Year 3 Summer Term 2

In English, we will be finishing looking at ‘The Rhythm of the Rain’ which we have enjoyed so far in summer term 1. We will then be looking at a story based on an African folk tale, ‘Fly, Eagle, Fly!’ by Christopher Gregorowski. We will be working on telling stories, thinking about characters and settings but also about ourselves. The story is linked to self-belief and reaching for the sky so we will be encouraging the children to rise to the challenge and believe in themselves!  This book is a good story for thinking about the future and moving onto Year 4.

We will continue to encourage lots of reading, aiming for the children to achieve their Accelerated Reader targets to finish the year. This will continue to help the children to build their comprehension skills. Reading their AR books is important as the books are the right level of challenge for the children to help to improve their reading skills and in turn helping to develop a love of reading.

In Maths, the children will be moving onto statistics. We will then spend some time consolidating all of their learning about addition, subtraction, multiplication and division as well as other areas of the maths curriculum covered this year.

In Geography this half term, we will be working on ‘One Planet, Our World’. This unit will help the children to locate countries and cities as well as learn about the different climate zones. We will also be using compass points and grid references.

In Science, we will be looking at keeping ourselves healthy through ‘Feeding and Movement’. The children will continue to make observations and find evidence in different investigations.  

The children will be building on their previous learning. They will add to this by linking to Science by looking at animals, habitats, food chains and life cycles. They will build their vocabulary and build their understanding of sentence structure.

In Computing, the children will be looking at Creating Media. They will be developing filming and editing video skills through the storyboarding and creation of book trailers.

In Design Technology this term the children are finding out more about food and how to cook it in ‘Cook well, Eatwell’. They will be thinking about different techniques for cooking the same thing and what a difference this can make. They will also be designing and cooking a healthy snack. This will involve chopping, peeling and cooking skills.

This term the children will be learning about Athletics in their PE lessons. They will develop their running, jumping and throwing techniques across a variety of track and field events over the term. They will also learn how tactics are used within athletic events.

In their second PE lesson, the children will be taking part in learning about Tennis. They will learn how to serve and how to use a forehand and backhand shot. They will be developing their ability to adjust their technique after a shot to improve. The children will also continue to develop their skills in Athletics.

We will continue reinforcing our ‘5 Hands of Millbrook’ vision. We will be thinking about how learning is helping to prepare for the future.

Jigsaw will look at ‘Changing Me’. This involves thinking about transition, preparing the children to move forward into Year 4. There is a separate letter regarding this.