Moorlands Junior School

Welcome to Year 3

Welcome to Year 3 at Moorlands Junior School! This year marks the exciting start of your journey at Moorlands. It's a year full of new challenges, growing independence and lots of fun along the way. We aim to create a happy, nurturing environment where every child feels supported, encouraged and ready to thrive.

Staff

Your teachers are:
Miss Davidson

Mrs McGlade

Miss Turner

Mrs Twine

Your teaching assistants are:

Mrs McKenna

Mrs McKenzie

Topics

We cover a wide range of creative and inspiring topics in Year 3. This year, we are travelling back in time to the Stone Age- where woolly mammoths roam, fire is discovered and history comes alive through hands-on adventures in prehistoric life!  We’ll also be exploring Ancient Egypt in history, learning all about pyramids, pharaohs and fascinating artefacts. In DT, we’ll be researching and experimenting with levers and linkages, studying shell structures and designing and baking our own healthy muffins, developing both our cooking and design skills.  We are very excited to be working alongside Trafford Music Service, who will be providing us with a term of trumpet lessons! Our curriculum is full of hands-on learning, creativity and opportunities to work together.

Trips

Our highlight trip of the year is a fantastic visit to Chester Zoo. It’s a brilliant opportunity to support our learning in science and geography while having a great day out exploring the animal world.

Top Tips

English: Use a wide variety of sentence openers to make your writing interesting!
Maths: Practise your times tables each day as they help in so many different maths topics.

What Our Pupils Say

"I love Year 3 because we get to use tech lots in our lessons!"
"At first, I was worried about joining Moorlands but straight away, I have loved everything about Year 3!"
"Year 3 has been my favourite year at school so far and we have so much space to play in our school."

Homework

Homework in Year 3 is a mix of paper-based and online activities. These tasks are optional and designed to support learning at home. In addition to these, we also set:

• Weekly spellings on Ed Shed

• Times tables practice on Times Tables Rockstars

• Daily reading to build fluency and foster a love of books

Communication

We use Class Dojo to share class updates and communicate with families. You can send messages directly to the teacher and see photos, announcements and celebrations from our learning each week.

PE Days

Year 3 Long Term Plan