Welcome to Year 3!

Hello everyone and welcome to Year 3 with Mr Edwards, Mr Moore and Miss Hartley.

On this webpage, you will find lots of information and updates you will need throughout your time in Year 3.

Please check your ClassDojo for all upcoming events

CLASS ROUTINES

• Arrival - The school day starts at 08:45 each day and finishes at 15:15. We will line up on the KS2 playground with children from 08.40 so that they are ready for morning tasks. If you are late, please take your child to the main office to sign them in.
• Collection - The school day ends at 15.15 and you will be able to collect your child from KS2 playground. To enable us to ensure the safety of all children, we will not dismiss them until we have seen an adult known to us. Please advise us if you require a different adults to collect your child. If you are collecting your child from school early, please collect them from the main office with the relevant evidence for early collection.  
• Water bottles - Bring your water bottles (clearly named if possible) with you each day. These should contain water only and if you run out you can fill up in the classroom. If you can, try to use a reusable bottle.
• Snacks - Key Stage 2 children can bring a snack in to school that is low in sugar, salt and fat. There will also be the option to purchase healthy snacks from the Tuck Shop during morning breaks.
• Allergies- There are several children with nut allergies so no products containing nuts are to be brought into school.
• Uniform - We believe that uniform is important and expect pupils to arrive in the correct clothing. You can view the School Uniform Policy here. It will also be helpful to have clothes, especially jumpers, fleeces and coats labelled as we can then return them to the correct owner when misplaced. 
• PE kit - Pupils may come to school wearing the PE kit on days where they will be taking PE. The correct PE kit can be seen through the link above. If your child is attending an afterschool sports club, they will change from their school uniform at the beginning of the session.

• Black, navy or grey school trousers or shorts
• Plain white or blue shirt, white or blue polo shirt or school polo shirt
• Plain navy blue jumper, sweatshirt, cardigan or fleece
• Black footwear.

• Black, navy or grey school trousers, shorts or skirt
• In warmer months, girls may wear a blue check summer dress
• In colder months, girls may wear black, navy or grey tights
• Plain white or blue shirt, white or blue polo shirt or school polo shirt
• Plain navy blue jumper, sweatshirt, cardigan or fleece
• Black footwear.

PE

Each week there will be two PE lessons. On these days, please come to school in your PE kit including trainers, navy or black shorts or joggers, a plain white t-shirt and a plain navy jumper. If children are wearing inappropriate or colourful clothes, these fall outside of our school uniform policy and children will be asked to change. No football shirts - even if you have a sports club after school, football shirts are not allowed.

3JE - Monday and Tuesday

3JM - Tuesday and Friday

3RH - Tuesday and TBC

HOMEWORK

Homework will be given out on a Friday and is due the following Wednesday. Any children struggling to complete homework at home, should ask for help from a school adult by Tuesday.

SPELLINGS

Each week, your child will be given a spelling list to practice at home. They are tested on these spellings on the following week.

READING

We expect children to read at least 3 days in a week (out of 7 days) and to bring their planners every day for review. Children should record the name of the book and which pages they have read in their planners. We will give out house points to regular readers! Their planners should be returned into school each day with them.

Turning on the subtitles while children are watching television can double the chances of a child becoming good at reading. It’s so brilliantly simple and can help children’s literacy so much that we want to shout it from the rooftops!

To provide children with additional reading and writing support, some pupils will be have a log in for Lexia. They will be using these programmes in class but practising at home will give your child an even greater chance to thrive.

TT ROCKSTARS

Each child will be given a login to TT Rockstars. This can be accessed through an app or the website (TTrockstars.com) and can be used on a computer, tablet or mobile. If you are missing or have misplaced a login, please let a school adult know and they can print off another. It really is important to encourage your child to practise their timestables and complete a soundcheck as regularly as they can. 

WORRIES

If you or your child have any concerns, please communicate through their school planner or speak to one of the school adults at the end of the school day. We also have a feelings box at the front of the class for the children to put their worries, in case they feel uncomfortable speaking to a school adult.

GENERAL

We are learning about some fantastic topics this term. The topics that we will be exploring are:

• Literacy - The BFG (Recipes; Informal Letters); The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse (Play Scripts)
• Maths - Place Value; Addition and Subtraction
• Class Novel - The BFG by Roald Dahl 
• Science - Rocks, Fossils and Soils
• History - The Stone Age
• Geography - Under the Earth (Caves and Crystals
• Art & Design - Stone Age Art
• Design & Technology - Interactive Storybooks
• Music - Writing Music Down; Playing Recorders
• PE - Football; Invasion Games
• RE - What does it mean to be a Christian in Britain today? How do family life and festivals show what matters to Jewish People?
• ICT - Touch Typing
• French - In a French Classroom
• Trip - Visit to the Library at the Forum; Stone Age Day

As we progress through the year, we will add new knowledge organisors to help you share what you've been learning with your loved ones. 

Please keep checking the Year 3 page for further updates.

Thank you,

The Year 3 team