Class 3R 2019 - 2020

Miss Raven

Year 3 Teacher

Welcome to 3R

3R is taught by Miss Raven and Miss Davies our HLTA, takes the class on Monday mornings.


Our theme for the Autumn term is 'The Ancient Egyptians'.


There will be lots of engaging and exciting learning happening in our classrooms this term.

History: We will be learning all about life in Ancient Egypt including all about The Egyptian Gods, Pharaohs, Pyramids, King Tutankhamun and much more. Our theme will link with a number of other subjects across the curriculum.
Science: We will be investigating the skeleton and exploring the process of mummification.
Art: We will be researching, designing and creating our own press prints to create our name in hieroglyphics.



In English we will be focusing on the book- The Tale of Two Beasts by Fiona Roberton.


Through this book we will learn how to write noun phrases, use verbs, adverbs and adjectives to enhance sentences and begin to write in paragraphs. 

Through the writing opportunities that we provide this half term the children will learn to: 

  • Use adjectives
  • Use adverbs
  • Use a thesaurus
  • Write to describe
  • Use commas correctly
  • Gather ideas to plan writing
  • Write a list, focussing on the use of colons and bullet points
  • Write instructions, using adverbs and adjectives effectively
  • Redraft work, focusing on areas for improvement
  • Write a diary entry from different perspectives






In maths the children


The children will learn:  

To count in ones, 50’s and 100’s to 1000.

The value of each digit in a 3 digit number.

To partition 3 digit numbers into hundreds, tens and ones.

To compare 3 digit numbers using language of greater and smaller.

To order numbers up to 1000.

To use their knowledge of place value to identify one more/less and ten more/less than a given number.

To add/subtract 1,10 or 100 from a given number.

To use mental recall of number bonds to 20 to solve problems involving larger numbers.

To add and subtract numbers with two digits mentally.



Useful Websites

Times tables:









Lexia Link

The Week at a Glance Y3


Change reading books


Maths and English homework to be handed in to class teacher



Indoor PE





New reading books for the weekend

Spelling test

Maths and English homework is set.

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Marlborough Primary School

Tytherington Drive,

Macclesfield, Cheshire,

SK10 2HJ

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