Welcome to Class 3

Class Teacher: Miss EA Wilson

Teaching Assistant: Mrs T Cooke

P.E.

Class 3’s P.E. days are Monday and Wednesdays. Please ensure your child wears their full P.E. kit on these days. On P.E. days, hair should be tied up and all earrings should be removed. 

Fruit

Now that your child is in Key Stage 2 (the Juniors), they are no longer given free fruit for playtimes. If you would like to provide your child with fruit for playtimes then you are more than welcome to send your child in with it. I will provide a basket to put the fruit in so that your child has somewhere safe to store their fruit until playtimes.

Spellings

Spellings will be sent home on a Friday. Children are expected to practice their spelling ready for a spelling test in school the following Friday. They will have chance to practice these spellings at school and about the spelling rule for the week, but any extra practice you can do at school will be very useful.

On Friday, children will also be tested on the ‘mystery spelling.’ This is a a spelling that you will not take home but will test your knowledge of how to apply the rule.

We will be practicing the Statutory Year 3 and 4 spellings throughout the year too as our spelling ‘stinkers!’

Homework

Homework will be handed out on a Friday and due in the following Wednesday.

Times Tables

   Developing recall of all multiplication and division facts is important in Key Stage 2 as it helps in most areas of Maths and Times Tables if now nationally tested via a Multiplication Check in Year 4.

   This year we will focus on learning and developing fluency with our: 2, 5, 10, 11, 3, 4, 8 and 9 times tables but any others that they can begin to learn will help as well. We will use games, lessons, homework, Hit the Button and Times Tables Rockstars to help consolidate these facts too!

Reading

  Children should be encouraged to read their reading book every day.

  Reading books -   If your child is off the RWI Phonics books, then they will be able to choose books from our Year 3 Class Reading books found on the bookshelves of our reading area. Once they have finished their book and completed their activity in their Reading Journal, they can change their own book at school. They will have chance throughout the week to change their book and choose a new one when needed.

  Reading Records - Once a child has read at home with you, then please record the date, name of book and how many pages they managed to read, then sign ready to return to school. I will check Reading Records on Mondays and award reading rewards every week your child has managed to read 4/5 times at home

  Reading Journals - These journals are for children to use to celebrate the books they have read. Once your child has finished a book, they then look at the list of activities and will choose one to complete for the book they have just finished. Children instead may want to create their own activity based on the book and that is fine. When they have completed this journal entry they are free to change their book and start the whole process again!