Year 3 - Dragonfly Class

Welcome to Dragonfly Class

Class Teacher: Mrs Cole

Teaching Assistant: Mrs Sobhani

 

Welcome to Term 6

 

We have made it to term 6 and that means only 8 weeks left of learning before the summer holidays.

This term we will be looking at the Ancient Egyptians, in science we will be doing our own investigation and starting to look at time and shape.

Enquiry Question – History: What was important to the ancient Egyptians?

We will be exploring the following areas:

• Identify where and when ancient civilisations first appeared.
• Ask historically valid questions about sources.
• Identify Ancient Egypt’s location and its key geographical features.
• Explain why the River Nile was important to ancient Egyptians. 
• Explain the significance of the Rosetta Stone.
• Explain the importance of gods and goddesses to people in Ancient Egypt.
• Analyse mummification’s connection to Ancient Egyptian beliefs about the afterlife.
• Decide what was important to people in Ancient Egypt. 

Reading – We will be reading a couple of books about ancient Egypt.

The Boy Who Stole the PHARAOH’S LUNCH – by Karen McCombie​

Seth learns some important life lessons when he's transported back to Ancient Egypt in this absorbing time-slip adventure.

While awaiting punishment in his headmaster’s office for his latest piece of mischief, prankster Seth picks up an Egyptian amulet from the desk and is whisked back in time to Ancient Egypt. In a village by the Nile, Seth finds a place for himself, working for the local tradesmen and playing with the local children. One of his new friends, Mery, has a pet hyena that Seth grows to love, so when he hears that the hyena is going to be roasted as part of a feast for the visiting pharaoh, Seth decides to save him. But what consequences will Seth have to face for stealing the pharaoh’s lunch?

The Egyptian Cinderella – by Shirley Climo​

Poor Rhodopis! She has nothing—no mother or father, and no friends. She is a slave, from the far-off country of Greece. Only the beautiful rose-red slippers her master gives her can make Rhodopis smile. So when a falcon swoops down and snatches one of the slippers away, Rhodopis is heartbroken. For how is she to know that the slipper will land in the lap of the great Pharaoh himself? And who would ever guess that the Pharaoh has promised to find the slipper's owner and make her queen of all Egypt?

Writing

This term we will be using The girl who stole an elephant to inspire our writing.

Chaya, a no-nonsense, outspoken hero, leads her friends and a gorgeous elephant on a noisy, fraught, joyous adventure through the Sri Lankan jungle where revolution is stirring and leeches lurk.

Will stealing the queen’s jewels be the beginning or the end of everything for the intrepid gang? Can Chaya leave village a thief but return a hero?

We will be using the wonderful book to help us write character descriptions. We will additionally be using it to write an informative piece about palm oil 

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We will also be looking at brochures to be able to write our own brochure to persuade people to visit Egypt. This will help us to work on our persuasive writing techniques.

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Maths – Time and Shape

This term, we will be developing maths skills by improving our understanding of time and shape .

It is important that the children practice their timetables, in particular their 2's, 5's and 10's and moving on to learn the 3 and 4 times tables.

 

Science – Does hand span affect grip strength?​

This term, we will be using our enquiry skills and using our learning throughout the year to complete our own scientific investigation.

 

Forest School ​​​ ​​​

Dragonfly class will have forest school every Thursday this term. The whole class will be going every week. 

Please can children bring forest school clothes in a separate bag to change into. 

PE

Our PE lessons will be on Wednesdays and will be rounders this term. These sessions will be outside. Please provide suitable PE kit depending on the weather.  Please send the children in to school wearing their PE kits. A pair of outdoor PE shoes should be brought to school to change for PE. School shoes are still needed for the classroom.

Please send in wellies that can be kept in school to utilise the outdoor learning spaces every day, not just for Forest School.

The Term 6 vocabulary sheets below will help you to know more about what your child will be learning this term. 

Teachers can be contacted via Class Dojo if you have any questions or queries regarding the home learning. 

Please click here to access extra phonics, reading and spelling resources.

Please click here to access links to other useful home learning resources published online.

If you are unsure of any log in details please contact the teacher through Class Dojo or email office@pilgrims-way.kent.sch.uk