Year 3 2024 - 2025

Mrs Hover

Mrs Leake

WELCOME TO YEAR 3

Spring Term - First Half

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

Happy New Year to you all! We hope you have had a fantastic Christmas holiday ☺ Read on to find out about some of the exciting learning and activities planned for our first half term in 2025!

In English, we will use our detective skills to find out more about our new book. There are some clues in the pictures above and you may spot some links with your last History topic! We also have a new Art unit which links to this theme.

We will begin a brilliant new book in Guided Reading which will also be revealed in your first week back.

In Maths, we are beginning with ‘Further Multiplication and Division’ where there is a focus on column methods for multiplying and dividing larger numbers. We will then move on to look at how we measure length using metres, centimetres and millimetres. Remember to keep practising your times tables as you are doing really well!

You can practise your times tables at home using ‘Times Table Rockstars’ or any of the following games:

Topmarks Hit the Button or Coconut Multiples or Mathsframe Multiplication Check (QR Code)

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In RE, we will be looking at how Jesus is portrayed in art from all around the world. In Science, we will be learning how animals, including humans, need the right types and amount of nutrition. Then, we will look at how humans and some animals have skeletons and muscles for support, protection and movement. We will also be learning the names of different animals in French!

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In the wider curriculum subjects, our new Geography topic is called, ‘Our European Neighbours’ where we will be learning more about other countries in Europe. We are starting a new Computing unit where we will use a range of techniques to create a stop-frame animation using tablets. During PE sessions, we will have Basketball every Wednesday and …….. on Fridays.

Finally, AmaSing will be teaching you how to compose your own music and in our My Happy Mind sessions, we will move on to our new topic called, ‘Appreciate’. We will 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.

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YEAR 3 PARENTS

PE Timetable

Wednesday: Basketball

Friday: TBC

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

PPA (Planning, Preparation & Assessment Time)

On Monday afternoons, Ms Anders will be teaching French (Mrs Hover's PPA). On Friday mornings, Mrs Hover will be teaching English (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.