Year 3 - Larch and Willow
Larch Class: Class Teachers are:
Mrs Ansell (Monday, Tuesday and alternate Wednesdays) and
Mrs Marriott (alternate Wednesdays, Thursday and Friday)
Willow Class: Class Teacher is Mrs Yates.
Reading books:
At Bushmead we believe that reading is one of the most important skills the children have to acquire. From the beginning, we encourage parents to become fully involved in helping their child to learn to read. The teaching of reading is focused around the Little Wandle phonics scheme and the associated levelled books. It is also supported by a wide range of other reading material both factual and fictional and we are fortunate to have a newly updated and well-stocked selection of books in the library that the children can visit regularly. Please ensure that you read with your child every week night and record this reading in their reading diary. These will be checked by a school adult every morning.
Homework Expectations In Year 3
- Regular reading - 5 times a week
- Spelling practise three times a week, for a weekly test (Friday)
- Times tables (for regular times tables tests at school)
Each child has their own login details for EdShed in their spellings book.
Each child has their own login details for TT rockstars in their timetables books or reading diaries.
(The times table test will include mixed questions from any of the times tables up to 12 x tables but focus particularly on 3, 4 and 8s)
Here are some timetables websites you can use at home...
Times Tables Rock Stars (ttrockstars.com)
Reminders
* Please label all uniform, coats, bags, lunchboxes and water bottles.
Please ensure that your child is coming to school smartly dressed, in the correct Bushmead uniform. Details of this can be found on our parents tab. Thank you!
PE Days:
Both classes: Thursday and Friday
Please come to school dressed in your PE kits on these days. Just a reminder that PE kits should be PLAIN with no logos (Dark coloured shorts/joggers, plain white t-shirt, dark coloured zip up jacket/jumper)
**Earrings MUST be removed on PE days please!
This Term's learning
Our Autumn topic is
The Stone Age
Children will immerse themselves into what life was like in the Stone Age times; they will learn how people used to live, what their homes were like and how they hunted for food. Children will design and make stone age pouches and create their own cave paintings. The children will read a wide variety of texts about the Stone Age times and will create their own fictional Stone Age Theme Park!
Children will compose and perform their own Stone Age rhythms and musical pieces, as well as choreograph their own small group Stone Age dance.
To link with our topic of 'the Stone Age', the children begin the term by reading 'The Stone Age Boy'. They will focus on including a variety of features in their writing particularly characters, setting and plot. They will practice writing using these features as well as conjunctions, direct speech and they will finish the unit by writing their own version of The Stone Age Boy.
In the second half of the Autumn Term, the children look leaflets and all their features before designing their very own leaflet for a Stone Age Theme Park!
Year 3 will learn how to use joined up handwriting across all topics.
In Maths, in Autumn Term, the children will learn number place value. They will learn how to order and compare two and three digit numbers, and how to put these on a number line.
Later on in the term, Year 3 will focus on adding and subtracting one and two digit numbers.
The children will learn to use mental multiplication to double 2-digit numbers and how to halve small even numbers. They will also use this knowledge to answer problem solving questions.
We encourage all children to use Times Tables Rock Stars to support with times table knowledge and becoming familiar with all of their times tables.
Useful documents