Welcome to Year 3!
Staff: Mr Nay, Miss Sinclair and Miss Morris
In Year 3 we are kind, hardworking, respectful and welcoming. We strive to be the best we can be and work hard to achieve our full potential in an engaging and positive environment. We have high expectations of our children regarding both behaviour and learning and our school values of “Respect, Ambition and Pride” permeate the classroom. The children are consistently encouraged to challenge themselves throughout the curriculum, promoting a love of learning.
Year 3 is a pivotal year for your child as it marks the start of their learning journey into Key Stage 2. In Year three, we have a broad and balanced curriculum, which is rich in creativity and based on the National Curriculum; which ensures that the children learn and develop skills appropriate for their year group. We work hard to develop our existing skills as well as learning lots of new and exciting skills. We are aware that children have missed learning due to Covid-19 which is why we also cover any missed learning objectives through our engaging, creative curriculum.
Across Lower Key Stage 2, we plan as a Key Stage and work closely together and collaborate with planning to ensure progression of skills across Year 3 and Year 4. We understand that learning is a personal journey and unique for each individual child. Children are provided with support to develop the skills needed to meet their learning objectives. We scaffold learning to meet the needs of the child through the use of creative and interactive lessons, we ensure that we promote a love of learning and all lessons taught are engaging and challenging. We ensure that every child has plenty of opportunity to recap prior learning to ensure knowledge is embedded. Children are encouraged to do their own research at home alongside any of our topics and bring any relevant home learning into school to share with the class.
We have a reading rich curriculum and develop a passion for reading through regular reading opportunities. The children have access to the classroom library at all times and also visit the school library weekly. As teachers, we enjoy sharing enthralling texts that capture the imaginations of all children and adults alike! Children are encouraged to read as often as possible and as many different types of text as possible, to develop a love of books.
We ensure that verbal and written feedback is provided and is meaningful to the child. We use “live marking” to ensure that children are aware of the feedback and that it is purposeful to them. Children are given “Fix It” time to amend any mistakes and respond to feedback. Children are also provided with regular “Gold Star” challenges to give them the opportunity to apply their learning in a variety of different contexts.
During our Friday achievement assembly, our amazing achievements inside and outside of school are shared with the school, children are invited to bring in medals, trophies or certificates of their achievements and their photo gets proudly on the school newsletter. Children also have the opportunity to earn ‘Gems’ for good work and behaviour. When children achieve 100 Gems, they will receive a Bronze award badge. 200 gems will earn a Silver award and 300 gems for a Gold award.
Children are provided with Enrichment Experiences throughout the year which allows opportunities for children to explore the wider world around them. These experiences aim to show progressive skills from Nursery to Year 6. As a Beach School we ensure that the children have ample opportunities to visit the beach throughout the year, across all seasons.
How Can I support my child’s learning at home?
Children are expected to read daily, this should be recorded using their reading logs. Children are encouraged to access Times Table Rock Stars regularly throughout the week. It is important that all children can confidently recall their 3, 4, 7 and 8 times tables by the end of Year 3. In English, your child will continue to work on the spelling patterns they have begun in previous years, but this year there is less of a focus on phonics and more emphasis on understanding and learning the spelling rules, as well as attention to prefixes and suffixes. There are statutory spelling lists for Year 3 and 4, so as a school we have split these across the two years and will teach these in school.
Finally, always keep an eye on the school Facebook page for updated photos and information on our learning journey through Year Three! We look forward to supporting and encouraging your child’s amazing learning this year as well as being there for home support if needed.
Thank you for your continued support,
Mr Nay, Miss Sinclair, Miss Morris and Miss Fineman
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Year 3 Curriculum Overview |
Links to Learning
https://readingeggs.co.uk
https://www.sumdog.com/en/
https://ttrockstars.com/