Welcome back to the last half-term of the year! Where has the time gone?! 

I have been truly impressed with all the hard-work and effort these children have shown in their first year of Key Stage 2. 

This half-term we have enjoyed learning about the Romans. The children have been learning about the invasion of Britain by the Romans and where this time period sits in British history. The children particularly enjoyed being outside and placing key dates from BC to AD in the correct order; the founding and ruling of Rome, Boudicca and the Iceni tribe; the Roman attempts to invade Scotland and the building of Hadrian's wall. Our learning continues this half-term and we will visit Butser Ancient Hill Farm in June to find out more about Ancient Roman everyday life. 

Our science topic is running across the whole term and we are looking at light and shadows. Year 3 have, so far, enjoyed exploring reflection and different reflections using concave and convex mirrors and how shadows are formed using torches. 

We also celebrated VE day with a picnic on the school field with our parents, which we thoroughly enjoyed. Before we went outside, we learnt more about the importance of remembering VE day, we listened to some Year 6 talk about VE Day on Frimley Park Radio and completed some VE Day activities.  The classroom was decorated in red, white and blue and we all wore red, white and blue clothes. 

This half-term, we will be finishing our English learning around the book 'The Thames and Tide Club' before starting a new unit based on 'Jim, who ran away' and our final unit based on Jospeh Coehlo's Our Tower. 

In Maths, the children are learning to read the time to the minute and also read and write digital time, with a focus on am and pm. Don't forget to ask them to tell you the time! We will also be learning how many days are in each month. Don't forget the rhyme:

30 days has September, April, June and November. 

All the rest have 31, except for February alone,

which has 28 days clear and 29 each leap year. 

This half-term, we are also looking forward to our Year 3 sleepover with lots of exciting activities and our trip to Butser Ancient Hill Farm. 

 Please find below our Topic Web and Family learning for this half-term based on 'What is Special about Yateley?' During this topic, we will be finding out about what makes Yateley a special place to live, where it is in the world and the history of Yateley. We will be learning about it's earliest inhabitants. If you know anything of Yateley's history, please do share it with us!