The Year 3 Curriculum

Please click on the link below for  key documents which will give you as a parent or carer an overview of what our Year 3 pupils will be learning this year and the skills that they will need to develop.

Click here to find out more about each topic and, as ever, if you have any questions about your child’s learning then please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Routines

Year 3 children are to be dropped off at the pupil entrance and the children will enter school via the Year 3 cloakroom door, where a member of staff will be there to meet them. The pupil entrance gates will be open from 8:30am. Teaching begins at 8:45 am and the Year 3 cloakroom door will be shut. After this time, please take your child to the school office.

We would ask that you encourage your child to be independent when coming in to school. It is very important for your child’s development for them to be able to take responsibility for themselves and their own property.

At the end of the day, Year 3 children are collected from the main playground. Our school day finishes at 3:05pm. We ask parents collecting children from Year 3 to stand behind the red line. We work with a “hands up” collection system. Your child will not be sent to an adult collecting until a member of staff has seen who is there to collect. If someone different is due to collect your child please indicate so in the communication diary.

At least 1 member of the staff will be available at the beginning and end of each day to answer any questions that you may have.  Any of the staff will be able to answer your questions or direct you to the appropriate person.  If you wish to make an appointment to see the teachers, this can be arranged at a mutually convenient time.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to speak to any member of the Key Stage 2 team.

Homework

All your child’s homework can be found on Showbie in the green homework folder.

Task Homework

This is a task that the children will need to complete. This will be linked to prior learning or to support the children in their learning for that week. Often the task homework will be something for you to do (a task) or to talk through rather than written work that needs handing in. However, if is does need handing in, it can be submitted in a variety of ways depending on what suits the tasks. You can choose how you would like to submit it.

Just Talk

This is a talking task linked to a written assignment, and will be given on a Friday (twice per half-term). The children will then  complete their Just Write related to the Just Talk on the following Friday during our assessment morning.

Spellings

Each child will be set new spellings on a Friday.  The children will complete the spelling quiz (test) the following Friday during our assessment morning. Words are usually taken from the year 5 and 6 statutory list, which can be found in the spellings section on Showbie.

MyMaths

Children will be set a new MyMaths challenge each Friday.

Reading

Ideally, we would like the children to be reading regularly at home. They have access to the Bug Club reading scheme and will also bring home a reading book which they have chosen. Please record any reading in the communication diary.

PE Day

In year 3 the PE Day is on a Thursday. Please come to school wearing your full PE kit – you can find a list of uniform here.