Wednesday 15th April 2026
Dear Parents and Carers of Year 3 pupils,
Re: Year 3 Summer 1 Curriculum Letter – Getting to the Root of It
Welcome back!
Our topic for this term is Science led, ‘Getting to the Root of It’ where we will be learning about the function of a plant and investigating what different plants need to grow. We will also learn about the life cycle of a flowering plant. In English, we’re studying traditional tales with a focus on The Pied Piper of Hamelin. We will also be exploring a range of poems by several different poets. For the first part of the term, we’re going to continue with multiplying and dividing, then learn about fractions followed by length and perimeter. Please see our curriculum mind map on the school website for further information on our Learning Journey.
P.E. Lessons
On PE days, your child will be wearing their PE kits all day so please ensure they have the appropriate kit (white T-shirt, grey/black bottoms and their red school jumper), including trainers/plimsols every Friday.
They have additional PE on PPA days every other week. These dates are: Tuesday 21st April, Tuesday 5th May, Tuesday 19th May.
Uniform
Encourage your child to wear full school uniform and ensure they have a coat appropriate for the weather. It is important that your child does not wear jewellery (unless it is for religious reasons) apart from stud earrings. Please ensure their coats and jumpers are labelled with their names. This helps us reunite misplaced items with their owners.
Home Learning:
Daily Reading
Children will choose a book to take home each week. They can also read books they already have at home or from their local library. Reading is essential to help your child make progress in all areas of the curriculum. We would like children to read at home each day. It is best for an adult to check how they’re getting on, either by listening to them read or by asking them questions to check their understanding. This will help your child make progress with their reading. Please do make a note in their reading journals regularly. It makes us aware of how much and how well they’re reading and what they’re enjoying. Please put the reading journal back into their book bag after writing in it as it is handy to have them in school each day. Books will be changed weekly:
Emerald: Thursday
Jade: Friday
Maths
In Maths, children have logins to TTRS (Times Table Rock Stars) and Mathletics. Mathletics tasks are set each week. TTRS is progressive and children will make progress the more often they play. Children will start to have regular times table tests: they are very motivated, please help them practice! If you would like another copy of the login, please let us know.
Spellings
Children will continue to have spellings to learn at home this half term. They will be tested on each week’s spellings the following Monday. Please help your child practice at home.
Home learning projects
Please see further details for our home learning project for this half term. Please send in any completed projects into school in the w/c Monday 11th May so that we can celebrate and enjoy them!
Other information
Please ensure your child brings a named coat and a filled and labelled water bottle to school each day.
Thank you for all your support and, as always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.
Mrs Clark and Mrs Blanks
Year 3 Team
