Year 3

Welcome to Year 3!

Welcome to the Year 3 class page! I hope you find everything you need to support your child’s learning.

PE days will be on a Tuesday and Friday, please continue to come to school in your school uniform and we will change into our PE uniform for the lesson. PE uniform can be brought into school and left on your child’s peg for the half term and consists of a plain white polo shirt/t-shirt, black shorts, black leggings or plain black tracksuit bottoms. trainers/pumps and a red fleece/jumper/cardigan for outdoor PE.

Reading books will be changed as frequently as your child reads them. They have the opportunity to change them at the end of every school day. It would be beneficial to your child if you read at home daily for ten minutes throughout the year.

Please come back to our class page regularly for updates about your child’s learning and if you need to contact me, please press the button on the right and start your message FAO Mrs Courtney-Smith Alternatively, contact the office and leave a message and I will get back to you ASAP.

In English…

In Autumn 1, we will continue our writing journey by focusing on a narrative. This will be based around the book ‘The Stone Age Boy’ and will include plenty of discussion about the technical vocabulary we will be using. Additionally, spellings will now be sent home every Tuesday with an assessment the following Tuesday. Please help your child to practise these at home.

In Maths…

Throughout the year we are always consolidating our prior knowledge. We will be focussing on the four operations and place value until half term. As always, times tables are an important part of fluency as we head towards the Statutory Multiplication Check in Year 4 and time tables will be practised often in class. Additionally, why not practise on TT Rockstars and challenge yourself and friends?

In Science…

Our Science unit this half term is Rocks. Pupils will begin this topic by exploring different types of rocks and how they are formed. We will then proceed to investigate rocks in our local area and finally we will be investigating fossils and the stages of how they are formed.

In RE…

We will start the Autumn term with the RE theme; Prophets.

In Topic…

During History this term, Year 3 will be asking the question, ‘Would you rather live in the Stone Age or Iron Age?’ We will be exploring this early civilisation whilst building upon our prior knowledge of how to be a historian. This will also incorporate the Art, Design and Technology curriculum.