WELCOME TO YEAR 3
Class Teacher:
Mr Pedwell
Mr Pedwell
Class Support: Mrs Harrison
PPA Cover teacher: Mrs Bellerby
1.1 Support Staff: Miss Hathaway
Our classroom is a vibrant and welcoming space where learning is exciting, purposeful, and fun!
We believe that every mistake is a stepping stone to success, and we encourage a positive mindset where everyone feels confident to have a go. While we maintain high expectations and always aim to do our best, we also make time to laugh, celebrate each other's achievements, and enjoy the learning journey together. Whether we're tackling a tricky maths challenge, getting creative with art, or enjoying a fun class game, there's always a buzz of energy and enthusiasm in our room!
We believe that every mistake is a stepping stone to success, and we encourage a positive mindset where everyone feels confident to have a go. While we maintain high expectations and always aim to do our best, we also make time to laugh, celebrate each other's achievements, and enjoy the learning journey together. Whether we're tackling a tricky maths challenge, getting creative with art, or enjoying a fun class game, there's always a buzz of energy and enthusiasm in our room!
CLASS STORY
📚 Book Review: Odd and the Frost GiantsThis half term, our Year 3 class will be reading Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman. This exciting and imaginative story is inspired by Norse mythology and follows a young boy called Odd who sets out on a brave journey after meeting some very unusual companions — a bear, a fox and an eagle.
As the story unfolds, the children will explore themes of courage, resilience and kindness, as well as the idea that intelligence and determination can be just as powerful as strength. The book is rich in vocabulary and storytelling, making it a wonderful text to support children’s growing reading skills.
Some of our guided reading sessions this half term will be based on this book. During these lessons, the children will practise key comprehension skills such as retrieving information from the text, making inferences about characters’ thoughts and feelings, and discussing the meaning of new or unfamiliar words.
We are looking forward to sharing this engaging and thoughtful story with the class and using it to deepen the children’s understanding of reading for enjoyment and understanding.
As the story unfolds, the children will explore themes of courage, resilience and kindness, as well as the idea that intelligence and determination can be just as powerful as strength. The book is rich in vocabulary and storytelling, making it a wonderful text to support children’s growing reading skills.
Some of our guided reading sessions this half term will be based on this book. During these lessons, the children will practise key comprehension skills such as retrieving information from the text, making inferences about characters’ thoughts and feelings, and discussing the meaning of new or unfamiliar words.
We are looking forward to sharing this engaging and thoughtful story with the class and using it to deepen the children’s understanding of reading for enjoyment and understanding.
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English
This half term in English, our Year 3 class will be reading Arthur and the Golden Rope by Joe Todd-Stanton. This beautifully illustrated story is inspired by Norse mythology and follows a young boy called Arthur who goes on an epic adventure to help his village. Along the way, he shows bravery, determination and quick thinking — even when others doubt him! The book provides a fantastic opportunity for us to explore rich vocabulary, exciting settings and heroic characters. The children will be developing their reading skills by discussing the plot, making predictions and exploring how the illustrations add meaning to the story. In our writing, we will be focusing on persuasive letters. The children will be writing in role, using the story as inspiration — for example, persuading others that Arthur is the right person for an important quest. We will be learning how to organise our ideas clearly and use persuasive language to convince the reader. Alongside this, we will be working hard on improving our sentence structure. The children will practise using a variety of sentence types, including expanded noun phrases, conjunctions, fronted adverbials and different sentence openings to make their writing more interesting and effective. We’re looking forward to a half term full of imagination, adventure and some fantastic writing! |
Maths
Year 3 Maths: Multiplication B, Length and Perimeter
This term, Year 3 children will continue to develop their maths skills with the Length and Perimeter unit and explore Fractions.
Length and Perimeter
In this unit, children will:
Fractions
The unit uses practical activities, visual models, discussion, and reasoning tasks to help children make sense of fractions in a fun and meaningful way. We’ll explore real-world contexts such as sharing, measuring and partitioning shapes.
This unit is an important step in building confidence with fractions, and we’re looking forward to seeing the children grow in understanding and enthusiasm for maths
Remember to dedicate as much time to TTRS at home as you can. It really compliments our learning and children that spend 15 minutes or more using it, stand out in maths lessons. It is also a good way to manage your child's progress.
So, please keep up with 15 minutes of multiplication practise each week. It really does make a difference!
Year 3 Maths: Multiplication B, Length and Perimeter
This term, Year 3 children will continue to develop their maths skills with the Length and Perimeter unit and explore Fractions.
Length and Perimeter
In this unit, children will:
- Measure lengths in metres and centimetres, choosing the correct tools for accuracy.
- Compare and estimate lengths to strengthen their understanding of size.
- Learn how to calculate the perimeter of 2D shapes, including rectangles and other polygons.
- Solve real-life problems involving perimeter, applying their measuring and calculation skills.
Fractions
- Understanding Fractions – Children will learn what a fraction is and how it represents a part of a whole. They will explore fractions such as ½, ⅓, ¼ and begin to recognise these in shapes and real-life contexts.
- Equal Parts and Whole – Pupils will practise dividing shapes and quantities into equal parts, understanding that only equal parts can make up a fair fraction.
- Tenths and Unit Fractions – They will be introduced to tenths and begin to understand unit fractions (fractions where the top number is 1) and how these relate to counting and measurement.
- Fractions on a Number Line – Children will learn to identify and place simple fractions on a number line, helping them visualise the size and order of fractions.
- Comparing Fractions – Towards the end of the unit, pupils will start to compare simple fractions, identifying which are larger or smaller using visual models.
The unit uses practical activities, visual models, discussion, and reasoning tasks to help children make sense of fractions in a fun and meaningful way. We’ll explore real-world contexts such as sharing, measuring and partitioning shapes.
This unit is an important step in building confidence with fractions, and we’re looking forward to seeing the children grow in understanding and enthusiasm for maths
Remember to dedicate as much time to TTRS at home as you can. It really compliments our learning and children that spend 15 minutes or more using it, stand out in maths lessons. It is also a good way to manage your child's progress.
So, please keep up with 15 minutes of multiplication practise each week. It really does make a difference!
KEY INFORMATION
- The school day is 8:45 - 15:20.
- Children can come into school between 8.30am and 8.45am in the morning.
- PE is on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. Children should wear their PE kits under their PE tracksuits on these days.
- Forest School is every other Friday morning.
HOMEWORK
We value children's free time and understand that play is an immensely important part of their development. Therefore all homework set is deemed manageable and purposeful.
The following is the expectation:
We value children's free time and understand that play is an immensely important part of their development. Therefore all homework set is deemed manageable and purposeful.
The following is the expectation:
- Reading everyday (10 minutes to an adult if possible) - please ensure the reading record is signed at least three times and sent into school every Thursday.
- Practising the current KIRF a few times each week. Please follow this link to find out more about our Key Instant Recall Facts.
- Learning and securing our times tables including the division facts. By the end of year 3, the target is to know our 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 10 times tables.
- 10 minutes using Times Table Rock Stars 3 x a week.
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