Friday 22^nd April 2022

Dear Parents and Carers of Year 3 pupils,

RE: Year 3 Curriculum – Summer 1, 2022

Welcome back! We hope you had a wonderful break. Below we have outlined some key information regarding this term that we hope you’ll find useful.

Curriculum

Our topic this term is ‘Getting To The Root Of It’. Please take a look at our mind map on the school website for information on our Learning Journey.

Daily Reading

Children will bring home two reading books a week:

1. Some children will bring home a banded book suitable to their reading ability, which they need to read aloud to an adult.
2. A library book which can be changed each week.

Please read with your child daily. Children’s books will be changed on Tuesdays.

P.E. Lessons

Your child will be wearing their PE kits all day so please ensure they have the appropriate kit (white T-shirt, dark bottoms), including trainers/plimsols.

The P.E. days are as follows:

All Year 3 will have P.E. on these Mondays: 25^th April, 9^th May, 16^th May 23^rd May

Uniform

We’d like to remind you that children should not be wearing jewellery (unless it is for religious reasons), including play jewellery apart from stud earrings. Encourage your child to wear full school uniform and please note the weather as it is likely to change on a daily basis and children will need appropriate clothing and possibly sunscreen.

Other information

Please ensure your child brings to school a filled and labelled water bottle each day.

Children should not be bringing in pencil cases or toys from home.

Thank you for all your support, and as always if you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask.

Miss Nandhra, Mrs Heron-Njie and Ms Whyte

Helping your child with spellings at home

Some children would continue to benefit from regular phonics games to help improve their reading https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/ (username: kelvin, Password: grove).

Please also see the attached Year 1, 2, 3 and 4 common exception words to support your child with these tricky words.

Helping your child with Maths at home

Your child may also benefit from practising their number bonds, multiplication and division facts:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10

Mathletics United Kingdom | Empowering Maths Learning Online

Times table rock stars: Times Tables Rock Stars (ttrockstars.com)

Helping your child with Reading at home with questioning

Choosing an age appropriate book to read at home

Helping you child with handwriting at home: Please see the attached sheet on letter formations and how we approach these at school. Your child may benefit from continued practice at home for short bursts of time.