Year 3

Welcome to Year 3

We hope you all had a peaceful and relaxing half term break! Term 4 starts on Monday 24th February 2025.

In Term 4 we will be continuing to develop and use our History skills to answer the question

'How has Ancient Greece shaped our lives?' Our Medium Term Plan for Term 4 is attached at the bottom of this page. Please note it may change slightly as required.

Year 3 Staff

Class teachers – Mrs Davidson-Sault (3DS), Ms Haines (3H) and Mr Brown (3B).
TAs - Mrs Cole, Mrs Driscoll, Mrs Hibbitt, Mrs Saeed and Mrs Pomphrey
PE Teachers – Mr Boon and Mr Evans
Cover Supervisor – Mrs Burt

P.E. Days

3H - Tuesday AM - Mr Evans

3B - Tuesday AM - Mr Boon

3DS - Tuesday PM. - Mr Boon .

P.E kit reminders: Pupils are to wear white t shirts, black/navy shorts/tracksuit bottoms/leggings/skorts

trainers/daps. Children can now come into school in their PE kits.

As always, please can you ensure belongings and items of clothing are clearly named. Pupils will need to bring a filled water bottle to school each day. They may also bring a pencil case for their own use in class. We would also ask that pupils do bring a coat to school every day as we go outside in all weathers and seasons. Pupils also require a named book bag /folder to keep their reading book and reading record clean and safe.

Key Dates

26.2.25 No Pens Day

3.3.25 Ashey Thorpe (author) to visit KS2

6.3.25 World Book Day

25.3.25 3DS Class Assembly 9:00

26.3.25 3B Class Assembly 9:00

27.3.25 3H Class Assembly 9:00

4.4.25 Talent show

Spellings– Tests will take place each week.

Times Tables– The pupils will be sitting a National Times tables test in Year 4 and so we will be working towards their success in this. All pupils are encouraged to use the TT Rockstars App as much as possible; just 10 minutes a day can have an impact on their times table knowledge. If there are any problems with the app or you have misplaced a log-in, please let your class teacher know. A weekly trophy is given out in assembly to classes who have done particularly well using this. Please note that children do need to use a range of methods to learn their multiplication facts such as learning by rote, singing songs, recording answers to questions before they test themselves using TT Rockstars.

Homework – This will be given out every Friday in Homework books and will be expected back on Tuesdays. There will be 10 questions related to our learning from that week. If pupils are lacking confidence in answering any questions we would encourage them to think about what they could do to solve the problem. E.g they could look at displays in the classroom, look in their book in school etc . Homework needs to be completed with care and attention to presentation - as all school work.

Reading– We will be reading with the pupils in school on a 1:1 basis and within teacher led groups. Please continue to read regularly with your child at home as it really does dramatically improve their attainment and confidence. As well as decoding words it is really beneficial to ask your child questions on what they have read e.g. To work out the definitions of new vocabulary, discuss why a character did or said something, recall an event and what happened. When you have read with your child at home please record this in their reading record as there will be a class reward system for those children who have read 3 x a week or more at home. Pupils will have the opportunity to change their Reading books twice a week.

If you able to offer your help to come into school to hear class readers then please let your child’s class teacher know. We will be very grateful for this help.

Article 29: Your education should help you use and develop your talents and abilities.

As a proud ‘Rights Respecting School’ we learn about the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Our class charters set out what both adults and children must do to ensure children can enjoy their rights.