Welcome to Year 3

In year 3 our English texts are:                                                               

• How to Wash A Woolly Mammoth                                           
• Give Me Back My Bones!
• Stone Age Boy
• The Stone Age- non-fiction text
• The Rainforest Book- non-fiction text
• The Great Kapok Tree
• Buddy’s Rainforest Rescue
• Alfie’s Roman Adventure
• Escape From Pompeii
• Julia Donaldson- Poems to Perform

Class Author

A love of reading is promoted at Hanley St Luke's and every year group learns about a different author during their story time. Our class author is Roald Dahl and here are some of his funny and exciting books that we will be reading this year. 

Our Class Bible Story is:

• Moses and the Ten Commandments with the focus of being respectful and abiding by our rules and values.

We will have trips to:

• Hanley Forest Park- local history and land use
• The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery- Stone Age to Bronze Age artefacts 23rd November 2024
• Tatton Park- Stone Age Experience- Tuesday 19th November.
• Stanley Head: mapping skills/nightline/team building Tuesday 12th/Thursday 14th November
• Rocks and Soils Science Workshop- The Potteries Museum Spring term- January 2025
• Virtual Reality Rainforest Experience Spring Term Monday 7th April.
• Roman Dewa museum / Chester Visit Summer term TBC
• Hanley Library- summer reading challenge Summer term TBC

We have roles and responsibilities including:

• Arts ambassadors
• Fish monitors 3S
• Trevor monitors 3S
• Peer mediators
• Cloakroom area monitors,
• Book area monitors,
• Seesaw monitors
• Prayer partners
• Prayer Leaders
• Playground leaders

Our PE days are:

• Indoor – Fridays with BeeActive sports company
• Outdoor – Tuesdays with ASM sports company
• Swimming- TBC in spring term

Please refer to our uniform policy for PE kit.