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    • Year 3 - Nightingale Class

    Welcome to Year 3 

    Year 3 Team:  

    Class teachers: Miss Scuffil (Monday - Wednesday) and Mrs Bridgford (Thursday - Friday)

    Timings:

    Children should arrive at school between 8.30am and 8.40am. Lessons start at 8:40am. 

    Home time: 3:10pm for all children.

    Reading:

    • Children are expected to read 3-5 days a week at home. This can be alone or with an adult, but we encourage sharing books at home. This should be recorded in children's reading records. Reading certificates will be awarded when children have met the different milestones.
    • Milestones: 50 times Bronze, 100 times Silver, 150 Gold and 250 Platinum.

    Homework:

    📚 Reading
    Children are expected to read at home at least three times each week and should record this in their reading record. Regular reading will help children achieve their reading certificates and is one of the most important ways to develop vocabulary, fluency, comprehension and wider knowledge. Reading certificates will be awarded for: 50 reads Bronze, 100 reads Silver, 150 reads Gold and 250 reads Platinum.

    ➕ Maths
    Our focus will be on developing quick and confident recall of multiplication facts in preparation for the Year 4 Multiplication Check. Children should regularly practise using:

    Times Tables Rock Stars (TTRS) https://play.ttrockstars.com/public

    Hit the button https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

    Tackling Tables https://www.tacklingtables.co.uk/ 

    Times tables Games https://www.timestables.co.uk/games/

    Daily 10 https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10

    Some other free maths games https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/category/22/most-popular

     

    ✏️ Spelling
    Children should practise their age-appropriate statutory spellings, which can be found in the middle of their reading records or children can use SpellingFrame https://spellingframe.co.uk/ to learn the weekly spellings or practise in other ways, such as Look, Cover, Write, Check, identifying tricky parts of words or completing a quick spelling test. 

     

    ✏️Still want more?!

    Writing Bingo can be found on the termly page.

    Grammar 10-minute tests: https://www.cgpbooks.co.uk/resources/cgp-s-free-online-10-minute-tests/free-primary-spag-online-10-minute-tests-years-1-t?srsltid=AU7gw4X8-vlBjXue87pHre_5LpRotLauRb05zU7yDbyWa2RFwBbzSu11 

    Purple Mash activities https://www.purplemash.com/#tab/home

    PE:

    • Monday - Mr Stanley 
    • Thursday - Mrs Bridgford

    Weather permitting, we will have an outdoor session. Children need to bring PE kits in as they will be changing in school. For health and safety reasons, earrings must be removed and hair tied back. 

    Snack:

    If you are intending to send in a healthy snack for your child to have during morning break, please limit them to the list below. 

    • Vegetables/vegetable sticks - celery, cucumber, peppers or carrots. 
    • A piece of cheese - cheddar cheese or Babybel
    • A piece of fresh or dried fruit - pineapple, mango, kiwi, plain raisins, apricots, blueberries, banana slices. 
    • Breads are also good snacks - break sticks, plain pretzels, banana bread, malt loaf, oat/rice cakes and small pitta. 

    We are aiming for a common-sense approach, with the key being to keep it healthy and no chocolates, sweets or crisps during breaktimes.

    Contact:

    Should you need to contact us, please feel free to message on Class Dojo and we will aim to respond within 48 hours or send correspondence to the office at admin@maltese.essex.sch.uk

    Thank you, 

    Year 3 team 

    50 Recommended Reads for Year 3

    Questions to ask your children when reading together

    Home Learning links

    Please find below some useful links for home learning. These can be accessed as extra homework to support the learning that we do in class.

    Lessons and activities on a wide range of subjects, please visit Oak Academy:

    Guides, games and videos on a wide range of subjects, visit BBC Bitesize:

    Activities, games and tools relating to a wide range of subjects and topics:

    Spelling practise:

    Times tables practise:

    Educational games on a range of subjects:

    Useful resources: 

    • BBC Bitesize Loads of visual resources and games for all subjects
    • ICT games A great website for practising taught skills

    Maths 

    • Multiplication Tables check I have added this link as another resource that your child can use to practise their tables. When they get to Year 4 they will have a multiplication check, so any extra practise now will make all the difference.
    • Hit the button Timestable resource
    • TTrockstars Timestable games - login in children's reading record

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