Year 3

Welcome to Year 3

We are a hardworking and vibrant Year 3 class. Our teacher is Miss Jones and we are supported in class by Mrs Harvey and Miss Moody.

Newsletters

Our class newsletters are sent home via email every half term. The newsletter will share important information about what we are learning in class and share any upcoming events.

Year 3 Class Newsletter Autumn 1 2021-22

Year 3 Class Newsletter Autumn 2 2021-22

Year 3 Class Newsletter Spring 1 2021-22

Year 3 Class Newsletter Spring 2 2021-22

Year 3 Class Newsletter Summer 1 2021-22

Year 3 Class Newsletter Summer 2 2021-22

Our Curriculum & Learning

In Year 3, we focus on a different topic each half term. This topic will create an overarching theme to our learning in other subjects. We will begin each topic with a ‘hook’ lesson to trigger our imaginations and leave us ready to learn more! Topic work allows the children to make links between subjects and gain a deeper understanding.

Planning

For further information and termly topic webs, please visit our dedicated Curriculum Page

English

Our English work is taught using a key class text or novel. We enjoy reading our text or novel every day during our daily story time. Story time gives us the chance to simply enjoy listening to a story which we then discuss. Our comprehension and writing tasks link to our key texts and we complete a range of writing genres in our lessons. Our reading lessons also focus on developing our skills through the use of film clips, images and we use Reading VIPERS to help us with this too.

This half term, Year 3 are reading Mark of the Cyclops by Saviour Pirotta

Mark of the Cyclops: An Ancient Greek Mystery (Flashbacks) : Pirotta, Saviour: Amazon.co.uk: Books

In Summer 1, our class novel was The Iron Man by Ted Hughes.

In Spring 2, Year 3 loved listening to The Boy Who Grew Dragons by Andy Shepherd.

In Spring 1, we read and enjoyed Varjak Paw by S. F. Said and…

…The Book of Bones by Gabrielle Balkan

In Autumn 2, we read The Skies Above my Eyes by Charlotte Guillain and…

…The Firework-Maker’s Daughter by Phillip Pullman

In Autumn 1, we read Stig of the Dump by Clive King

Maths

Our Maths focuses on the skills developed through White Rose Maths. We follow the block planning schedule and differentiate the lessons to meet the needs of the children. We use a variety of White Rose teaching methods throughout our lessons.

Over the course of the year, we will be developing our knowledge and understanding of fluency, reasoning and problem solving. Our learning focuses on vocabulary as well as concrete, pictorial and abstract skills to develop the understanding required for each block of work.

Year 3 Maths Medium Term Planning Autumn Term 2021-22

Year 3 Maths Medium Term Planning Spring Term 2021-22

Year 3 Maths Medium Term Planning Summer Term 2021-22

Homework

Each half term, children will be given a homework grid with a range of activities to choose from, with many of them linking to our topic. Each activity will be worth up to a certain number of points on Class Dojo. Homework is due on a Thursday and the children will have an opportunity to share it with the rest of the class on Fridays. As part of their homework, pupils are also expected to read their reading book at home at least three times per week.

Year 3 Homework Grid Autumn 1 2021-22

Year 3 Homework Grid Autumn 2 2021-22

Year 3 Homework Grid Spring 1 2021-22

Year 3 Homework Grid Spring 2 2021-22

Year 3 Homework Grid Summer 1 2021-22

Year 3 Homework Grid Summer 2 2021-22

Archived Class Activities

Please view our Archived Class Activities by clicking the links below:

COVID-19 Home Work Information

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