Welcome to Mars Class

Teacher: Mr Hurrell

LSA: Miss James

In Mars class, we are enthusiastic, creative and hard working. We never give up and always use our growth mindsets to help us achieve in all our endeavours. Our classroom is diverse and a respectful place to be.

Things to remember 

Our Main Projects

Autumn: Through the Ages.

Spring: Rocks, Relics and Rumbles.

Summer: Emperors and Empires.

English

During the course of Year 3, we will be writing for a variety of purposes. These will include: Descriptive writing, newspaper reports, persuasive letters and non chronological report. We will be covering skills such as expanded noun phrases, apostrophes, fronted adverbials and inverted commas.

In Reading, we will be building fluency through expression, pace whilst continuing to apply decoding skills taught in phonics. We will also be working through our VIPERS skills, focusing on one each week. Children will bring their reading records home each day to record their reading at home. 

Spellings will be given out each week, which will be stuck in their reading records, these need practising at home and will be tested on a Friday.

Maths

In Maths, we will be using the White Rose programme, a mastery approach programme which encourages and sparks curiosity and excitement while giving children opportunities to apply their skills to a variety of problem solving and reasoning questions.

We will be using Time Table Rockstars and arithmetic from White Rose to consolidate learning.

Science

This year in Science we will be covering:

• Plants
• Animals including Humans
• Rocks
• Light
• Forces and Magnets

We will work scientifically by:

• Planning and predicting
• Carrying out investigations
• Recording and classifying
• Reviewing and evaluating