Welcome to Year 3

The adults working in Year 3 are:

 Class Teachers: Mrs Thomas and Mr Butcher

Teaching Assistant: Mrs Atkinson and Miss Colley

Mrs Thomas will teach Monday - Wednesday and alternate Thursday mornings.

Mr Butcher will teach alternate Thursday mornings, Thursday afternoons and all day on Fridays.

Ash will teach PE EVERY Tuesday.

Our Learning

This term our project is “Do we shape the environment or does the environment shape us?” The children will explore how our local area has changed over time, focusing on Clay Cross and its mining history. They will learn about human and physical features in geography, take part in a local heritage trail and visit a mining museum. Later in the project, the children will investigate renewable and non-renewable energy, design and build their own wind turbines and explore how people today can help improve the environment.

Our project will centre around three concept words: change, consequences and sustainability. The children will be exploring what these words mean and making links between these words and their learning.

             Spelling Shed               

We will continue to use Spelling Shed for teaching spellings.  Every Friday, children will be tested on their spellings and be given new spellings for the following week. These spellings can then be practised by playing games online and earning points. Spellings will be practised in school but will need to be practice at home too.

Your child’s Spelling Shed login can be found in the first page of their reading records.

Reading

Reading is a key part of our curriculum and children will be taking a colour-banded school reading book home with them. Even though your child is now in Year 3, listening to them read is still as important as ever, as it helps them to improve their fluency and intonation when reading. Please listen to your child read at least three times each week and write a short comment in their reading record to let us know how they got on.

PE

Children should bring their PE kit into school to keep on their pegs. Our PE kit consists of a white T shirt and black shorts, joggers or leggings. Your child must be able to remove their earrings themselves for PE lessons. Y3 have PE every Monday with Mrs Thomas and every Tuesday with Ash. They will also have Commando Joe every other Thursday.

Times Table Rockstars

All children are expected to know all of their multiplication tables up to 12x12 by the end of Year 4. Times Tables Rock stars is great for practicing times tables and login details can be found in the front of your child’s reading diary.

Seesaw

We will be using See Saw again this year to set work for children and as a link between school and home so teachers and parents can communicate easily with one another. Parents can also access See Saw to see some of the work that the children have been completing during lesson time.

Please let school know if you are struggling to connect to Seesaw so we can help you with this.