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Year 3

Welcome to Year 3.

 

Meet the Year 3 Team

Teaching Assistant ~ Mrs Evans

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.

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

Our class novel this half term is

Nothing To See Here Hotel

By Steven Butler

A hotel for magical creatures, where weird is normal for Frankie Banister and his parents who run the hotel. ‘This hotel gets five stars from me’ Liz Pichon

Welcome to The Nothing to See Here Hotel! A hotel for magical creatures, where weird is normal for Frankie Banister and his parents who run the hotel. When a goblin messenger arrives at The Nothing to See Here Hotel, announcing the imminent arrival of the goblin prince Grogbah, Frankie and his family rush into action to get ready for their important guest.

But it soon becomes obvious that the Banister family are going to  have their work cut out with the demanding prince and his never-ending entourage, especially when it turns out the rude little prince is hiding a secret... The first book in a fabulously funny series by bestselling author Steven Butler,

 

Resources to use to help with your child's learning

Look what we have been learning so far this year ......

Looking at Time

Celebrating VE Day

World Book Day

Awards

Awards we have received so far.

  • Primary Science
  • Healthy Schools
  • Health for Life
  • Artsmark Award
  • EEF
  • Big Lottery Fund
  • Music Mark