Welcome To Year Three

Macaws' teachers: Mrs Jarvis & Miss Street

Toucans' teacher: Mrs Khan

Y3 teaching assistants: Mrs Herbert, Mrs Stubbs & Mrs Vincent

Our topic this term:

Scrumptious

This term, we will be reading the Roald Dahl novel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Much our studies will link back to this classic story, not just in our reading and writing.

We will be creating scrumptious cakes and taking them home in boxes which we will have designed and created ourselves in our technology lessons. We will continue our work on structures in art, looking at how 2D designs can be turned into 3D sculptures. In French, the food theme continues, when we will be learning the names of fruit. Please look at the PARENT OVERVIEW, also on this page, for a detailed breakdown of what we will study in Term 3.

We look forward to sharing our work with you!

Reminder: Please make sure that your child comes to school wearing a warm coat and waterproof shoes. Hats, scarves and gloves are also needed on colder days. Don't forget to LABEL EVERYTHING! Thank you for your support and here's to another enjoyable term. 

Homework

In year 3, we do reading and spellings for homework. Strong literacy skills are vital to a child's development, enjoyment and academic achievement. 

It is essential for a child to learn to read fluently. We strongly encourage your child to read at home 5 times a week. We request that you record this in your child's reading record. Children can write in the book and pages read, but reading diaries must be signed by an adult each time a child reads. The number of times a child has read is counted up on a MONDAY and the more they read, the more credits they will earn.

Children need to complete an online 'Accelerated Reader' quiz in school or at home (link is at the bottom of this page) when they have finished a book to show how well they understood what was read. They can retake the if they aren't successful at first. The children will take a 'Star Reader' test at several points of the year, in order to establish their ZPD, which is the level at which they are reading and relates to the colour banded books that they read at school and home. Children's login details will be in the front of their homework diaries. On a FRIDAY we will check records and children will be awarded credits for each book quiz passed.

Children also need to regularly learn and practise their statutory spellings which are stuck in the back of their homework diary and are below. These are the words that all children in primary schools are expected to know by the end of their key stage as part of the English National Curriculum. We will choose 20 words at random from the list to test in the last week of term to track children's progress.

Year 3 PE

Our PE days are every Monday (outdoors) and  Thursday (indoors), weather permitting. Our topics for Term 3 are gymnastics and ball skills. Please make sure children come in wearing full PE kit (trainers, black leggings/joggers, plain white t-shirt and red school jumper) on these days. Earrings must be removed or taped up and hair must be tied up if it can be. 

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