Year 3

Hello and welcome to the Year 3 webpage!

Staff

3 Beech. Mr Tuck, Miss Williamson and Miss Poole

3 Chestnut. Miss Routledge, Miss Humphries and Miss Long

Reading

Reading at home is very important. Please encourage your child to read aloud each evening and discuss what they have read.  When your child reads aloud at home, please add a brief note (in the reading record) detailing the date and the page they have reached. You can support your child by asking them questions about what they have read, help them to make predictions and explore what a character is thinking and feeling. 

 

Homework

In Year 3, homework is set each Friday and should be returned before or on Thursday of the following week.

 

It is really important that Year 3 pupils work on their multiplication facts (times tables) and spellings at home. All pupils will be quizzed each week. When working with your child, please remember that each fact must be learnt – it is not enough to recite the tables in order. Help your child by quizzing them regularly in different orders.  When learning their multiples of five, you could ask them: 3x5, 4x5, 2x5, 6x5… as this is how they will be quizzed in class. You can also use Times Tables Rock Stars to support your children's learning. A short list of spellings will also be sent home to learn - and your child should apply the correct spelling of these words during independent writing.

 

PE

Indoor PE is on a Tuesday afternoon. Children will need a plain white t-shirt and plain black shorts. Outdoor PE is on Thursday afternoon. Children will need a plain white t-shirt, plain black or grey tracksuit bottoms, a plain black or grey tracksuit top/sweatshirt, and trainers.

 

Please leave P.E. kit in school because P.E. time may sometimes change. Children must be able to remove their own earrings for their lesson.

 

Curriculum

These are some of the units we are covering this year:

 

Maths 

Place Value

Addition and Subtraction

Multiplication and division

Money

Statistics

Length and perimeter

Fractions

Explaining our answers and methods of working

 

English

Recounts including diaries

Persuasive writing

Letters

Narrative

Description

Non-chronological reports

 

Science 
Forces and Magnets

Skeletons and Muscles

Light

Rocks and Soils

Plants

 

Topics

Egyptians

Medicine

The Tudors 

Earthquakes and Volcanoes

 

 

Story Telling with Maggie Power

 

Year 3 are extremely lucky this year as we are having regular visits from Maggie Power, who has worked very closely with Whitecote for several years. She is currently supporting  our goal to get children more passionate about reading continuing to provide story telling sessions for year 3 and bringing in a selection of brand new books for children to buy. Maggie will be bringing in a selection of books with her every visit and allowing them to be purchased by the children at a discounted rate of £1.50. A text will be sent out as a reminder prior to each of Maggie's visits. If you would like to know anymore about this fantastic opportunity, please speak to a member of the Year 3 staff.