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Year 3
Welcome to our Year 3 Blog!
We can’t wait to welcome you back to school next week and we are all looking forward to all the memorable moments ahead in Year 3. Ahead of the term beginning, please see the information below.
- For the first week back, PE will only take place on Tuesday (8th September). Following this, all children will have PE on Mondays and Tuesdays (twice a week).
- On PE days, pupils should come to school in their school PE kit. Children are not required to change back into their uniform.
- Please ensure that your child brings a water bottle and healthy snack (no nuts) to school each day. Also, please check the weather and make sure they bring a coat if rain is forecast because we try to get outside at break and lunchtimes even if it is a little damp!
- Please do not hesitate to contact your child's class teacher with any questions. We look forward to your support during Year 3.
- Please take a look at the curriculum webs drop down to see an overview of what your child will be learning this half term.
Looking forward to seeing you all on Monday,
The Year 3 Team
Year 3 Home Learning
Times Tables
Times tables play a key part in everyday maths and it is important that your child is becoming more confident recalling their table facts. At the end of Year 2, children should be able to recall their X2,5 and 10. During Year 3, we will teach X3, 4 and 8.
Please ensure that your child is regularly spending time practising (just 5 minutes a day) their times tables on Times Table Rockstars.
Times Table Rockstars logins have been given to your child to take home.
The link to the website can be found here: https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student
The Numbots programme is great for helping your child to develop their mental maths skills when adding and subtracting. It builds on their knowledge of number bonds. Children use the same log in as they do for Times Table Rockstars. https://play.numbots.com/#/account/school-login/8732
Reading
Your child should be bringing home a reading book from school each day, and their home Reading Record book. We greatly appreciate your support hearing your child read daily at home for 15 minutes. Please can you record their home reading in their Reading Record Booklet.
Children across Year 3 will be accessing a range of different books.
Some children will be reading from the book band scheme.
Some children will be accessing numbered books from our Accelerated Reader system in the library. These are based on a star reader test which indicates an appropriate zone for your child to read within. Once children have read an Accelerated Reader book they complete a quiz which probes their comprehension skills. They then change their book and we encourage 2 books to be taken out so that they can have 1 at school and 1 at home. We visit the library weekly, and children have daily access to their classroom reader.
Spellings
We are using a new spelling programme in Year 3 to motivate and support children with learning their spellings. Your child will be bringing home their log in details soon.
Please check on our Blog to see which spelling patterns the children are currently learning.
Year 3 and 4 Common Exception Spelling Words
Year 1 and 2 Common Exception Spelling Words