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Year 3 dates for your diary:

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Year 3 Easter Show

26.03.26

27.03.26

26.03.26 27.03.26
Gardening and Cooking 09.03.26 10.03.26 11.03.26 12.03.26
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Year 3 Easter Show

We’re excited to share that our Easter play is coming soon on the 26th and 27th March.

Over the next few weeks, the children will be learning their lines and getting to know their roles. We have worked hard to ensure that all children have lines and kindly ask for your support in helping them practise at home and encouraging them to embrace their part, whatever it may be, with confidence and enthusiasm.

Links to songs and script complete with lyrics are below:

3F & 3S Easter Show Script

Celebrate
Lord of the Dance
Easter Song
Spring Chicken

Thank you for your continued support in making this a joyful experience for all the children.

Cooking & Gardening

We are proud to offer all pupils the opportunity to take part in cooking sessions during the school day. These sessions take place in the School House kitchen and are led by the class teacher. Please can pupils bring in a container for their cooking sessions in order to store their food.

Our next sessions start on the week beginning Monday 9th March 2026.

Fresh ingredients from our school garden are used wherever possible, helping children learn about food, nutrition, and sustainability.

To support this programme, we ask for a voluntary annual contribution of £13.00, which covers the cost of additional ingredients for the full school year (September 2025 – July 2026).

  • To contribute, please log into your MCAS account
  • The fee can be found in the Clubs section and added to your basket.

Your support helps us continue offering this valuable hands-on learning experience. Thank you!

Healthy Snacks

To help keep energy levels up and minds focused, we encourage pupils to bring a healthy snack for break time.

Great options include:

  • Fresh fruit or vegetables
  • Plain rice cakes or crackers
  • A small pot of dried fruit
  • Cheese cubes or yoghurt (in a cool pack)

Please do not send sweets, chocolate, crisps, or fizzy drinks. Let’s work together to support healthy habits and happy learning!

Reading Records

Thank you to those who have remembered to log reading daily in reading records and sign. Please can we remind parents that the expectation is that children read for at least 20 minutes a day, 5 times a week and record in their reading record each time they read. Please can children remember to bring their reading record each day as these will be used to log spellings, reading and usernames and passwords for ICT. Thank you in advance.

Whole Class Reading

For whole class reading sessions this term, we will be reading 'The Wild Way Home' by Sophia Kirtley.

Please can we ask parents and carers to obtain a copy of the book to support learning in class, including vocabulary, reading and comprehension sessions.

Homework

Reading

Reading and/or talking about their reading to an adult for at least 20 minutes, 5 times a week. Complete your child’s reading record each time they read. Remember it doesn’t always have to be their school book. Reading records and reading books should be brought into school daily.

Mathematics

Times Table Rock Stars – children complete at least 5 minutes of Times Table Rock Stars practice at least 3 times a week using the link above. Login details are recorded in reading records.

Spelling patterns

New spellings to be shared on Mondays and recorded in reading records under the current week. Please practice spellings for dictation tests every other Friday.

wb 02.03.26 - Unit 6 - Adding the suffix -ation - preparation, exploration, sensation, information, realisation, explanation

Focus words – calendar, caught, centre, eyes, because, known

wb. 16.03.26 - Unit 7 - C sound spelt ch – anchor, character, school, echo, chemist, stomach

Focus words – century, certain, circle, could, build, bicycle

Handwriting Script for modelling handwriting practice in reading records.

Whole class reading texts

Term Book and Author
Autumn 1 Flora and Ulysees: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo
Autumn 2 Flora and Ulysees: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo
Spring 1 The Wild Way Home by Sophie Kirtley
Spring 2 The Wild Way Home by Sophie Kirtley
Summer 1  
Summer 2  
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