Welcome to Year 3
We aspire to be independent, confident and enthusiastic learners who strive to take on challenges with a positive growth mindset. We thrive as both individuals and as a team and seek to be the best we can be, always. Our class is a fantastic community where we support each other and help each other to grow and shine.

Curriculum  

We will spend the Autumn term learning about the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age, human geography of the UK and rocks and fossils. In the Spring term we will find out about Ancient Egypt, physical geography of the UK, forces and magnets and animals, including humans. In the Summer term we will be learning about Ancient Greece, light and plants. Throughout the year, children will also learn about Hinduism and Christianity in RE, databases, stop-frame animation and programming in computing and learn the new skill of sewing in DT and metacognition. Children will be engaging in whole class PSHE and Thrive sessions to develop their understanding of the world, their differences and uniqueness, their social and emotional development and how the brain works.

Homework
We set homework each Friday to be completed by the following Friday.

 This will be set on Google classroom and will include:

• Reading: At least 3 reads per week (preferably daily), recorded in reading records. Reading records will be checked on a Friday.
• TT Rockstars: As regularly as possible, we would encourage children to access this daily for 5 minutes. 
• Spellings: Spelling Shed will provide information and games linked to spellings and spelling patterns covered in class. 

Reading

In Year 3, we have daily guided reading sessions, where we practise our retrieval, prediction, vocabulary and inference skills. We also make time for weekly ‘reading for pleasure’, where the children get to choose a book, newspaper or magazine from the class book corner to explore. On top of that, we have a library visit every fortnight to our well-stocked library. We also have a daily story time at the end of the day!

PE

We enjoy PE in Year Three and show great sportsmanship! We have a very enthusiastic sporting class who thoroughly enjoy all aspects of PE, whether indoors or outdoors.

Please ensure your Year 3 superstar has both indoor and outdoor kits with them as we strive to continue our sessions whatever the weather. 

Our PE days are Tuesdays and Thursdays. We ask that PE kits are brought in on a Monday and taken home on a Friday in case the weekly timetable changes.   

Useful Websites
TT Rockstars

All the children have a TT Rockstars account which we would encourage them to access for 5 minutes each day to develop their knowledge of the multiplication tables.

Spelling Shed

All the children have a Spelling Shed account, with access to games and information linked to the spellings and spelling patterns covered in class.

BBC Supermovers

The children in our class love singing, dancing and moving! We use Go Noodle and BBC Supermovers to allow them to be active more frequently, while being relevant to their learning. We link this movement to key areas of learning within the curriculum.

Hit the Button 

Hit the Button is a great way to practise Instant Recall facts! Give it a go. It’s loads of fun.