Welcome Euston! 

My name is Miss Manzano. I will be your year 3 class teacher. Our LSA will be Miss Robins.

3 interesting facts about me:

-I was born in the Philippines (in Asia) and can speak the language Tagalog.

- Some of my family live across the world: USA, Canada, United Arab Emirates, and (of course) the Philippines.

 -When I was younger, my dream was to become a teacher (look where I am now – dreams do come true if you work hard!)

I wonder what your three interesting facts are. I can’t wait to get to know every single one of you, your passion/interest, and how you learn. I am certain that we will all grow together this year.

Here’s a little comment from Miss Robins and facts:

I'm so excited to be given the chance of transitioning to Year 3, having worked in Year 2 last year! We can carry on our joy of reading and expanding our minds with lots of facts. 

Three facts about me... I love traveling and have family in Canada whom I often visit, I have a 1975 camper van called Picnic which I visit lots of places in and I enjoy exploring London.

Facts about Euston

As you already know, our class is called Euston. This place is located in London and is an underground station. It is the fifth busiest station in the UK!

Did you know that Euston was the first inter-city railway terminal in London?

The original station has a unique arch over the station entrance. The station opened as the boundary of the London and Birmingham Railway.

Maths

At Templars, we use Power Maths as the foundation of our maths lesson. This is a stimulating mastery approach, which has been recognised by the Department for Education. 

The lesson consists of discovery, sharing, teamwork, practice, and reflection. Moreover, it focuses on three aspects:  concrete, pictorial, and abstract methods. Children are encouraged to explain their answers for each problem, using their oracy skills each day through the use of concrete resources, pictorial representations and abstract thinking.  

At the centre of this curriculum is the idea that all pupils can attain and be prosperous mathematicians with the right attitude and growth mind-set. 

Spring 1 

In Spring 1, the children will develop their understanding of the multiplicative properties of numbers. This unit follows their learning about multiplication and division and precedes their work on length and perimeter.

Before they start this unit, it is expected that children:

• are familiar with different concrete and visual representations for multiplying by 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10

• can share and group numbers that occur in the 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 times-tables, making links between the 2 and 4 times-tables and the 4 and 8 times-tables

• can solve problems involving multiplication and division

• can solve division problems leading to remainders.

English

In Spring 1, the children will be consolidating all the GPS skills that they have been taught in the first term and will develop writing for stamina. They will focus on a range of skills: 

- generate ideas for their writing, by combining observations, reading, and imagination

-create characters and settings using well-chosen words and phrases

-Use paragraphs to group related material

-Use prepositions and prepositional phrases to express time, cause and place

- Create writing that is organized, imaginative, and clear.

Connected Curriculum

In our cornerstones for Spring 1, we will focus on Geography – “One planet, our world.”

This essential skills and knowledge project teaches children to locate countries and cities and use grid references, compass points, and latitude and longitude. They learn about the layers of the Earth and plate tectonics and discover the five major climate zones. They learn about significant places in the United Kingdom and carry out fieldwork to discover how land is used in the locality.

We will look at a variety of concepts: maps; locating countries; human and physical features, four-figure grid references, primary data, and compass points. Moreover, we will look at the Earth's layers; Plate tectonics; Latitude and longitude; European countries and cities; UK countries and cities; Carbon footprints; Weather and the local environment; Land use; Fieldwork; and local inquiry.

Euston's timetable 

Things to remember:

• PE kits are to be in on Monday and to be taken home on Friday to get washed. PE is on a Tuesday and Wednesday.
• School water bottles to be brought in every day and taken at the end of the day to be washed.
• Reading diaries to be brought in every day.
• Homework will be set on a Thursday and is due the next Thursday. There will be an English and Maths activity to complete. 

If you have any queries, please don't hesitate to contact: templarseuston@connectedlearningmat.co.uk