Welcome to our Year 3 Meet the Teacher
Mrs
Miss Bright
Warmington
Our Mission statement Joy Excellence Service
With joy in our hearts, we aspire to excellence and offer ourselves in service to God and neighbour.
English
Reading – please read with your child at least 4 times a week and record this in their reading record. Reading records are checked on a Tuesday. We will also be continuing with the Power of Reading class texts throughout the year.
Writing – Extended writing, joined handwriting essential, focussing on planning, drafting and editing.
SPaG – Spellings from Year 3/4 list & spelling rules. Focus on using increased range of punctuation, including brackets. Grammar from previous years will be recapped and new content will include using inverted commas for direct speech, apostrophes for possession and sometimes apostrophes for contractions.
Maths
O Place Value up to 4 digits
O Comparing numbers
O Written addition and subtraction 3 digit numbers
O Formal multiplication, arrays, times tables practice, practise division
O Recognise equivalent fractions/decimals
O Measurement – length and perimeter
O Mental maths practice
O Measuring capacity and mass
O Time – telling the time to the minute, duration of time problems, comparing times, measuring seconds
O Geometry: properties of shape – 2D and 3D shapes, angles, accurate drawings
O Problem solving and reasoning
o Rocks and Soils
o Forces and Magnets
o Light
o Animals including humans –healthy eating, the role of the skeleton
o Plants o Scientific skills are linked throughout topics.
Our topics
O History:
O Prehistoric Britain –changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age
O Ancient Egypt
O Geography:
O UK and France Comparison
O Local field study – Staines area
PE
O PE will be taught on a Monday (indoors) and a Tuesday(outdoors) each week. Children should come into school wearing their PE kit on PE days.
O For indoor PE, children must wear shorts and a t-shirt and will be barefoot.
O Earrings to be removed for all PE lessons
O If your child is in school, they are expected to take part in PE and swimming unless they have a doctor’s note.
O Swimming for Year 3 will take place in the Summer term
How will you know what your child is learning in school?
O Curriculum Newsletters on school website
O Friday message on Google Classroom.
O Letters about trips or special events
O Parents’ evenings
O Share my work afternoon
Homework
Each week, Year 3 are set:
O RE
O Maths or English
O Mental maths
O Spellings
O Handwriting
O Reading
Homework will be set on Google Classroom on a Thursday and is due in on Tuesday morning.
What can you do at home to support your child?
O Read as much as possible.
O Practise times tables.
O Practise telling the time using both analogue and digital clocks.
O Chat to children about the topics covered in RE & special times of year in the Church.
O Discuss the topics we cover in school, find books about those topics.
O Communicate with the school if there is anything we need to know.
Roles & Responsibilities
O Ms McNicholas –Headteacher
O Mrs McCarthy – Deputy Headteacher
O Mrs Morris – Head of KS2
O Mrs Evans – Head of KS1 & EYFS
O Miss Bright– Class Teacher
Opal Play Reminders
We live in a country with variable weather. It should not stop the children from playing outside.
O Appropriate clothing
O Coats/Wellies etc… The children will be playing outside in MOST weather.
Uniform
O Children should take pride in their uniform and are expected to be dressed smartly at all times, including on PE days.
O Please label everything.
O Waterproof school coat (preferably the school coat).
Children will be outside for play in most weather –please bring their coat to school everyday.
O Wellies
O The link below will take you to the school website section on uniform: https://www.olrs.co.uk/uniforminformation/
O E-Safety/Online Safety is taught across the school explicitly each half term.
O As technology and the internet are being used more so now than ever by children, it is very important to know what your child is using technology for and to monitor this closely and carefully at home.
O For any concerns regarding online safety please see Ms McNicholas (E-Safety coordinator & Safeguarding Lead)
Governors’ Fund
The Governors School Development Fund is in place because the school Governors are responsible for a proportion of the maintenance cost of the school buildings, for example governors over the last years have contributed to the cost of the new fencing, windows, and drainage issues. Without your contributions, we would not have been able to undertake such projects. This is an annual donation for the school year 2025/26.
We have uploaded the amount £100 per family on to your individual SCOPAY accounts and it will be attached to your youngest/only child. We will continue to claim Gift Aid on the amounts that you donate.
If you have any queries relating to this change, please speak to Mrs Gray, our school business manager.
Thank You
O We are looking forward to a wonderful year with your children!