Year 3 is a great year of school; we are the first year of Key Stage 2 and as such the children have covered the basics of English and Maths and are now ready to delve deeper and cover some really interesting aspects of these and other subjects. The children grow more mature in Y3 and begin to take on more responsibility for themselves and their own learning. We encourage children to challenge themselves and become the best person they can be.
PE
Year 3 has PE on Tuesdays and Fridays and must come to school wearing the correct PE school uniform on both these days.
Reading
Children are expected to read at least 4 times a week. If they read accelerated reader books they usually only need to read these once before taking the quiz and changing them. However, if they do not pass that test they will be expected to re-read that book. If your child reads RWI (phonics) books the expectation is that they read these books twice and answer the questions correctly before having the book changed.
Please write in your child’s reading record every time you read with them.
Class books this year:
Spellings
Spellings to learn are included on the weekly homework sheet. We send home 12 spellings at a time and children have 2 weeks to practise and learn these.
Our spellings are always linked to the spelling pattern that we are focussing on in class and children have a 15 minute spelling session at the start of each English lesson.
Homework
This will be sent out and marked on a Friday.
Our Learning
Details of learning in our class can be found in Our Learning pages. The curriculum map below is a summary overview for the year.
Jade class have had a great first couple of weeks back in school. We have introduced our new topics for this term and they are all really excited to get stuck in. This week we have carried out a Science …
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In Y3, we have begun a topic of work on computer programming this term. So far we have only experimented with moving a sprite a forwards or turning, but we have also had a go at altering the look (or …
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We start each morning with ten minutes of quiet reading, it’s so nice to see everyone enjoying books.
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Jade class have been exploring the reproductive organs in a plant this week in Science. They have particularly enjoyed having the chance to find these different parts in a real plant for themselves. They were blown away with the amount …
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We were super impressed with our two Dance Umbrella groups who performed their dances on the stage of The Bath Forum to a packed audience last week. Both groups had learnt their dances in a weekly after-school club, working hard …
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Our Orchestra and Choir were absolutely brilliant at yesterday’s Mid Somerset Festival Competition. Their organised, calm and respectful manner was commented on by the adjudicator when talking about our performances but was also noted by adults. The Orchestra are …
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Fern Class have been learning about seed dispersal in Science lessons so we decided to make a model of a seed dispersed by the wind. Once we’d made our models we took them outside to see if the wind really …
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Year 3 performed their own poem linked to our school value ‘Empathy’. This poem was written by the Year 3 children and visiting poet Blaze during our CARE Week in October 2023.
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The children loved dressing up as a word on World Book Day, look at all of our ambitious vocabulary!
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We had a lovely time on Tuesday afternoon when parents/grandparents/aunties/uncles etc joined us for a library session. The children really enjoyed sharing books with a grown up – there was so much lovely chat about the stories and non-fiction texts.
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