Welcome to Year 3!

Ruby Class is taught by Mr Galdini.

Year 3 is an incredibly exciting year, full of new opportunities, learning and challenges as the children begin their journey through Key Stage 2!

English and Maths are our core subjects, but the children also participate in a wide range of subjects including: Guided Reading, Science, History, Geography, Computing, Spanish, Music and PE. Handwriting, Times Tables and SPAG continue to be a huge focus in Year 3. The children will also have fantastic opportunities throughout the year, such as learning to play musical instruments and developing their PE skills through sessions with sports coaches.

To support your child, please make sure that they learn their weekly spellings and read regularly at home. We follow the VIPERS skills when reading, so please ask questions linked to these skills when reading together. After reading, please sign their reading journal with a comment. Children should also practise their times tables regularly and can do this at home using ‘Times Tables Rockstars’ (each child has a personal login) and games such as ‘Hit the Button’ on Topmarks.

Homework is set Monday to Thursday. Monday to Wednesday will be English and Maths homework, while Thursday homework will be Topic-related. This will revise and support our learning in the afternoon subjects, such as History, Geography and Science. Weekends can then be spent practising number fluency (KIRFs), Times Tables and reading for pleasure.

Please feel free to click on the ‘What We Are Learning’ icon to find our ‘Curriculum Overview’ for the half term, along with knowledge organisers for Science and Topic (History and Geography). Finally, don’t forget to keep an eye out for our photos in the ‘Gallery of Our Learning’ area to see some of the exciting learning taking place in Year 3!

If you need to contact us, our email address is: year3learningsupport@addison.lbhf.sch.uk 

We look forward to a fantastic year of learning, growth and exciting experiences together in Year 3!