“Together we grow in God’s love,

learning to be the best we can be.”

Welcome to Year 3

Teacher: Mr DoveTeaching Assistant: Mrs Lacey

Year Three is important because…

• Transition from Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 2.• Children are encouraged to become more

independent. • Children are given more responsibility. (Own

draws in the classroom beneath the desk, able to join the choir, given jobs around the classroom).

Cornerstones Curriculum

These are the cover pages for the six topics Year Three will be learning this year.

How can you help your child?

• Thank you for the support you have provided already!

• Reading the time from an analogue and digital clock.

• Times tables (x2,x3,x4,x5,x8,x10). • Hearing them read every night.

Home learning

• Children are encouraged to consolidate their learning in class with home learning.

• Bug club for reading.• Mathletics for Maths. • Big spell. • Half Term Topics.

Liturgies

• Liturgies are held termly and are a celebration of prayer and learning.

• There is no obligation to attend all of them, but if you are unable to please inform your child and prepare them in advance.

• We appreciate many parents are busy and will give you as much notice as possible.

• Our Autumn Term Liturgy will be on Tuesday 18th November.

Snack Time

I encourage children to bring a fruit or vegetable snack into school each day. Please avoid yogurt coated fruits and fruit flavoured foods as these can be particularly high in sugar. During Snack Time we often watch Newsround to keep the children up-to-date with current affairs.

Our class page…

• Will be updated by me at different points throughout the year (at least once every half term) with pictures, letters and information.

Blogging! • Every child has their own blog and password.• If you have the Internet at home please

encourage them to use it regularly to share what they have

been doing.

“That’s not how they taught it in my day…”

• Many mathematical and reading strategies that your children are being taught have been changed and modified over recent years.

• This can lead to parent feeling “out of the loop” with their child’s education.

• We do not want this! • If ever you have any questions about the

teaching methods used, please ask!

Reading in Year 3

• Phonics will be incorporated into day-to-day teaching. Some children will continue to receive phonics lessons with myself or Mrs Lacey in a small group.

• Every child will read with us each week during guided reading sessions.

• Our aim is for every child to read to a grown up twice week

Mathematics in Year 3

• Secure understanding of place value.• Recognise equivalent fractions.• Roman numerals from I to XII (1-12). • Tell and write the time from an analogue clock. Know

the time from a 12 hour and 24 hour clock. • know the number of seconds in a minute and the

number of days in each month, year and leap year • Recognise how many right angles are in each turn e.g.

two right angles in half a turn. • Number bonds.

Any Questions?