Welcome to Year 3! I hope you all had a lovely summer and I look forward to working with you and your child to ensure we have a happy and successful year.
Curriculum this half-term
We are starting this half-term studying our School Values in detail, focusing on passages from the Bible that highlight these values along with how they relate to our lives.
In Geography we will be looking at settlements and why they have been built where they are.
In Maths we will be working on our understanding of place value, addition and subtraction.
We will be covering two units in RE. The first is our Harvest unit where we will be looking at how people say thank you to God for the harvest. We will then be studying the prophets and what it means to be called by God.
More details about our curriculum can be found on the Giraffes’ class page on the school website.
The children are bound to have a wonderful time with Mrs Hewitt in their Spanish and Computing lessons.
Support in class
In class we are lucky enough to have full time support from the wonderfully experienced and enthusiastic Miss Smith.
Homework
P.E
Our P.E sessions will be on Mondays and Fridays. Our focus this half-term is gymnastics.
Please ensure children have their P.E kit in for all P.E sessions.
Parents must provide a note / speak to school if their child is unable to do P.E, otherwise children will be expected to join in.
Please provide children with plasters if they are unable to remove earrings.
Bug club/home reading books.
Additional tasks may include spellings, times tables, handwriting tasks, etc.
Reading
Children will have a 30 minute reading session each day and will have opportunities to read with the class teacher each week.
Children have a Bug Club log in, where they can access books at their level.
Please try to encourage your child to read at home at least 3+ times each week.
Progress can be tracked by the class teacher online.
It is important for your child’s comprehension skills that they read books more than once.
School Website
Our class webpage will be regularly updated throughout each half term so you can see all the exciting things your child has been learning.
If you have any concerns about your child’s time at school, please make an appointment to discuss this as soon as possible. Many thanks for your support, Mr Dawe and Miss Smith