Year 3
Year 3 Curriculum Projects
Our curriculum is 'Under Construction' as we make some tweaks ahead of the Primary Curriculum review due in Spring 2027. Please check back soon to see the updated Long Term Plan for 2026-2027.
Year 3 Key Information
PE for Term 1 will be on the following days:
- Monday - Forest School
- Wednesday - Tag Rugby
Please make sure kits are in school and earrings are removed.
PE kits should include a spare set of socks and a PE jumper/hoodie.
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English
W/c 21st September 2026
This week we will move on to our independent writing piece on the unit'How to was a woolly mammoth' unit. This will continue to review the elements of a set of instructions. We will:
- Piece together all drafted elements and form a final set of instructions on how to wash a woolly mammoth,
- Use our previous work to draft a set of instructions for how to wash another prehistoric animal
- Draft our instructions; and
- Edit our instructions (before writing them up in neat next week).
In school Grammar work can be supported at home by accessing Grammar Arcade (Stage 1, 2 and 3) via https://play.edshed.com/en-gb/grammar
Spelling
Please access Ed Shed's Mastery zone at https://www.spellingshed.com/en-nz/mastery-zone
In addition, a recent assessment suggests practise spelling the days of the week and months of the year would be beneficial. A sheet has been sent home but they are also available on https://www.spellingshed.com
Please also continue to recap the letters of the alphabet.
Maths
W/c 21st September2026
This week we will complete our post assessment on place value. We will then begin our addition and subtraction unit. We will:
- Use number bonds to 10
- Add 1s
- Add 10s
- Add 100s
Please encourage the use of TT Rockstars to embed Year 2 learning - this should focus on the 2, 5 and 10 times tables.
Alternatively, use 'Hit the button' (https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button) which is also a good site for fluency in multiplication and division facts.
Or try out some catchy multiplication songs on Youtube. Here is a good one to support our in class fluency:
2 times table: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDosXgAnq80
5 times table:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uoduP6sTjA&t=24s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehk1GTh-MA8&list=RDEhk1GTh-MA8&start_radio=1
10 time tables: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs1uqnpnltI&t=4s
Additional Information
On Mondays we have Forest school - children are to come in in their own (old) clothes. They must have wellies and a waterproof coat in school.
Children need their reading book and reading record in school every day. These will be checked daily to monitor reading and any messages from home.
Every child should have a coat each day - we believe that getting outside (no matter the weather) is important.
Cosy up and Read will go home weekly on Friday and should be back in school on Monday.
Homework was set on Friday and should be back in school by Wednesday 23rd September.
Show and Tell
Show and Tells are welcome on Fridays but these should be recent personal achievements or linked to our current class learning.
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We encourage the children to:
- Read every day for at least 15 minutes.
- Spend 15 minutes on TTRS or White Rose Infinity.
- Access their spellings on Spelling Shed
- Additional work may be sent home in a folder to help support your child with in class learning.