St Paul's Catholic Primary School

Welcome to Year 3's class page!

We work hard and have bright futures ahead of us.

Each one of us is unique and we are a wonderful class.

Miss Grinnell Mrs Sharpling Mr Cadney Mrs Ball

Class teacher Teaching Assistant Teaching Assistant Class Teacher (part-time)

Our class Saint is Saint John Paul II.

Pope John Paul II was born Karol Józef Wojtyła. He was born in Poland on the 18th May 1920 and was head of the Catholic Church from the 16th October 1978 to his death on the 2nd April 2005. He was the second longest-serving pope in history and the first non-Italian pope in over 455 years.

He was the most travelled pope, making 104 international trips. He was the first ever pope to visit a mosque, which is a place of worship in Islam.

John Paul II was canonised by Pope Francis in 2014, which means he is now known as Saint John Paul II.

"Remember that you are never alone, Christ is with you on your journey every day of your lives! He has called you and chosen you to live in the freedom of the children of God. Turn to him in prayer and in love. Ask him to grant you the courage and strength to live in this freedom always. Walk with him who is “the Way, the Truth and the Life!”

Our virtues this half term are 'Compassionate and Loving.'

Class notices

We have PE on a Thursday so full PE kit must be in school.
Water bottles are to be brought into school and taken home each day.
Reading books and diaries are to be taken home each night and diaries to be signed each night.
Spelling Test is every Thursday and new spellings will also be given out on that day too.
Mirodo is an online homework program that we are using to assign homework. Please use it on google chrome. https://mirodoeducation.com/
We love Times Table Rock Stars! Please use it at home. https://ttrockstars.com/login

This Term

RE - We will begin this half term by looking at the Christmas unit. In this unit the story of the shepherds provides a focus for children to reflect on the birth of Jesus Christ and who he is.

We will then deepen our knowledge and understanding of the Liturgy of the Eucharist - A Thanksgiving to God. We will think about and discuss why this is such an important celebration in the life and worship of Catholic Christians.

English - In English half term we will be looking at the book of 'Arthur and the Golden Rope' by Joe

Todd-Stanton as a stimulus for our writing. We will write quest stories and reports with links to the book.

It is also important for the children to be learning the year 3 and 4 spellings over this year and next.

Maths - In Maths we are covering multiplication and division and fractions of shapes and numbers.

We complete 'Times Table Rock Stars' tests each week and have a bit of a competition on the go. We already have some rock stars in our midst! Well done to those children, keep it up!

Science - In Science we will cover the unit Rocks and Soils. This is an in depth unit looking at different types of rocks and how they are formed and how soil is formed and the permeability of different soil types. Children will compare and group rocks based on appearance and properties.

Our New Knowledge Based Curriculum

Our knowledge based curriculum will ensure that all of our children will have a deep, broad knowledge in every subject so History, Geography, Art and Music will be taught discretely.

Art - We will look at Landscape and Symmetry - We will look at different landscape paintings and paint a seascape inspired by Turner's Snowstorm.

History - Our History unit is Law and Power. We will be looking at Henry II and the changes he made to the legal system in England, King John and the Magna Carta and Simon de Montfort.

Music - Our Music unit is Families of Instruments, where we will learning about the string family looking at sound, size and pitch.

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Geography - Our Geography unit is Rivers and Settlements where we will look at what a river is, physical features of a river and world rivers.

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