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.
Guided Reading 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.
Year 3 had an amazing opportunity to go and visit the historic site of Stonehenge last Wednesday. This linked to our History topic about the Stone Age from term 1. The children partook in many different activities from hiking up …
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We came together on Armistice Day to remember those service men and women who have given their lives in the fight for peace. Rev. Matthew Street led the children through the service of Remembrance including a 2 minutes silence. Thank …
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Year 3 worked really hard last term to develop their skills in sewing. The children learnt how to create a running stitch and some of the children even challenged themselves to learn a cross stitch! They all created a design …
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A group of children from across Key Stage 2 took part in an inter-school cross country event on Tuesday. This was quite an endurance test and their determination to ‘keep going’ was clear on all their faces as they crossed …
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In Fern and Jade classes the children have been enjoying the story ‘The Egyptian Cinderella’ this term in our Guided Reading lessons. They have been very good at reading to a partner and trying to improve their expression, use of …
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To support our learning about the Ancient Egyptians year 3 had an exciting day at Bristol museum. We got to explore the Egyptians exhibition where we saw canopic jars, sarcophagus’s and even real mummies! As well as this we had …
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Jade have really been enjoying their History topic about the Ancient Egyptians. This week we looked at what the Egyptians used to believe in and this included the gods and goddesses and looking at mummification. We followed instructions to preserve …
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This term Y3 are learning how to tell the time on an analogue and on a digital clock. This week we have been looking at duration – how long something takes.
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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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