Welcome to Class 3

Class 3 is a vibrant and creative place to learn! Made up of our Year 3 and Year 4 pupils, Class 3 forms the first stage of Lower Key Stage 2. The class teachers are Mrs Hall and Mrs Watson supported by Ms Aldrich and Miss Brooks, our teaching assistants.

We provide an engaging and ambitious curriculum that encourages every learner to celebrate their strengths, develop new skills and overcome challenges with confidence. Learning is organised around exciting themes that inspire curiosity and enable children to make meaningful connections across different areas of the curriculum.

Our topics are carefully designed to develop the knowledge, skills and understanding pupils need across all subjects, while also preparing them for life beyond the classroom. From creative writing and poetry to scientific investigations, problem-solving challenges, music and performance, every day offers new opportunities to explore, discover and achieve. We encourage learners to work collaboratively with a wide range of classmates, regularly changing table partners to help develop teamwork, communication and adaptability.

At Newton Burgoland, we believe memorable experiences are an important part of learning. Through our membership of Creative Learning Services, children benefit from a variety of enrichment opportunities, including handling historical artefacts, participating in book talks and working with specialist visitors. Pupils also enjoy a range of live performances, including Orchestra Unwrapped and theatre productions, helping to nurture a lifelong appreciation of the arts.

In Class 3, we are curious, resilient and enthusiastic learners who embrace new challenges and take pride in our achievements. Through our STRIDE values of Scholarship, Teamwork, Resilience, Independence, Diversity and Respect, Enquiry, and Creativity and Curiosity, we develop the skills and character needed for success both in school and beyond.

We love watching our learners flourish during their time in Class 3, growing in confidence, developing their talents and relishing every new opportunity that comes their way.

In the mists of time

Where  and when did the first civilisations appear?

What do all the Ancient Civilisations have in common?

We lean into our learning habits (curiosity and enquiry, collaboration and independence) to try to find answers to these questions. We then focus in Ancient Egypt to make comparisons between the early civilisations before studying The Stone Age in the spring term.

We will see that ancient civilisations developed trade links, laws and governments long before the western world. We start to consider the term Empire. In design we look at how the Egyptians moved water and design our own system. A visit by museum services supports our learning.

You can help at home by taking us to visit the Egyptian exhibits in New Walk Museum.

In science we build on previous learning looking at habitats and biomes then materials and states of matter.

Our art work using charcoal and looking at early cave paintings prepares us for our spring term history unit and supports our drawing skills.

We built this city

Was Stone Age man civilised?

Was Stone Age man simply a hunter and gatherer, concerned only with survival? 

Again, we need to be curious, collaborative and independent. We find out that the UK was not as advanced as other parts of the world and visit Cresswell Craggs and Bradgate to look at life in the past.

You can help at home by taking us for a walk at Burrough Hill. 

In science, we are looking at forces and magnets followed by the digestive system and teeth. We will be building on learning in class 2 about a healthy diet.

In art, we are exploring pattern making links with our work in DT - weaving.  We will look at a range of artists, celebrating diversity and achievement.  

Interconnected World

It's the summer term. Time to look at the plats growing around us. To plant, harvest and revisit healthy eating. This supports our learning in PSHCE.

You can help at home by exploring where the food you are eating comes from. You could visit farm and pick some fruits and vegetables or grow your own.

Our geography takes us around the wrold looking at time zones making connections with climate change and human activty. We consider why people may be forced to leave their homes and develop empathy for those affected by war, climate change or economic uncertainty.

Romans: Ruling and Roaming

We will find out about the Roman Empire. About the Celts, comparing and contrasting the lives of the Romans with the lives of the Celts. We will use primary sources and visit the Jewry Museum (when it reopens) or Lunt Fort. We are building our knowedlge of the connecting themes in history: Empire, Monachy, trade, civilsation and diversty.

There are strong links between our study of the Romans in Leicester and our work in geography when we consider how Leicester has changed over time. 

In art, we return to drawing, building our skills, using drawing to tell stories.

In science, we look at nutrition and the skeleton. 

You can help at home by taking us into Leicester to explore the varied fruits and vegetables available in the market. You could visit Wall, to explore the Roman site.  A trip to Hadrian's Wall would be amazing. A bit of help to practice sewing would help before we make our Christmas stockings.

Extreme Earth

Rocks and soils are our thing this term. We might even explore some chocolate rocks to practise our observation and classification skills in science.

This book tells the tale of a volcanic eruption  taking us back in time to the Roman Empire again.

In art, the sewing needles are out as we explore and create textile art. 

In design, we are making bread (and eating it!) Maybe we could have a go at home.

It's all Greek to me!

It's the summer, and it might even be an Olympic year. 

We are historians, finding out how we know so much about the Greek Empire. We are back to Empire, war, diversity, monarchy and diversity.

Equality pops up!  Only men could compete in the early Olympics. We will compare the Olympics today and in the past recognising the imprtance of the paralymics. 

In science we are exploring electricity and light and in DT lighting the dark.

Our drawing skills are improving as we work to animate our pictures.