Welcome to Year 3 

Summer Term Headlines 

• Reading books and red reading records are to be in school everyday please.
• PE kits are to be in school everyday. Our PE lessons this half term are on Tuesday and Thursday, however these may change on occasions.
• We will be going to the Village Green for some of our PE lessons so please ensure your child has trainers in school.
• Water bottles to be brought into school everyday, they will all be sent home on Fridays.
• As you know our British weather is very unpredictable, so please always send your child to school with a raincoat.  
• As the weather gets warmer, please apply sun tan lotion before school and send in a sun hat to stay in school if possible.
• Fruit or vegetables can be brought in to be eaten for snack at morning playtime. 
• Curriculum information for the Summer term is below in the documents list 

Key Dates

Daily Essentials.

Times Tables - Please practise your times tables focusing on improving the efficiency of your answers. The aim is for all children in Year 3 to know the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10 times tables by the end of the year. Suggested websites include Hit the Button and Daily 10 (both found on Top Marks) and Monster Multiplication and Multiplication check (both found on Purple Mash) . We also recommend the apps 1 Minute Maths White Rose and DK Times Tables. We have weekly tests to identify times tables that can be improved with targeted intervention. Children should practise using whichever method works best for them. We also like to sing along to the times table songs on Supermovers the website is below.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-6-times-table-with-fred-the-red/zrq3xyc

Spelling - Please learn your spellings which are tested every three weeks in school.  We will recommend a range of different activities to help with learning spellings but it is important that you find an activity that works for you. Below is a website with some fun activities to practise your Year 3 spellings.

 https://spellingframe.co.uk/

Reading - Please read regularly, both aloud to an adult and to yourself. Please read a range of different styles of texts. Below is a recommeded reading list for Year 3 children. If you finish your school reading book read a book from home, or you could even listen to  an audio book. 

Handwriting-

Practise forming your letters correctly and the handwriting joins on the handwiting paper using the handwriting guide in the documents section. 

We had such a lovely day exploring the Stone age, Bronze age and Iron age . 

As part of our DT unit Year 3  designed and made healthy wraps. They also designed and made the packaging to put them in.  Don't they look fabulous?

We really enjoyed our Christmas play and Christmas activities. 

Year 3 had a lovely time developing their tennis skills with a tennis coach. 

We worked really hard on our artwork taking inspiration from the artist 'Joan Eardley', whose art captured the figures and characters of street children. We hope you like them.