Welcome to the Year 3 Class Page!

Mrs Dickson and Mrs McGoldrick are teaching in Murray-Darling class

Miss Hunter is teaching in Humber

Here you will find all relevant news and curriculum information for the term ahead.

In the files, you will find the topic web with information for what will be taught in Year 3.

We hope your children have a fantastic year.

Reading and Phonics

Reading is a top priority in Year 3. Your child will have daily Shared Reading lessons to develop their reading. They will also have the opportunity to independently read, pair read and read to an adult throughout the week. We ask that you also listen to your child read for ten minutes daily to build up their reading fluency.

We will also have spelling lessons every week and will focus on the Year 3/4 and common exception word list. These are the words that children will need to learn to read and spell by the end of the year. You do not need to learn them all at once - focus on approximately 5 per week and constantly go back and revisit to ensure they are retained in your child's long-term memory. We have shared the common exception word list for Year 3/4 on Seesaw. 

Rainbow Reading Challenge

To encourage children to read for pleasure at home, the children are invited to take part in our whole-school reading reward challenge. Children will receive stamps on bookmark cards based on how many books they have read at home. This does not include their school phonics reading book, but instead their books of choice.

Children will receive 1 stamp per book or 2 stamps if they choose to read a book from the recommended reading list of books for Year 3. 

Bookmark cards will be stamped in school once an adult at home has confirmed the book has been completed. A comment or signature in your child’s reading diary is all that’s needed.

Each time your child fills a bookmark card, they will receive a colour badge in our class celebration assembly, with the aim of collecting all the colour badges of the rainbow. Once the whole rainbow reader challenge has been achieved for the new academic year, your child’s name will be entered into a raffle for a prize.

10 stamps = red badge                        50 stamps = blue badge

20 stamps = orange badge                   60 stamps = indigo badge

30 stamps = yellow badge                   70 stamps = violet badge

40 stamps = green badge      

Maths

Maths objectives will be linked to White Rose using the Power Maths scheme. We will focus and use various concrete, pictorial and written methods to consolidate your child’s understanding and recognise the relationship between each operation.  

Each child will have a login for Times Table Rockstars Times Tables Rock Stars – Times Tables Rock Stars (ttrockstars.com). Please ensure children regulary log in (ten minutes per day) to practise their times tables. We will also play in class - the children will love it!

Homework

Homework will be set on Seesaw and will be available on a Friday. Children will be set English and Maths homework each week in addition to reading and timestable practice. Where possible, the homework set will link to the area of learning we have covered in class that week. Once completed, a picture can be uploaded onto Seesaw for us to see or you can write directly onto the page. If your child has any problems with the homework set, please let us know and we can go through it with them at school. If a paper copy is needed then please ask.

PE and Forest School

Children in Murray-Darling classe will have PE and Forest school on a FRIDAY. 

Children in Humber will have Forest school on TUESDAY and PE on FRIDAY.

Please ensure school PE kit is brought in on the PE day for your class including appropriate footwear.

Please ensure children have wellies, a change of clothes and waterproof coat on the forest school day for your class.

Ways you can foster a love of learning:

• Hearing your child read daily
• Supporting your child with weekly homework (Reading, Writing and Maths)
• Reading stories, poems, magazines to your children.
• Encouraging your child to be curious about the world around them.
• Providing lots of opportunities for your child to write in different contexts.
• Asking questions about their school day.
• Talking and listening to your child.
• Noticing their environment.
• Encouraging a sense of ‘awe and wonder'.

If you have any questions, please email us at admin@overleighstmarysce.cheshire.sch.uk or chat to us at the door before or after school.

We look forward to spending this year with you and your amazing children!