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 12th October 2026
This week we will work on our new unit 'Stone Age Boy'. In this we will:
- Use direct speech,
- Create freeze frames showing roles in the Stone Age,
- Use conjunctions to create complex sentences
- Use time adverbials; and
- Use similes
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
Spellings will be shared in class on Tuesday 6th October and dictation will take place on Monday 12th October. This week the focus is on words using the 'ou' digraph that make the 'u' sound.
Acorns
touch
double
country
young
enough
couple
Conkers
touch
double
country
young
cousin
enough
rough
couple
Pine Cones
touch
double
country
trouble
young
cousin
enough
rough
couple
encourage
flourish
courage
nourish
Maths
W/c 12th October 2026
This week we will continue with our addition and subtraction unit. We will:
- Make connections
- Add 2 numbers (no exchange)
- Subtract 2 numbers (no exchange)
- Add 2 numbers (across 10)
- Add 2 numbers (across 100).
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.
This Thursday (15th October), Year 3 will be delivering the harvest donations to the local church.
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.
No paper homework has been set. Please continue to focus on spellings, reading and times tables.
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.