Year 3: 2024 - 2025
The Year 3 Teaching Team are Mrs Lucy James, Miss Sarah Butcher and Mrs Lynsey Messenger
Mrs James will be teaching Mondays and Tuesdays, while Miss Butcher will be teaching Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. We also have the pleasure of support from Mrs Messenger who will be supporting the class full time.
Other staff who will also teach Year 3 are Mr Richard Johnson (Music), Mr Chalkley (Maths on Mondays) and Mr Edmunds (RE) and also our Sports Coaches, Mr Marc Troman and Mrs Katie Whenman.
What we are learning this term
Reading: reading is carried out on a daily basis, and books are changed regularly. Please ensure your child has their reading book with them every day. Please spend quality time sharing these books with your child at home. Your child will read regularly in guided group sessions and with one of our reading volunteers. They will continue to track their progress through the Accelerated Reader scheme; quizzing for this will be done in class when a child has finished a book.
English: we will be learning about the Erik the Viking saga, looking at myths, scary stories, non-chronological reports and dragon poetry this term, all related to our Invasion topic. We will strengthen our use of punctuation and develop our vocabulary to become more confident and accurate writers. Spelling and handwriting will continue to be practised on a weekly basis.
Maths: we continue to use the 'Maths No Problem' scheme whereby children will learn through concrete, pictorial and abstract methods. This term will we focus on place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
RE: we will be learning about the Creation Story and how festivals and family life shape what matters to Jewish people.
Our topic this term is ''Invasion!"
We will be learning about about life in Britain after the Roman withdrawal. This will include investigation and research into Anglo-Saxon and Viking invasions up to the Norman Conquest and how this has impacted our lives today.
Spelling
As well as the weekly spelling focus, children have a list of words that will be taught throughout the year in class. They should aim to be able to spell all of them by the end of Year 4. These can also be practised at home.
X-Tables are extremely important in all aspects of maths learning and understanding. The children are encouraged to play TT-Rockstars regularly and we ask that you support this by giving them opportunities to practise at home.
Class Newsletters
For more information, please find the Year 3 class letters below:
Timetable
Here is the daily timetable for this term. Although there may be some changes for additional activities or visits, we try to follow this as closely as we can. Please take the time to look at this with your child before the school week and to review each day with them afterwards.
PE and Dance
PE, Dance and Swimming
Please wear the following PE uniform to school for our Dance sessions on a Tuesday, and for PE on a Friday:
Yellow t-shirt, blue shorts, jogging bottoms/leggings when cold & suitable footwear for all PE sessions.
Swimming:
Year 3 will be having swimming lessons later in the school year.
Beach School will be on a Monday afternoon starting after 23rd September.
Home Learning
Children will be given a home learning sheet on Friday to be returned the following Thursday.
Home Learning should be a chance to consolidate and practice the learning we have done in class, with someone at home. Below is a document with a list of ideas, games and activities to help.
If you are finding it challenging, please contact a member of the Year 3 Team. We are here to help!