Picasso-Year 3

Welcome to Picasso - Year 3!

Picasso Class are a class of friendly, caring and fun 7- 8 year olds plus our teacher Miss Church and our LSA Miss Stewart. Mrs Jacob will teach on Tuesday afternoons for Miss Church’s PPA time.

We are moving on to our final half-term in Year 3 and it is just amazing how rapidly this year has passed. Over this year, the children have grown in their independence and love of learning and we will continue to fully embrace the good humour and laughter that characteristics Year 3.

The first half of our summer term was one spent with lots of time outside, enjoying our stunning surroundings and continuing to build bonds with our classmates.

Our concept this half-term is DUTIES. This builds on our concept from last half-term, unity, as we seek to improve our understanding of how we can all work together in our own personal and collective duties.

RE learning focusses on the Gospel, particularly exploring what kind of world did Jesus want? We will understand that Christians believe that Jesus challenges everyone about how to live. Children will also be identifying the gospels and appreciating the principle of love within the Christian faith.

Duty is our key concept across the whole curriculum. The duties of Queen Elizabeth II will be considered during our Platinum Jubilee learning and celebrations. Our Science learning focuses on light, how we see things and experimenting with shadows. Miss Church is eagerly anticipating our DT topic of bread, particularly the tasting part! We will be evaluating existing products, designing our own recipe and baking our own bread. In History, our duty to commemorate Founder’s Day will relate to our focus on Victorian inventions. In PE, we will be enjoying two outdoor sessions in the (hopefully!) sunny weather: tag rugby and rounders. Using PurpleMash’s 2Animate program, children will become increasingly proficient in adding images in frames to create movement, using sounds and backgrounds. French this term will concentrate upon weekdays and months. Our year of Music learning is concluded nicely with our unit entitled Reflect, Rewind and Replay. These sessions will encompass instrumental music from the Classical, Baroque and Romantic periods; traditional music from countries around the world and modern pop music. Our duty towards ourselves in maintaining our own health is addressed in RSHE, as is basic first-aid.