Welcome to Year 3!

We are delighted to welcome you and your child to Year 3! We are really looking forward to an exciting year filled with learning, discovery, creativity and lots of wonderful experiences.

Our aim is to ensure that every child feels happy, confident and supported, while being appropriately challenged and encouraged to achieve their very best. Throughout the year, we will work hard to develop the knowledge, skills and independence that will help the children to thrive throughout Key Stage 2.

What will we be learning?

Year 3 is an exciting year with lots of new and interesting topics to explore!

Reading

Reading will continue to be an important part of our learning in Year 3. The children will enjoy a wide range of fiction, non-fiction and poetry, developing their vocabulary and understanding of different texts. We will encourage the children to ask and answer questions, make predictions, explore new vocabulary, make inferences and develop their comprehension skills.

Writing

The children will be immersed in a range of high-quality texts, using these as an inspiration for their own writing. They will explore how authors use language and structure before planning, drafting and improving their own work.

Throughout the year, the children will have opportunities to write a variety of fictional narratives and non-fiction reports, developing their confidence and creativity as writers.

Maths

During Maths this year the children will build upon the skills and knowledge they developed during KS1 while being introduced to many exciting new concepts. Our learning will include Place Value, Addition and Subtraction, Mass and Capacity, Multiplication and Division and Fractions.

Watch out for our termly curriculum overview newsletter , posted on Class Dojo, which gives greater detail about what the children will be learning in all areas of the curriculum.

Things that are helpful to know:

· PE will consist of Indoor and Outdoor PE as well as swimming. Please check the Class Dojo page for PE days as they change across the year. We ask that the children wear their PE kit to school on their PE day. Please ensure all children have the correct PE kit (Plain White T-shirt, Black Shorts/Navy Tracksuit Bottoms, Navy Jumper/Hoodie, Black Plimsolls/Suitable Trainers).

· Homework and Reading books are sent home every Friday and should be completed and returned by the following Thursday. We really value your support with reading and completing homework at home.

Please look out for regular updates on our ClassDojo pages, as well as our school's Facebook page. These are a great way to see what we have been learning and to get a glimpse of all the exciting things happening in Year 3.

We are so happy to welcome everyone back to school and are incredibly excited about the year ahead.

We can’t wait to learn, laugh, explore and make lots of fantastic memories together!

Here’s to a wonderful Year 3!