: Wednesday 18th December 2- 3pm