Welcome back to the Spring term. We hope that you had a lovely Christmas and holiday with your families and friends. We are excited for a busy and fun filled Spring term ahead!
A big thank you to you all from the year 3 team for your lovely and very generous Christmas gifts.
Miss Whiter, Miss Lazar, Mrs O'Niell and Mrs Hunter
Our P.E. this term is on Wednesday and Friday. On Wednesday we will be learning tennis and Friday will be dance. On these days, please come into school dressed in your P.E. kit.
Homework
Well done to all of the children who have been reading at night and have had their reading journal signed by an adult. Lots of house points have been given to children who have showed their signed journal to an adult in school. Please continue to keep reading and show your journal to an adult first thing in the morning.
Please log onto Teams to view each week's homework. There will be an English task and 4 Mathletics tasks that have been set on Mathletics.
A spelling task will be added on Friday.
The English task is to be completed in the pink book and handed in on the following Monday. Mathletics tasks are to be completed by the Monday.
We invite your children to challenge themselves further by completing Challenge tasks on Mathletics or playing games in Meritopia. Please encourage your child to practice weekly on Times Table Rock Stars. Being fluent in times table and division facts, assists so many mathematical tasks.
Library books
On Mondays, Y3 will go to the library to borrow a book for the week.
Can the children please read these books at home and look after them carefully?
All books are to be brought back into school on the following Monday and we will visit the library to return them and borrow a new book.
Please also look at the year 3 reading list below, which suggest a wider range of suggested books to read.
Children are allowed to bring in a piece of fresh or dried fruit to eat at break time. Absolutely NO NUTS in school please.
For children with long hair, please make sure it is fully tied back using a green or hair-coloured band.
It is important that you hear your child read as often as possible, ideally every day. The children are responsible for changing their own reading book daily (when necessary).
The focus in year 3 is to enhance and apply their knowledge of root words (prefix/suffix), develop positive attitudes to reading and understand a range of texts (narrative, poetry, plays, non-fiction and reference books) by asking questions, drawing inferences from actions with evidence, predicting what might happen and participating in class discussions. In addition to their reading book, the children can also read newspapers (First News is excellent for children) and magazines (The Week Junior).
Useful web sites
Times tables are really important in year 3, with a focus on the 3x, 4x and 8x tables. The children have access to Times Tables Rockstars via the link below. I will set specific times tables in the Garage Room for practice as part of their homework but children should feel free to use the site as often as they like!
Have fun rock stars!