Year 3 2024 - 2025

Mrs Hover

Mrs Leake

WELCOME TO YEAR 3

Summer Term - First Half

Year 3 Team: Mrs Hover, Mrs Leake & Mrs Hilsden

Welcome back to the first half of the Summer term! We are very excited about our new books in English and Guided Reading! In English, we will need to use our imagination as we are transported to a magical world like the picture above. In Guided Reading, we will start by exploring part of a Disney movie and famous landmarks around the world!

In Maths, we will be finishing our unit on ‘Time’ and then we will look at different types of pictographs and bar graphs. In Science, we will be learning about ‘Forces and Magnets’ and in RE, we will be focusing on Islam and how Muslims worship. Below are links for the Mathsframe times table game we play in school and a game called, ‘Telling the Time in words’

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/117/telling_the_time_in_words#

In the Wider Curriculum, we will be exploring India in our new Geography topic and in French, we will learn the words for different fruits and vegetables. Linking to this, we will continue to learn about British seasonal fruits and vegetables in D&T and during Week 4, we will be learning to cook with “The Fun Food Chef”, Pat Oaks!

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We will be starting a new project in Computing but if you would like to continue developing your coding skills, the website link is: https://scratch.mit.edu/. Every Wednesday, we will have Dance with Mrs Vickers and on Fridays, Mrs Leake will be teaching Athletics. Swimming takes place on Wednesday 7th May and Wednesday 21st May (Weeks 3 and 5). We will send out reminders nearer the time.

Finally, we will finish our ‘Relate’ topic in our My Happy Mind sessions and then move on to a series of lessons on ‘Friendships’. We will also continue to add to our class and personal toolbox with strategies to help us when looking at the Zones of Regulation. Some of our favourite strategies are: Happy Breathing, Desk Rest, Belly Breathing, Pressure Points and Tight Hug with three deep breaths. We also like to close our eyes, breathe slowly and think of our favourite place.

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YEAR 3 PARENTS

PE Timetable

Wednesday: Dance; Swimming Lessons (Weeks 3 and 5)

Friday: Athletics

Timetable (Homework)

Monday: Reading and library books exchanged

Tuesday: Reading and library books exchanged

Wednesday: Homework due; Reading and library books exchanged

Thursday:

Friday: Homework handed out; Reading and library books exchanged

PPA (Planning, Preparation & Assessment Time)

On Wednesday afternoons, Mrs Vickers from ‘House of Dance’ will be teaching Dance (Mrs Hover's PPA). Mrs Hover will be teaching English on Friday mornings (Mrs Leake’s PPA).

Other important information

Snack - Toast is 25p a day. Please book your snack on Parent Pay for the week ahead. You could also supply your child with a piece of fruit/vegetable.

Water bottles - children should continue to bring their water bottles in daily.

Please make sure your child has a waterproof coat each day as we go outside during playtimes in most weather conditions.

Please label your child’s clothing, packed lunches and water bottles.

Homework

Homework is one task linked to our learning in school that week - either English, Maths or from the Wider Curriculum. It should take your child about 20 minutes and should be able to be completed independently or with some adult support. When your child is completing their homework, please encourage them to present their work neatly.

There is also a short Spelling task to complete each week linked to our learning in spelling lessons. Click on the Handwriting & Spelling tab above with information to help your child.

Homework will be set on a Friday and is due on the following Wednesday.

Reading

We love reading in Year 3. Children become better readers by practising reading as much as possible. We would encourage children to read with an adult or to be read to at home every day for 10 minutes. Children will bring home a levelled reading book that they can read with you. When children have read the book twice with an adult at home or at school, they may change it for a new book. We will also share many texts together in class in our English and Guided Reading lessons and the children can borrow a book of their choice from our reading corner to read in class or at home.

Click on the Reading tab above for lots of book ideas or come and chat to us for some book recommendations.

Times Tables

Being able to recall times table facts quickly and accurately helps children succeed in all of our Maths lessons. In Year 2, children learnt the 2, 5 and 10 times tables. In Year 3, we will be learning the 3, 4 and 8 times tables. Repetition is key to knowing the facts quickly and accurately. Please help your child at home to practise these times tables as much as they can. Questions, chanting and Times Tables Rockstars are all good ways to learn (regular short bursts are the best way!) Click on the Maths tab above for further games.