Woodlea Junior School

Gorillas

Wow! Can you believe that we are in the final term of year 3. Our Gorillas will continue to grow and learn preparing for year 4. I can’t tell you how much of a privilege it is to be your little Gorillas teacher. We have a jam packed curriculum planned for this term that will enrich and enhance your child’s learning. We promise to work extremely hard, showing dedication and perseverance towards new challenges that come our way. You will be astounded by their growth over this term, as they continue to make the transition infants to juniors. Both Mrs Quinn and I will be guiding them through this change and enjoying every moment as they blossom into confident members of Woodlea. They will be guaranteed a good day, with Quinn and O’Shea.

In our English unit, we will continue our writing development beginning with script writing, using the story of The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo. The children will develop scripts and perform their own innovated version of Egyptian Cinderella, expanding year 3 writing skills even further. Towards the end of the term we will finish with Enid Blyton’sThe Far Tree. The children will let their imaginations run wild as they write they own chapter of ‘Land of Take What You Want’. This is a wonderful unit to finish year 3 with, it will showcase all the writing skills that they have developed over the year. Within Maths, we will be learning with Maths No Problem. Our daily lessons begin with mental maths retrieval and then explorer tasks. Children develop skills in exploring problems using key vocabulary, visual representations and explaining how they know what they know. We will begin this term with time, moving to fractions and finally finishing with shape.
within science we will be exploring light and plants. Children will explore science with a question in mind, constantly developing their understanding and curiosity around light and plants. Within our wider enrichment of science we will be planting potatoes and looking at how differently plants grow and the conditions needed to ensure that they thrive.

I hope you have your passports ready, we will be off again, as our History topic takes us back in time to Ancient Egypt. This is such an exciting unit which will culminate with our Egyptian Secrets Day.
Our project homework will be on Tutankhamen, this will give the children a fantastic opportunity to learn all about one of the best preserved ancient burial and the mystery that surrounds his death.

We look forward to sharing our learning with you over the term, please keep an eye on our twitter and class page for pictures and updates.

Thank you for your support. If you have any queries or questions, please don't hesitate to contact the school office.

Rebecca Dickinson is our Class Governor