Year 3 2025 - 2026
Miss Kirkham
Class Teacher
CLASS PAGES WILL BE UPDATED FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR ON 1.9.25
Welcome to Year 3
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- Our Year 3 School Council Representatives: TBC
- Our Year 3 Liturgical Leaders: TBC
What are we learning?
- In RE, our unit is Care of Creation, where we’ll begin with the Book of Genesis and learn all about God’s creation and the important part we play in looking after it.
- In English, we’ll be learning how to improve our sentence writing as we explore the book Coming to England by Floella Benjaminn
- In History, we will be learning all about Prehistory — starting with the Stone Age and continuing right through to the Iron Age.
- In Science, we will be learning all about Rocks and Soils
Please refer to the Year 3 Curriculum map on the curriculum page so you can see what we are learning and when!
What do you need in Year 3?
- Refillable Waterbottle - in school every day
- Healthy, low/no sugar snack or snack money in a named purse/wallet for breaktime
- Small backpack for your diary, homework and waterbottle
- School colour banded reading book AND Reading for Joy book (from school/local library or home)
- Blue Diary: to record reading, spelling and any messages.
- Homework book on the correct days (see below)
- If you wish to bring your own pencil case, it must be small enough to fit in your tray and must not contain any scissors or sharpeners.
Your child should bring their diary and both reading books into school each day.
PE
Children should come dressed in their PE uniform (Red tshirt, Navy shorts/joggers, School jumper/fleece) on their PE days
Indoor PE: Tuesday
Outdoor PE: Friday
Reading
Children in Year 3 will have two reading books: a banded reading book and a 'Reading for Joy' book. Your child should be reading their school colour banded book more than once to help improve fluency and understanding. Alongside this, they can enjoy another book of their choice to encourage a love of reading.
Please try to read with your child daily, or as often as possible, and record any reading in their diary. Children will also have the opportunity to read to an adult at school.
It’s important that children don’t just read the words, but also understand what they are reading. Talking about the story, characters, and new vocabulary with your child can really help. You can find support and helpful resources in the files at the bottom of this page.
Homework
Please check your child's homework diary for all homework pages. Their diary should be in class everyday.
Maths and English: Given out on Friday to be completed for the following Friday
Spelling: Given out on Thursdays to practise rule at home
It is vital that children are learning the spelling rules in order to apply them to their writing, rather than just learning the words they bring home. A google search of the spelling rule will bring up lots more words to practise!