Year 3
Welcome to Year 3!
Croeso i Flwyddyn Tri!
Welcome to our Year 3 class page. Here you will find useful information and reminders related to our general routines and activities, as well as links to helpful websites and online resources.
It will also be a space to share and celebrate some of the interesting and exciting activities we have been carrying out in class.
Home Sweet Home
Welcome back to a new school year at Pen y Fro Primary, I hope you all had a wonderful summer holiday!
Much of this term’s work will be based on our topic ‘’Home Sweet Home’ with links made to celebrations such as Bonfire Night and religious festivals. We will be learning about different types of houses, the materials used to build them and will explore our local area. The children will have opportunities to investigate how homes have changed over time, create maps of our community, and celebrate what makes our local area special.
We are hoping to visit St Fagans and to walk around our local area. We will be working collaboratively with Year 1 and 2 as this is a shared topic. Please send in any books or items of interest related to the class topic for ‘show and tell’.
Mathematics and Numeracy: Place value, addition & subtraction, multiplication & division. Length and perimeter and problem solving.
Literacy, Language and Communication: Consolidating punctuation and grammar, spelling and joint handwriting. Literacy and Numeracy across the curriculum will be taught through our class topic with a cross curricular approach.
PE: Our weekly PE sessions will take place on a Wednesday. (We will be swimming on a Thursday this half term). Your child will require PE kit such as a T-shirt, tracksuit bottoms/ shorts and trainers to take part. Please can you also ensure that children have suitable clothing for our outdoor PE lessons.
Other class routines include:
- Spelling and mental maths tests will be carried out every Friday morning. A list of weekly spelling words and maths questions will be given out at the beginning of every half term. Please ensure that your child prepares in advance for these tests. Information regarding weekly spelling/maths tests will follow in the next couple of weeks once the children have settled into new routines.
- Homework
- For Part 1 of their homework, children will be expected to write 5 spelling sentences using their weekly spelling words. Spelling and times tables tests will take place on a Friday.
For Part 2, the task will alternate weekly. Pupils will have homework set on MyMaths one week. The following week, pupils will need to select an activity to complete from the Autumn homework grid (A letter about this will be sent out shortly)
- Forest School will be on a Friday. Please ensure that your child has suitable ‘named’ clothing for these activities, including appropriate footwear. Due to the lack of space in the classroom, it will not be possible for the children to leave their Forest school wear in school. May I also take this opportunity to request that bags, other than a lunch box and flat bookbag are only sent into school when necessary. Many thanks for your cooperation with this.
- The children are able to bring fruit for breaktime either in their lunchbox or in a small tub which they can keep in their individual trays, they are also required to bring a bottle of water which we are able to refill as and when throughout the day. Please ensure that these are all labelled.
Book Bags - Throughout the year I will be encouraging the children to become more independent in their reading and selection of appropriate books. Please ensure that your child has their book bag and ‘reading record’ in school every day Monday to Thursday. Please listen to your child read as often as possible and make a weekly comment in the record, these are really helpful. A discussion with your child about what he/ she has read can also help to check understanding.
I look forward to seeing you throughout the course of the term and please contact me should you have any worries or concerns.
Kind regards,
Miss E Harris
Year 3 Teacher
Weekly Overview
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Monday | Book bag and reading record Fruit/Veg snack |
Tuesday | Book bag and reading record Fruit/Veg snack |
Wednesday | Book bag and reading record Fruit/Veg snack PE KIT |
Thursday | Book bag and reading record Fruit/Veg snack SWIMMING KIT |
Friday | Spellings and times tables tests Fruit/Veg snack FOREST SCHOOL KIT |
Home Sweet Home -
Homework Grid - Autumn Term
Map the Journey Draw a map showing your journey from home to school. Make sure you add any landmarks along the way. | Then and Now Ask someone in your family what their home was like when they were your age. Write down any facts you’ve learnt to share with the class. | Dream Home Design Design or build your own dream home. You can draw it or make it. Be as creative as possible using whatever materials you have in the house! |
House Pictogram Count how many different types of homes are on your street/in your local area. (e.g. detached, semi-detached, bungalow, flat). Make a tally/pictogram on J2E (or on paper) to present your data. | Observational Drawing Create an observational drawing of your home. Look closely at the shapes and details. Bring it in to show us! | Home Soundscape Create a home soundscape. Find safe objects around your home that make interesting sounds. Compose a piece of music using these objects. Record your music and upload to J2E.
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Habitat Research Research unusual animal homes (e.g. termite mounds, beaver dams, coral reefs). Present 3 facts in a way of your choosing. | Decorating Budget Imagine you have £50 to redecorate a bedroom. Research online or use catalogues to choose items and keep a running total. | Home Sweet Home homework of your choice…let your creativity flow! |
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