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15/02/24

Early years funding is changing! Please do visit https://t.co/4lLfvEQ6pS to find out more. From September we will be offering places for 2 years olds. Please contact us to arrange a tour of our fantastic nursery. We look forward to welcoming you soon. pic.twitter.com/PjeOeapwAL

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08/02/24

Did you know many working parents can now apply for 15 hours of childcare funding for their two year old? The Childcare Choices website provides more information. We would be delighted to show you around our wonderful nursery, please contact us to arrange a time. pic.twitter.com/pAiSTfeBQT

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05/02/24

Applications are now open for Nursery places for next academic year (2024-25). For more details please visit our website. pic.twitter.com/jeIGFcvzY6

18/01/24

Want to learn more about in-school teacher training in your local school? Sign up to our online CPD event on 22.02.23! https://t.co/wAAOQUll5t#traintoteach pic.twitter.com/82BRWH0UT9

18/01/24

We are thrilled to announce an extraordinary opportunity! In the week beginning 29 January we will have the honour of hosting 25 students from China. https://t.co/5MSd4JbLey#diversity pic.twitter.com/bzkXtin6W8

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18/01/24

We are thrilled to announce an extraordinary opportunity! In the week beginning 29 January we will have the honour of hosting 25 students from China. https://t.co/5MSd4JbLey#diversity pic.twitter.com/bzkXtin6W8

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16/01/24

Want to learn more about in-school teacher training in your local school? Sign up to our online CPD event on 22.02.23! https://t.co/wAAOQUll5t#traintoteach pic.twitter.com/82BRWH0UT9

02/01/24

We are delighted to welcome our new CEO, Julian Drinkall, who takes up the helm at GLF Schools today!

02/01/24

We are delighted to welcome our new CEO, Julian Drinkall, who takes up the helm at GLF Schools today!

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20/12/23

We are now closed for the school holidays and will look forward to welcoming the children back on Monday 8th January 2024. pic.twitter.com/nYuBzXBEeI

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14/12/23

APPLICATIONS CLOSE SUNDAY 17TH DECEMBERWe're recruiting for a passionate individual to join our team as a Learning Assistant in our school's thriving Nursery, Mon-Wed 8:15-3:15 from January. Find out more on the link below or email the office https://t.co/tfrfmyH0hQ pic.twitter.com/9j0JXeX31n

08/12/23

Wishing a Happy Hanukkah to everyone celebrating. May you experience peace, love, and light through the holiday and the new year, from GLF Schools pic.twitter.com/b4IM0KGlpO

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08/12/23

We're recruiting for a passionate individual to join our team as a Learning Assistant in our school's thriving Nursery, Mon-Wed 8:15-3:15 from January.Find out more on the link below or email the office info.orghttps://t.co/tfrfmyH0hQ pic.twitter.com/Ui9Xm431bN

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07/12/23

Wishing a Happy Hanukkah to everyone celebrating. May you experience peace, love, and light through the holiday and the new year, from GLF Schools pic.twitter.com/b4IM0KGlpO

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22/11/23

We are excited to welcome new children to Hardwick's Nursery in January - get in touch with the school office (info.org or 01295 258355) or check out our website for more information or to arrange a tour. pic.twitter.com/tUfbtSezwc

19/10/23

Congrats from your Cluster 1 friends 🥳

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18/04/23

We are currently full for our September 2024 Reception intake, but you can join our waiting list in case any allocated places become available. Contact Oxfordshire's Admissions Team via: oxfordshire.gov.uk/contactus…

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18/04/23

We are currently full for our September 2024 Reception intake, but you can join our waiting list in case any allocated places become available. Contact Oxfordshire's Admissions Team via: https://t.co/25AbnvUIPx pic.twitter.com/ymZTnGjsSy

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17/04/23

A huge welcome to all our new and existing families who will be part of our new Reception cohort in September 2024 - we can't wait to have you with us! Keep an eye out for your welcome letter from us soon 😀

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17/04/23

A huge welcome to all our new and existing families who will be part of our new Reception cohort in September 2024 - we can't wait to have you with us! Keep an eye out for your welcome letter from us soon 😀 pic.twitter.com/IfilmCBVVi

Year 3

Spring 1 Curriculum Newsletter
Year 3

Welcome!

Welcome back! We are all so excited to get back to learning and hope your child is looking forward to the new term.

As ever this term is a busy one, packed full of exciting learning. Within this curriculum newsletter there is some key information to help you support your child’s learning.

PE
Tuesdays continue to be our PE days this term. Please send your child in to school with their outdoor PE kit on Monday and we will ensure they bring it home to be washed after the lesson on Tuesday.

Friday is our swimming day; please ensure your children come to school with the required equipment which is clearly labelled:

  • One piece swimming costume / shorts
  • Towel
  • Bag
  • Swimming hat

Outdoor PE: black shorts and t-shirt, and a tracksuit or spare jumper for colder days.  Children will also need trainers.

Jewellery: A reminder that only stud earrings and wristwatches may be worn to school. Earrings must be removed or covered for PE. Children should not wear bracelets to school.

Homework

Children will have one homework book which will be used for all homework. They will have weekly reading and maths homework. The maths homework will be set using the website Timetables Rock Stars. If you have any queries about the homework, please do not hesitate to come and speak to us.

Times Table Rock Stars

Hardwick Primary School is signed up to the Times Tables Rock Stars programme to support your child with their multiplication and division facts. The curriculum states that all children should be able to recall accurately their multiplication and division facts up to 12x12 by the end of year 4. Therefore, daily times table practice is crucial. When it comes to times tables, speed AND accuracy are important – the more fluent they are with their facts the easier they will access other aspects of the curriculum. In Year 3 the national expectation is that children become fluent in the 3-, and 4-times table as well as using their knowledge of the 1-, 2-, 5- and 10-times tables which they have already learned. For their maths homework, children are expected to complete at least 20 games (or 20 minutes) in garage mode on Times Table Rock Stars.

