🌳Welcome to Green Class - Year 3

Welcome to Year 3! In Green Class, we’re all about curiosity, creativity, and growing independence. We work together to build confidence, celebrate achievements, and make learning exciting every day.

🐒 This Half Term’s Topic: Roaming Through the Rainforest 🌿

This half term our topic is “Roaming Through the Rainforest” — an exciting journey into the world’s tropical rainforests. We’ll explore the animals, plants, people and environments that make these habitats so unique. Children will learn through geography, science, art and literacy activities linked to this vibrant theme.

Below is an overview of everything we’ll be learning this term.

📅 Year 3 Topics for 2025–2026

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📌 Key Information

• 🏃‍♂️ PE Days: Tuesday & Wednesday
  Children should wear their PE kit to school on these days (jogging bottoms, PE T-shirt, sweatshirt or hoodie, trainers/pumps). Please also send their coat and school jumper.

• 📖 Reading Books: Sent home daily
  Children are expected to read every day. Please sign their Reading Log. Bug Club is also available online—login details are in their book bag.

• ✏️ Spelling Practice: New spellings are set every Friday on Spelling Shed.
  Weekly spelling tests take place on Tuesdays.

• 🔢 Times Tables: Focus this half term is on 3× and 4× tables.
  Children should practise regularly using Times Tables Rock Stars and Hit the Button.

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📚 What We’re Learning

📖 English

Our English work this half term links closely to our rainforest theme 🌿📚. Children will explore:

🐾 Non‑fiction Writing

• researching rainforest animals

• creating fact files and information pages

• using headings, subheadings and technical vocabulary

🌧️ Setting Descriptions

• describing rainforest landscapes using expanded noun phrases

• using powerful verbs and adverbs

• building atmosphere through senses

📚 Whole Class Reading

We will continue developing key reading skills including:

• vocabulary development

• inference

• prediction

• explanation

• retrieval

• sequencing and summarising

🔢 Mathematics

This half term in Maths, Year 3 will be learning about:

🍕 Fractions

• recognising and writing fractions

• finding fractions of amounts

• comparing and ordering fractions

📏 Length & Perimeter

• measuring in mm, cm and m

• comparing and converting lengths

• calculating perimeter

⚖️ Mass & Capacity

• measuring in g, kg, ml and l

• reading scales accurately

• comparing, adding and subtracting mass and capacity

🌍 Geography – Rainforests

Children will explore:

• where the world’s rainforests are located

• the layers of the rainforest

• animals and plants that live there

• the climate and weather

• the importance of rainforests to our planet

• threats such as deforestation and how we can help 🌱

🔬 Science – Plants

In Science, children will investigate:

• what plants need to grow

• the function of roots, stems, leaves and flowers

• how water is transported in plants

• pollination and seed dispersal 🌼

🎨 Art – Rainforest Art

Children will:

• study artists inspired by nature

• explore colour mixing and texture

• create rainforest‑themed artwork using a range of materials 🎨✨

✝️ R.E. – Pentecost

Children will learn about the events of Pentecost and why it is important to Christians.

❤️ PSHCE – Being Healthy

Our PSHCE theme is Being Healthy 💚. We will explore physical health, emotional wellbeing and making positive choices.

🏰 Design & Technology

Children will design and create structures inspired by rainforest shelters and natural materials.

🎵 Music

Children will learn to:

• play a variety of instruments 🎶

• read simple musical notation 🎼

• perform as a group

🍎 French

This half term we will learn vocabulary linked to food and simple conversations.

🏃 PE

Children will develop skills through invasion games and gymnastics, focusing on teamwork, coordination and control.

🏡 How You Can Help at Home

• Read with your child daily and sign their Reading Log 📖🖊️

• Practise weekly spellings on Spelling Shed ✏️

• Talk about what they’ve learned in class 💬

• Explore books and websites about rainforests 🌿

• Support times tables practice using online games 🔢

• Help with weekly homework activities

• Look out for our updated Parent Information Sheet below for more ideas and guidance 📄✨

📌 Please ensure your child brings a named water bottle every day.

Look out for our Parent Information Sheet below! 

✏️ Year 3 Spelling List

These words are part of the Year 3 curriculum and help children build strong spelling habits. They include commonly used words, tricky spellings, and words that follow important patterns. Children practise these weekly to improve their writing fluency and confidence.

Each group introduces a mix of:

• High-frequency words used in everyday writing

• Words with silent letters, double consonants, or unusual endings

• Vocabulary that supports topic work and reading comprehension

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🔄 Year 3 Homophones List

Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings. Learning homophones helps children:

• Understand word meaning in context

• Avoid common spelling mistakes

• Improve reading and writing accuracy

For example:

• peace (calm) vs. piece (a part of something)

• weather (rain, sun, etc.) vs. whether (if something will happen)

Children practise these through matching games, sentence writing, and spelling challenges.