Welcome to Class 3

This page has useful information about the day to day running of Class 3 and about what we get up to in our busy, exciting classroom. 

Mrs Lock will teach Y3 every day except Monday. On Mondays the class will be taught by Miss Robinson. Mrs Willis will work alongside Y3 during some of our lessons.

Summer Term:

Dear Parents and Carers, 

Welcome back to Summer Term 2025 in Class 3, I hope that you have all had a fantastic Easter break.  

This Summer Term we are looking forward to learning about types of settlement in the United Kingdom and locating cities and counties using different maps. Children will draw simple maps and conduct fieldwork in the village where they will compare the physical and human features. In History, children will learn about the Roman invasion on Britain, what made them so successful and how they changed modern life Britain. In science, children will be learning about parts of a plant and conducting their ow enquiries. In Art they will explore botanical drawings, building on their drawing skills and creating a clay tile. After the half term holiday, the children will complete their final Y3 DT project, during which they will learn about building and strengthening structures. We also have exciting news regarding our Music for the term; a teacher from the Notts music hub will visit once a week to teach the children to play the 'toots', a musical instrument similar to a flute. They will learn some music notation and follow musical scores as they play. This fabulous musical experiences comes free of charge for all children in Y3.

Water: Drinking water is available in the classroom and children should bring their own, labelled, water bottle into school each day.  

PE: Our PE lessons are on Wednesday afternoons. Children may come to school in PE kit which should include appropriate clothing and footwear for both indoor and outdoor activities and the weather that day as most PE lessons will take place whatever the weather. As we approach the summer months, please ensure that children have a sunhat and have applied sun cream. Please make sure that all items of clothing are named. 

Outdoor Learning: Where possible we will spend time learning outdoors and will enjoy using the outdoor learning area and the large grounds we are fortunate to have as a school. Therefore please can you ensure that your child has a suitable waterproof coat every day in school. If you wish, you can provide your child with a named pair of wellington boots which they can leave in the outdoor shoe box. This will enable us to provide opportunities to take their learning outside.  

Homework:  

Reading and spellings form part of weekly homework and any additional homework will be sent home when consolidation is needed.

Spellings will be set on a Tuesday and tested the following Tuesday. 10 new spellings will be sent home and  children should know how to spell the words and be able to use them in a sentence.  Spelling Frame can be used as a way to practise their weekly spelling rules at home.  

The Year 3 Reading Challenge - we would like the children to read at least three times a week and to see the planner signed at least three times a week by an adult please. The reading section of the diary will be looked at every Friday children who read 3 times a week, every week in a half term will be rewarded.

Times tables will be practised on a Friday. Children will use https://www.timestables.co.uk to practise their speed of recall of times tables facts up to 12x12. This will support their learning in preparation for the National Multiplication Tables Check in Year 4. Children will be given personal log in details for timestables.co.uk to practise at home. 

Creative Homework may be assigned once every term. This will always be themed around our current learning topic.  

If you have any questions or queries about anything, then please do not hesitate to speak to me. Thank you for your continued support.  

Mrs Lock