Welcome to Year 3 

Year 3 Team:  

Class teachers: Mrs Biggs (Monday-Wednesday) and Mrs Beaney (Thursday-Friday)

Class LSAs: Mrs Farrell and Mrs Field 

Timings:

Children should arrive at school between 8.30am and 8.40am. Lessons start at 8:45am. 

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, and must be signed by an adult. 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:

Homework will be set on a Friday and is expected to be completed by the following Thursday.

This includes:

• Regular reading at home. 
• Spellings to be practised in preparation for a spelling test on Thursdays. Please use the spelling sheet in the homework folder as well as Spelling Frame for additional practise.
• Writing Bingo at the front of homework folder and also below. One activity to be completed each week using templates provided. 
• Online Maths activities which are accessed via Purple Mash.
• Regular Times Tables Rockstars practise.

PE:

Monday - Mr Stanley

Tuesday - Mrs Biggs

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. 

Thank you, 

Year 3 team 

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:

        https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-year/year-3

• Guides, games and videos on a wide range of subjects, visit BBC Bitesize:
  https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/zbr9wmn
• Activities, games and tools relating to a wide range of subjects and topics:
  https://www.purplemash.com/
• Spelling practise:
  https://spellingframe.co.uk/
• Times tables practise:
  https://ttrockstars.com/
• Educational games on a range of subjects:
  https://www.topmarks.co.uk/

Useful resources: 

Maths 

English