Welcome to Blackbird Class! 

As Year 3 enter our fifth term of the year, I am so excited for all of the really interesting things we will be learning about this term!

This term our PE day is on Tuesdays. Please follow the link below to our class timetable for more information about our school week. 

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English

In English this term we will be starting our new book, The Roman Tales by Terry Deary. 

We will be using our existing skills to write a narrative based upon this exciting adventure story. 

We will then move on to writing a letter to inform, based on our topic of  Romans. We will be thinking carefully about how a letter is structured and how to use a formal tone. 

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Maths

This term we will be starting our unit on fractions. We will be learning about unit and non-unit fractions, before comparing and ordering along a number line and as a bar model. 

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Connected Curriculum

This term’s exciting topic is based on everyday life under the Roman Empire. We will learn about the founding of the Roman Empire and the growth of the empire under the most notable emperors. 

In our Science we will be looking at Plant Nutrition and Reproduction. As part of this topic we will recapping the parts of the plant and their function before moving onto the life cycle of a plant. 

Our Art topic is ‘Beautiful Botanicals’ where study botanical art in the form of sketches, print and weaving.

To read more about what we will be learning this term please see below for our termly overview (click 'Curriculum') and our knowledge organisers for Connected Curriculum and Science. 

Class Teacher: Mrs Glazier.

Teaching Assistants: Mrs Norris, Mrs Hall.