Marconi Class Y3

Welcome to Marconi class!

Our class is a team - we are innovators, educators, leaders and learners of the 21st century!

Marconi Class is one of our Y3 classes. We form part of The Innovators Stage. We work closely with our partner Y3 Class, Berners-Lee and our Y4 Classes Brunel and Trevithick.

Our class is named after Guglielmo Marconi who was an Italian inventor and electrical engineer. He is famous for his invention of the radio! He established that a transmission can be sent across the water. This was first proved in 1901 in Poldhu, Cornwall!

Guglielmo Marconi is our first historical focus as we start Year 3.

Today's learners, tomorrow's leaders

Mrs Wilson

Class Teacher

All about me!

Hello, I'm Mrs Wilson and I am Marconi class teacher.

I am looking forward to the year ahead and all of the engaging STEAM learning we have lined up! We have such fantastic topics in Year 3 including exploring the Stone Age and Egyptians! We also have a lovely residential lined up.

Here are a few things about me:

Favourite colour: Teal
Favourite animal: Dogs and Penguins
Favourite beach: Tregirls beach in Padstow
Favourite author: Roald Dahl
Favourite subject: Physical Education - I play and coach Netball outside of school.

Ms Harris

Teaching Assistant

English

This term, we are focusing on what grammar is and how we use it within our writing. We will learn and complete a topic called Place Value of Punctuation and Grammar.

VIPERS

We use VIPERS to cover the reading content domains across KS1 and KS2. In VIPERS, we will be exploring 'Clean up' by Nathan Bryon

Maths

Within maths, children will begin the year recapping and learning all about place value with numbers up to 1,000. We will also begin to use formal methods for addition.

In Number Fact sessions, children will build their rapid recall of the 2, 5 and 10 times tables. They will begin to develop fluency for 3, 4 and 8 times tables.

PE

Our PE days will be on Mondays and Wednesdays. We ask all children to wear their PE kit to school on these days.

Reading and Handwriting

We devote time daily to independent reading and handwriting, as these are vitally important skills which help us across all curriculum areas. Watch this space for examples of high-quality reading and writing, coming soon!

Homework

Homework is set weekly, and this is published on Marconi Class Dojo on a Friday. Paper copies are also available next to the class door. There will also be weekly spellings set, which are also available on Class Dojo. Daily reading and regular practice of times tables using Times Table Rockstars is also part of our homework expectation.