Year 3 2026 - 2027
Mrs Mainprize
Mr Nutter
Welcome to Year 3’s Class Page!
Welcome to the first year of the Juniors, how exciting!
In Year 3 we expect the children to respect each other, to have a positive attitude towards their learning and most importantly, to have fun!
Autumn Term - What will we be exploring?
English - English lessons take place every day and are interlinked with our weekly topic, guided reading and grammar lessons. This half term, the children will be immersed in texts relating to our History topic of the Ancient Greeks.
Reading - Reading takes place every day in school in a variety of ways: whole-class guided reading sessions, individual reading, subject lessons and our daily home time story session. With daily guided reading sessions that focus on a weekly text, our pupils are able to explore a wide range of text types throughout the academic year. The children will develop their reading speed, expression abilities and general comprehension skills through a range of retrieval, vocabulary and inference-based activities. All of the fundamental reading skills are of high priority, but ensuring your child enjoys reading is the main thing that matters! #ReadingRocks.
Please encourage your child to read as often as possible outside of school. If you need any recommendations, please ask. Lovereading4kids.co.uk is a wonderful website for recommendations, but we have a vast selection in school. Remember, comprehension and an appreciation of what you have read is of equal importance to speed and fluency. It is so important that each and every child has an enjoyment of reading. There is a book for everyone! If you're not sure what your child should be reading next, please come and ask.
Maths - Children engage with daily mathematic lessons and added challenges. Each morning the children complete a '5 a day' fluency sheet to consolidate and refresh their skills / previous learning. During this half-term the focus will be Place Value.
Science - Science lessons take place every Monday afternoon. The children will be learning about Animals including humans. We will be doing lots of experiments relating to teeth and the digestive system.
Art – This half-term our topic is 'Bodies.'
R.E - This half-term we will be exploring Hinduism.
PSHE – Our next PSHE unit is called 'Being me in my world."
P.E - Physical education lessons are every Wednesday morning, so don't forget to bring the correct kit, ready for this day. This is a white T-Shirt, black shorts and a pair of black pumps. It would be ideal if this kit was clearly labelled and kept securely in a labelled P.E. bag, so that any misplaced items can be returned quickly. Have a pair of track pants and something warmer available as we will be outside as often as possible.
Homework - Reading will be the children's main activity that is expected outside of the classroom. If the right book is found, this should not seem like hard work!
Weekly spellings will be handed out every Friday, we ask for them to be completed and handed in by the following Friday. Spelling tests take place on a Friday morning, right after our Good News assembly.
Reading Eggs and Purple Mash will host extra weekly activities, please ask for any login details if you are unsure. We encourage the children to also login into TTRockstars at home to increase their general times table fluency. Of course, any additional research or work is richly encouraged and will only benefit your child's progress throughout the year.
If you have any questions or queries, please contact the school office to arrange an appointment or speak to us during drop-off and pick-up times! Our door is always open.
Mrs Mainprize & Miss Davidson
Reminders:
• Bring a fresh bottle of water every day.
• Bring your reading book and reading record every day.
• PE lessons are every Wednesday morning.
• Read at home at least 3 times a week - this can be with your reading book or by logging onto Reading Eggs.
- Toast can be ordered for the half-term on School Spider. If you are unsure on how to use School Spider, please contact the school office. Milk is order via our supplier, Cool Milk, register online at www.coolmilk.com/parents
• Spellings are handed out every Friday and tested the following Friday morning.
Educational Games
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