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Year 3

Welcome to Year 3 2024-25

BRITISH MUSEUM - NEW DATES!

3F and 3S - Tuesday 4th March 2025

3H and 3P - Wednesday 5th March 2025

Please let your class teacher know if you can still help on the trip by Monday 10th February 2025. 

Dear Parents,

As we transition to a new approach to teaching writing, called I am a Clever Writer (IAACW), you may notice that your child's writing outcomes appear lower than expected when they are published. This is due to the adjustments we are making to align with this new method. You can find out more in our news article here. These are the key indicators for children to be working at age-related expectations at this point in the school year. We have redesigned our curriculum to fit with the new approach.

Key indicators include:

  • Forming lower case letters correctly, starting and finishing in the right place.
  • Forming uppercase letters correctly, starting and finishing in the right place.
  • Thinking, saying, and remembering a sentence that starts with a time word (time adverbial / time adverb).
  • Thinking, saying, and remembering a sentence that starts with an opener.
  • Correcting any missing capital letters at the start of a sentence and for names of people.
  • Writing a sentence starting with a time word (time adverb / time adverbial) and ending with a full stop.
  • Writing a sentence ending with a full stop.
  • Using a capital letter for names of people.
  • Handwriting needs to be neat. 
  • Spellings from Year 1 and 2 (below) need to be correctly spelt at all times. 

Thank you for your understanding and support as we implement this new approach to enhance your child's writing skills.

 

How to support your child:

  • Practice handwriting CGP link
  • Practice capital letters and full stops 
  • Find opportunities to write for different purposes: letters, a diary and stories 
  • Ensure the below spellings are consistently and correctly used 
  • Ensure children are reading daily as this will help with their writing 

 

Year 3 Campout information video with Miss Calver

Uploaded by FieldingPrimary on 2024-11-04.

Quick links:

 

Year 3 dates for your diary:

(please check main school calendar for whole school events)

 

 HFPS
British Museum Trip 5.3.254.3.255.3.254.3.25
Year 3 Campout 5.6.255.6.255.6.255.6.25

 

Messages:

Snacks

Please ensure that your child has a healthy snack for morning breaktimes. No biscuits/cake bars, crisps, or pastries.

Lockers

Each child has been assigned a locker in which to keep their belongings. Children are expected to bring in their Reading Records and reading books every day. Bags must be able to contain these and these must fit inside their lockers. Some children's bags are too big, please consider what they are bringing. 

 

Any changes of clothes for after school clubs must also be stored in lockers.  Children will also need to store coats in their lockers. 

 

Whole class reading texts

TermBook and Author
Autumn 1Flora and Ulysses, The Illuminated Adventures Click here 
Autumn 2Flora and Ulysses, The Illuminated Adventures 
Spring 1DK Find Out Ancient Egypt Click here
Spring 2DK Find Out Ancient Egypt 
Summer 1A Poem For Every Summer Click here
Summer 2A Poem For Every Summer 

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 - you or they can sign it. An adult must sign it at least once a week. Remember it doesn’t always have to be their school book. Reading records and reading books should be sent into school daily.

Mathematics

Times Tables Rockstars = 4 times per week Click here

Each child has access to Times Table Rockstars. It is the same login as Numbots. By the end of Year 3, children need to know their: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10 times tables off by heart. 

 

At present children should have learnt their 2, 5, 10 and 3 times tables in school. This is a great video  to help learn the 3's and a good channel for the other times tables: click here.

 

There will be weekly tournaments running from Wednesday to Wednesday. 

  • Highest scoring class gets a certificate 
  • Highest scoring student from each class gets a mention
  • Highest scorer across the year group gets a certificate 
  • There are also lots of ideas here to help learn their times table - including Year 4 style assessment practice: Click here
Spelling patterns

Wb: 10.02.25 and 24.02.25
 

Spelling pattern: 

The suffix -ion ("un")

If the verb ends in the letter 't' we just add -ion but when we add -ion to verbs ending in 'te' the new ending sounds like "shun" and is spelt -tion. 

 

action

celebration

collection

distraction

injection

construction

 

Year 3 Common Exception Words (Red)

enough

February

position

 

Year 3 Focus Words (Orange) 

house

off

every

Handwriting 

Presentation and letter formation is an important skill for children to master. We use this website to teach the skill click here. Resources can be printed off. This skill should be practiced. 

Capital letters should also be practiced and must not be joined to lower case letters. 

Learning at home

At Fielding, children are expected to learn at home. This helps them to develop skills in key educational areas. Whilst we understand lives are busy, these need to be prioritised. Please see your class teacher if you would like to discuss further.  

  • Read daily (children sign their reading record daily and parents sign once a week). These must be in school every day. 
  • Play Times Tables Rockstars 4 times a week (see the parent guide at the foot of this page). Click here.
  • Practise spellings daily (see question prompts at the foot of this page). Spellings are further down this page and in your child's reading record.
  • Handwriting click here for a link to resources we use in school. These can be printed off at home and practiced. 

Please ensure these are consistently spelt correctly

Reading journals must come into school daily and be signed by an adult weekly.

Resources for parents

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