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
This half term, our Year 3 class will be reading Hansel and Gretel by Anthony Browne. This beautifully illustrated retelling of the traditional fairy tale follows two children who find themselves lost in a forest after their family runs out of food. As Hansel and Gretel face a series of challenges, they must use their courage, determination and quick thinking to find their way to safety.
Throughout the story, the children will explore important themes such as family, resilience, bravery and hope. The text provides excellent opportunities to develop key reading skills, including inference, prediction and understanding characters’ feelings and motivations. Anthony Browne’s detailed illustrations also encourage children to look closely for clues and think deeply about the story beyond the words on the page.
The rich vocabulary, dramatic events and engaging characters make this a wonderful text to support our English lessons, particularly when developing descriptive writing and exploring different viewpoints. We are excited to share this captivating story with the children and discover the world of Hansel and Gretel together!
Throughout the story, the children will explore important themes such as family, resilience, bravery and hope. The text provides excellent opportunities to develop key reading skills, including inference, prediction and understanding characters’ feelings and motivations. Anthony Browne’s detailed illustrations also encourage children to look closely for clues and think deeply about the story beyond the words on the page.
The rich vocabulary, dramatic events and engaging characters make this a wonderful text to support our English lessons, particularly when developing descriptive writing and exploring different viewpoints. We are excited to share this captivating story with the children and discover the world of Hansel and Gretel together!
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English
This half term in English, the children will be becoming researchers as they create their own non-chronological reports about an animal that lives in Asia. Using child-friendly search engines and a range of information sources, they will investigate their chosen animal and gather facts about its habitat, diet, appearance and other interesting features. Through this exciting project, the children will learn how to organise information into clear sections and paragraphs, helping their writing to be logical and easy to read. We will be focusing on using a variety of sentence types to keep the reader engaged, while also ensuring that ideas flow smoothly and coherently throughout their work. Alongside this, we will continue to develop spelling skills by revisiting key spelling patterns and applying them accurately in our writing. The children will also be encouraged to use ambitious vocabulary and precise factual language to make their reports informative and engaging. We are looking forward to seeing the children develop their research skills and produce informative reports that showcase everything they have discovered about their chosen animal. |
MathsThis half term in maths, the children will be learning about time, shape and statistics. These topics will help them develop important life skills as well as strengthen their mathematical reasoning and problem-solving abilities.
In our time unit, the children will learn to tell and write the time to the nearest minute using both analogue and digital clocks. They will explore a.m. and p.m., compare different lengths of time and solve problems involving hours, minutes and seconds.
During our shape unit, the children will identify and describe the properties of 2D and 3D shapes. They will learn to recognise different types of angles, including right angles, and use mathematical vocabulary to compare and classify shapes. The children will also investigate lines, turns and symmetry.
In statistics, the children will learn how to collect, present and interpret data. They will read and answer questions about pictograms, bar charts and tables, using the information to solve problems and make comparisons.
Throughout these units, we will encourage the children to explain their thinking, use mathematical language accurately and apply their knowledge to a range of practical and real-life situations. We look forward to seeing their confidence and understanding continue to grow this half term.
In our time unit, the children will learn to tell and write the time to the nearest minute using both analogue and digital clocks. They will explore a.m. and p.m., compare different lengths of time and solve problems involving hours, minutes and seconds.
During our shape unit, the children will identify and describe the properties of 2D and 3D shapes. They will learn to recognise different types of angles, including right angles, and use mathematical vocabulary to compare and classify shapes. The children will also investigate lines, turns and symmetry.
In statistics, the children will learn how to collect, present and interpret data. They will read and answer questions about pictograms, bar charts and tables, using the information to solve problems and make comparisons.
Throughout these units, we will encourage the children to explain their thinking, use mathematical language accurately and apply their knowledge to a range of practical and real-life situations. We look forward to seeing their confidence and understanding continue to grow this half term.
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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