Friday 6th November 2026
Dear Parents and Carers of Year 3,
Re: Y3 Curriculum Letter, Autumn 2 ‘Light Fantastic!’
Welcome back!
Our topic this term is the physics topic ‘Light Fantastic!’. In English, we will be focusing on an animation that follows an inventor’s journey to create an eco-friendly source of light and on the book Sulwe by Lupito Nyong’o. In Maths, our main focus will be on the short column method for addition and subtraction and using dienes and place value counters to support this. In RE, we will look at the importance of ‘peace’ in different religions. Our DT topic will develop our sewing skills in designing, making and evaluating a cushion. Please see our curriculum mind map below 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 Wednesday. They have additional PE on PPA days every other week.
These dates are: Tuesday 10th November, Tuesday 24th November and Tuesday 8th December.
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 your child has a warm coat and that all jumpers, hats, scarves and gloves are named.
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 if possible. 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. Reading journals are checked every Friday.
Maths
We will continue to set weekly tasks using Mathletics. In addition, children can practice their times tables by using cards or games to randomly select times tables, drawing groups of items to make groups, counting in groups e.g. counting in 3s – 3, 6, 9, etc and practising online using websites such as https://www.timestables.co.uk/ .
Home learning projects
Please see further details for our home learning project for this half term. Please send in any completed projects by Monday 7th December so that we can put them on display.
Other information
Children should also bring a filled and labelled water bottle to school each day with their names clearly labelled.
A separate letter will be sent out in the next couple of weeks with all dates for festive events later this term.
Thank you for all your support, and as always if you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask.
Mrs Calow, Ms Whyte and Miss Saglam
Year 3 Team