Topic Homework Menus

Children will have a termly topic menu with additional homework options based on our STEAM curriculum. We would love if all children could bring in at least one piece of homework that is based on our STEAM topic each term.  STEAM homework will also be showcased at our showcase at the end of term.

Reading

We expect children to have daily opportunities to read to, or with, someone at home, as well as independently. Reading can include: books, newspapers, magazines, online reading, eBooks, reading tablets, information books, adverts, menus, poems, song lyrics – the list is endless. The important thing is that your child reads regularly (preferably daily!) and enjoys, and is engaged with, the reading!

All children have a reading diary, which they should bring to school in their book bag every day. Please record your child’s reading (as well as any additional comments) in the reading diary including the date and, where appropriate, page numbers.

We will check the reading record is completed regularly.

Curriculum

STEAM

This term our STEAM focus is engineering, and we will be answering the question is ‘Can I design and construct a product using my knowledge and understanding of the engineering process?’ We will be using our knowledge and skills to design and build a bridge. To achieve our end product of building the bridge, we will be learning about the following:

  • How to design and test products, considering whether they are suitable for purpose.
  • What is the relationship between settlements and waterways?
  • Are all waterways the same?
  • What are the waterways in my local area?
  • How have waterways been used throughout history?
  • What was life like for people living and working on the waterways?
  • What is a bridge?
  • What makes the best bridge?
  • How can we evaluate designs to make improvements?

English

A diary entry

We will be using our class text for the term: Operation Gadgetman. From this, the children will be writing a diary entry in the perspective of a character from the novel. Children will be learning to:

  • Accurately use first person
  • The difference between ‘and’ as a conjunction and ‘and’ in a list.
  • How to organise ideas in paragraphs
  • Use conjunctions for subordinating conjunctions

 

A non-chronological report

We will be using Operation Gadgetman as a stimulus for writing a non-chronological text about an invention. The children will be learning to:

  • Write for a factual purpose
  • Write clearly and concisely
  • Use subheadings to guide readers
  • To represent information in a visually appealing manner

Maths

Securing mental strategies and calculations up to 999

  • Adjusting method
  • Partitioning method
  • Working on our fluency and confidence
  • Mental strategies to simplify calculations

Multiplication and division (2, 4 and 8)

  • Become fluent in the 2, 4 and 8 times table
  • How to identify and notice the links between each of the times tables using doubling
  • Use strategies to support calculation for each of these times tables.

Column Addition

  • Use formal written methods to support our calculations
  • Place value: ones, tens, hundreds and thousands
  • How to lay out our written method in columns according to place value
  • Carry units

 

Computing

In computing we will be learning how to programme using a computer programming software called Scratch. This will allow the children to code simple messages, which will create a game.

 

HRE

This term we will be considering the wide variety of family relationships and what it means to have a positive relationship. We will be learning the following:

  • Diverse family types and structures
  • How people may show care and appreciation for one another
  • The characteristics of healthy and family relationships
  • Positive and healthy friendships
  • Bullying and what can be done to avoid its occurrence
  • Cyberbullying
  • Equality and discrimination

 

Music

We will be using Bob Marley’s “Three Little Birds” this term to learn about another genre of music: reggae. Within this, we will consider the origins of Reggae music. To begin with, we will be singing the piece and then add to this by playing the glockenspiel. For this unit we will be learning about and focusing on the following:

  • Pulse
  • Rhythm
  • Pitch

 

MFL

Our unit this term is “Food Glorious Food”.  We will learn to name different foods, identify quantities, and make polite requests. This will allow us to be able to order and ask for things at restaurants and beyond. We will learn to:

  • Appreciate stories, songs, poems and rhymes within the context of food
  • Follow a story in French
  • Understand features and patterns of basic grammar within the context of something to ear
  • Identify quantities of food
  • Give a preference for and against things
  • Begin to modify nouns by adding a colour to describe the object.
  • Engage in conversations: ask and answer questions
  • Express opinions and thoughts
  • Respond to other’s questions in French

 

PE

Health and Fitness

During these lessons, children will complete a range of activities for a sustained period of time and learn how to perform exercises to develop fitness.

 

Swimming

Within swimming lessons we will be continuing to develop and build upon our water confidence. This will be working towards the National Curriculum requirement for children to swim 25 metres unaided.

 

RE

This term we will:

  • explain the symbolism of the Sikh khanda
  • explain the symbolism of the Jewish Star of David
  • explain Humanist beliefs about the universe

 

How you can support us further

At Hardwick Primary School, we are committed to working in partnership with our families and our community. We welcome parent/carer involvement in our curriculum and would be particularly interested this term in working with anyone who works as an engineer.  Please speak to your child’s class teacher if you would like to come and visit us.

To help with our STEAM learning, we would like to ask for a voluntary contribution of £2 per child to help us fund our exciting project. Donations can be made via parent pay. Your donations will be used to buy materials for the children to design, create and build a model showing the development of aviation from a kite to a Boeing 747.

Key Dates:

Please look out for key dates on Class Dojo including our end of term STEAM Showcase!

  • Friday 10th February – last day of Term 3
  • Monday 20th February – back to school for Term 4

Thank you for your continued support – we are looking forward to an exciting year ahead and partnering with you in your child’s learning and development.

Miss Fitzpatrick
Year 3 Teacher