Dear Parents and Carers, 

We hope you all had a lovely Easter break! We had a wonderful first week of summer term. 

In English, the children were given information on how during WWII, children who lived in cities like London were evacuated from their homes to live in the countryside where it was less likely that the Germans would drop bombs. The children learnt the story of The Lion and the Unicorn by Shirley Hughes and predicted what they thought might happen next in the story and discussed how the main characters might feel. The children wrote down questions and themes that they would like to understand better about living during WWII whilst they were listening to the story. 

In Maths, the children measured objects in both grams and kilograms and read scales showing both of these units of measure. The children build on their understanding of 1 kg being equivalent to 1,000g. The children drew on their previously learnt skills, as they used addition and subtraction to make amounts of grams up to 1 kg. They will continue to look at fractions of a kilogram, and should know that 1/2 of a kilogram is 500 g and 1/4 of a kilogram is 250 g. 

Can you sort the pictures into the table? 

In the previous two steps, children measured objects in both grams and kilograms, and read scales showing both of these units of measure. In this small step, children build on their understanding of 1 kg being equivalent to 1,000 g, and this point will be explored in great depth, so the masses in the questions will not go over 1 kg. Formal conversion between kilograms and grams is taught in Year 5, and the children also draw on other previously learnt skills, as they use addition and subtraction to make amounts of grams up to 1 kg. They continue to look at fractions of a kilogram, and should know that 1/2 of a kilogram is 500 g and 1/4 of a kilogram is 250g.

Best wishes, 
The Year 3 Team