Class Teachers: Mr Cranstone and Mrs Hawley
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Sessions
Mr Cranstone teaches Year 3 Monday to Wednesday and Mrs Hawley teaches Year 3 on Thursdays and Fridays.
Please make sure that your child comes in with the appropriate kit at the start of each half term and that each item is clearly labelled.
Children need to be reading at least 3 times a week and each read needs to be signed off by an adult.
If you would like to support with the development of your child's comprehension, please ask them questions about what they have read, and discuss their answers with them - how did they reach that answer; what led them to their conclusion?
Each week will have a different focus; for example, adding the -s suffix to root words ending with a y. We are also encouraging the children to use the 'look, say, cover, write, check' method to help with the learning of their given words.
At the end of Year 4, the children will complete the statutory assessment of their tables knowledge. By the end of Year 3, children are expected to be fluent with the following tables: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10.
We hope the children will also have started, or be confident with, the 6's and 9's by the time they move into Year 4.
Spring Term
Happy New Year!
We are going to start 2025 learning about the book 'Flotsam' written by David Wiesner. It is a wordless book with detailed illustrations about a discovery of an underwater camera with its own secrets to share.
Year 3 will be map experts at locating a number of towns and cities in the UK and comparing localities. In RE, they will be learning about the Sikh religion and we look forward to welcoming a visitor who will share their Sikh faith with the class. In Science, we will be exploring how a magnetic force can act at a distance and practically enquire through fair testing how magnets attract or repel some materials.
May the force be with you, Year 3!