Half Term Information Summer 1 2025

Iron Man by Ted Hughes and the topic of the Industrial revolution have really sparked the imaginations of our year three learners this half term. The children have created their own Steampunk Robots that look incredible and authored their own version of the Iron Man story. Along our learning journey, they have written menus to appeal to an Iron giant, written newspaper articles reporting the dangers of plastic waste and practiced lots of figurative language devices to add description and detail to their writing.

In Maths, the children have looked at fractions, money and time. They have compared how fractions are part of a whole to how pence are part of a whole pound and similarly in time. While we have completed most of our year 3 learning on these subjects, it is always useful to continue to give the children hands on experience of counting change and handling cash. Please encourage them to calculate the total of items you’re buying or change you might be due when out shopping. As well as, asking them to read the time on a variety of clock faces, especially analogue.

In DT, after we researched, planned and investigated we made our Steampunk Robots through a process called Kitbashing. We first built a strong armature (basic skeleton) from cardboard and masking tape, before attaching our recycled materials and finally we painted them to look metallic. The children were really invested and worked so hard to complete their final pieces.

Useful website links to continue learning at home: https://ukhosted37.renlearn.co.uk/2256142

Keep reading at home and quizzing from Monday –Friday https://nvr.org.uk/

Plan your own visit to the railway. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zdqdcqt https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zxwxvcw/articles/zntn6v4 https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Industrial-Revolution/353290#:~:text=The%20Industrial%20Revolution%20was%20a,homes%20or%20in%20small%20workshops https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/money