Welcome to Year 3!

Use this page to find out about this year's learning across the curriculum.  

Don't forgot to monitor our class dojo page for daily learning updates and challenges.

https://www.classdojo.com

PE 

PE lessons will take place every Tuesday afternoon. Children should come to school wearing their full PE kit (navy/black joggers or shorts, house colour/white t-shirt, and dark jogging top or blue school jumper). If children arrive in the wrong (or no) PE kit, they may be asked to change into a spare school PE kit.

Forest School

Throughout the year, children have the opportunity to continue with their weekly Forest School sessions in the Forest School area.  In autumn term, Forest School sessions will take place every Thursday afternoon for one hour. This is an exciting way to learn in an outdoor setting and is proven to improve children’s confidence, self-esteem, and communication skills as well as them having lots of fun!  They develop skills in team work, using tools safely and learning about looking after our natural environment. During the session, the children will take part in a range of activities including den-building, wood craft, playing games and cooking on a campfire! 

Reading
Children should be reading regularly to an adult at home - at minimum of 3 times a week.  Year 3 home reading books can be changed every Tuesday and Friday. Reading Records are checked every Friday and the number of times your child had read is noted down. Reading certificates are awarded every 20th log in their record. 
 

Spelling

Year 3 children will take home one piece of homework every Friday which will have a spelling focus. These words will be tested in a written spelling test in school the following Friday.  We recommend that spellings are practiced every day.

Spring Term 2024
 

English
In Year 3 our literacy is taught through a key text which provides a stimulus for our literacy lessons. In Year 3, your child will continue to develop across the different strands of writing: imagination and ideas, audience and purpose, handwriting or typing, spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The children increase their confidence in writing and are encouraged to write more detailed pieces.  
We develop their confidence in discussing and sharing their ideas with their peers and with staff

Maths

In Year 3 we plan and teach using the white rose scheme of work. This scheme of learning is designed to support a mastery approach to teaching and learning and is consistent with the aims and objectives of the National Curriculum. The children have opportunities to build competency through concrete, pictorial and abstract approaches. The children have opportunities to revisit and consolidate prior learning and build upon this, using strategies to solve problems and mathematical language to explain our reasoning.