Year 3

Welcome to Year 3

Homework:

English and maths will be set on alternate weeks on a weekly basis. Homework will be handed out on a Friday and the children will have 7 days to complete their homework to be handed in on the following Friday.

All homework will reflect what has been taught in school to help with consolidating learning.

Spellings:

The children in Year 3 have been split into 2 spelling groups. It is essential that we rebuild the children’s confidence with certain spelling patterns and sounds before moving onto to more trickier spellings. This will be reassessed at the end of Autumn term.

Spellings will be introduced on Monday and tested on a Friday.
All children have access to Spelling Shed which is a valuable online tool. Children should be accessing this at home via their log on and playing minimum 5 – 10 mins per day to really embed the sounds and spelling patterns. In turn, this will help with long term memory and increase their weekly spelling scores.

PE:

Children to come to school in their P.E kits on their designated days. Please ensure that your child comes appropriately dressed following school PE dress code.

Swimming sessions will commence on Tuesday 9th September (Ennis) and Friday 12th September (Rowling) and run all the way through to February 2026. Bussell Class' swimming lessons will then commence in February 2026. Sessions will be held at Atherstone Leisure centre and delivered by qualified instructors in ability groups. Children will travel by coach.

Rowling & Ennis Casses have received their swimming letter.

P.E days:

Monday Outdoor P.E
Friday Indoor – Bussell Class.
Tuesday Swimming - Ennis Class
Friday Swimming – Rowling Class.

Reading:

Children have all been issued with a colour-banded reading book and they have been encouraged to also pick a free reading book from either the classroom, library or home to really in still that love and passion for reading.
The Year 3 expectation is for you to read with your child a minimum of 3 times per week and record it in their reading record.
A parent, carer or guardian's signature will be required for each read.
Please refer to the new reading records for guidance and examples on possible questions that you could ask your child about the text which they are reading.
Reading logs and reading books are expected to be in school every day as part of school equipment and will be checked and signed by school every FRIDAY.

Timetables

Bussell Class

Ennis Class

Rowling Class

What We're Learning

Details of the Year 3 learning journey can be found here:

Year 3 - What we're learning

Please note, this page will be updated termly, so please keep checking back.

Autumn Term

Year 3 certainly started the year with a bang during our Greatest Showman theme week! Throughout the week, children were whisked away into a world of circus fun, with lessons full of creativity and imagination, before finishing with an unforgettable surprise inside a real big top circus!

In Autumn term, Year 3 are set for even more thrilling learning adventures. In English, we will go on incredible journeys with Gigantosaurus, set sail with The Pirate Cruncher, and step into the past with Stone Age Boy. Alongside this, we will explore a wide variety of books together in our whole-class reading sessions. These lessons will be supported by our Geography, where we will dive deep beneath the waves to uncover the secrets of our oceans, and our History, where we will be transported back thousands of years to discover what life was like in the Stone Age. In Art and DT, we will get hands-on and creative, experimenting with different skills and techniques to produce imaginative work linked to our topics. This will include looking closely at the Japanese artist, Hokusai, and further embedding their sewing skills.

Back in the present, our Computing lessons will prepare us for life as Weddy Graduates by sharpening our typing and email skills, while in French we will take our very first steps into learning a brand-new language. Even more excitement awaits in Science, where we will explore the power of forces and deepen our understanding of light. To keep us active, our PE lessons will help us master the skills of handball and continue to grow as footballers. Rowling and Ennis Class will also make a splash in their swimming lessons, while Bussell Class will develop their gymnastics skills.

In RE, children will be exploring the importance of the seasons and nature for a range of religions and worldviews, including their own. Further to this, there will be a focus on Families and Relationships, and Health and Wellbeing in PSHE.

It’s going to be a jam-packed Autumn term, full of curiosity, creativity and discovery!