Year 3
Croeso i'r Dosbarth Tri!
Welcome to Year 3!
Our class is made up of 22 fantastic pupils. Mr Coupland is the class teacher, with Mrs Coombes supporting in our class.
We are all:
- ambitious, capable learners
- enterprising, creative contributors
- ethical, informed citizens
- healthy, confident individuals.
Spring Term: Towers, Turrets and Tunnels - Why did they build a castle in Caerphilly?
We have 6 Areas of Learning and Experiences which we will cover throughout our topic. The children have brainstormed their ideas for our new topic and we are looking forward to focusing on the history of Caerphilly Castle, exploring the different political and geographical reasons which influenced why they built the castle.
We will begin by focusing on two key individuals Gilbert de Clare and Prince Llewellyn and looking at the conflicts between the Anglo-Normans and the Welsh. We will also be exploring cookery in the Middle Ages and construction materials through our TASC projects.
This term we will be looking at two key texts: Castles by Colin Thompson and The Green Lady of Caerphilly by Chris Morgan.
Please keep a look out on Seesaw, Twitter and our class page for what we have been up to!
Towers, Turrets and Tunnels: Why did they build a castle in Caerphilly? Topic overview
Autumn Term: Sparkle and Shine: Making our community sparkle.
We have 6 Areas of Learning and Experiences which we will cover throughout our topic. The children have brainstormed their ideas for our new topic and we are looking forward to focusing on our community, and how we can improve our local area!
This term we will be looking at the book 'The Night Gardener' by the Fan brothers. We will write letters and instructions based on the story and then take the ideas form the story into our community. Thinking of ways we can help our community sparkle.
Please keep a look out on SeeSaw, Twitter and our class page for what we have been up to!
Here is our topic map for the Autumn term
Year 3 Weekly Reminders
| Monday | Daily Mile |
| Tuesday | Today is our PE day. Could all children please wear their PE kit into school. |
| Wednesday | Outdoor Learning - If the children do not have Wellington Boots in school, please could they bring them in every Wednesday. Please could reading books be brought back into school by Wednesday please. Spellings. Wednesday will also be our spelling test day. New spellings sent out at the end of the day. |
| Thursday | Daily Mile |
| Friday | Times Tables Test - on our focused times tables we have been practising on TT Rockstars Enriched curriculum - Mixed classes from Reception-Year 6. Reading books sent home. |
Pupil Voice Representatives
Criw Cymraeg
Digital Leaders
The children have access to a variety of different apps from home to support their learning. These include Spelling Shed, Mathletics, Times Table Rockstars and Oxford Owl. Please click the links below to access the websites. If you need your child's login details please check the logins folder on the class Seesaw or contact Mr Coupland.
Please make sure you follow @MrCouplandMPS on Twitter for updates of Year 3s learning throughout the week. Also sign up to SeeSaw to see your child's learning and to contact Mr Coupland directly and to receive important updates.
