Year 3

Welcome to Year 3.

Meet the Year 3 Team

Teaching Assistant ~ Mrs Evans

Class Timetable

Y3 Timetable 2024-2025.pdf

Newsletters

Welcome to Year 3 Newletter HT1 .pdf

PE days for Year 3

As part of the National Curriculum you child will have 2 sessions of PE per week.

PE will be on a Tuesday and Wednesday

Please ensure your child comes to school in their PE kit on this day.

PE Kit = black pumps, white T-shirt or school T-shirt and black shorts.

If your child is not wearing the correct PE kit they will be borrowed a kit from school.

Remember earrings cannot be worn for PE and must be taped if unable to be removed BEFORE school

Reading Books

Please ensure that your child brings their reading book to school everyday.

Regular reading at home is a key component to learning. Children will be given a reading book to take home at the start of the half term. When they read with an adult, they are expected to record this in their reading journal.

We recommend as a school that children read for a minimum of 4 times a week with an adult for 15 minutes.

Please ensure you comment and sign reading record. If your child is struggling with their book or they are not enjoy it after attempts at reading it then let us know.

Homework is set weekly online If you require a paper copy please let a member of the Year 3 Team know.

Homework is to be completed by Tuesday each week and new homework will be issued on a Wednesday.

Please ensure that your child's homework is completed and returned - any homework not returned will need to be completed in Homework Club during Tuesday lunch time or Reward time on Fridays.

Spelling test is every Tuesday - children should aim for at least 7 out of 10 for their Spelling shed spellings and aim to learn their additional 5 spellings that have been identified as common errors.

If they score below this they will resit their test on Friday.

TTRS Maths Homework Link

Spelling Shed Spelling Homework Link

Boom Reader Reading comment link

Homework is expected to be completed in every week.

As your spelling and maths homework is online this will be monitored by your class teacher.

If you are unable to complete the online work a print out can be requested.

Spelling - we will hand out spelling homework each Wednesday for a test the following Tuesday – please help your children practise their spellings at home. They will also need to complete their spelling homework set on Spelling Shed -Your child's login details can be found in their reading record.

Maths – each week your child will be set some work on TTRS to complete.

Reading – children will be sent home with home reader books. Please ensure that you read them with your child and sign their record or record on Boom Reader

If you are unable to complete the online homework please complete the paper booklet.

End of Year Expectations for Year 3 as set out in the National Curriculum

Year 3 end of year expectations.pdf

Our class novel this half term is

The Christmas P ig by J K Rowling

A heart warming, page-turning adventure about one child's love for his most treasured thing, and how far he will go to find it. A tale for the whole family to fall in love with, from one of the world’s greatest storytellers.

One boy and his toy are about to change everything...

Jack loves his childhood toy, Dur Pig. DP has always been there for him, through good and bad. Until one Christmas Eve something terrible happens -- DP is lost. But Christmas Eve is a night for miracles and lost causes, a night when all things can come to life... even toys. And Jack’s newest toy -- the Christmas Pig (DP’s replacement) – has a daring plan: Together they’ll embark on a magical journey to seek something lost, and to save the best friend Jack has ever known...

Resources to use to help with your child's learning