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 Wednesday afternoons. On Wednesdays, the class will have P.E. and Games.  Mrs Landers and Mrs Willis will work alongside Y3 during some of our lessons.

Autumn Term:

Dear Parents and Carers, 

Welcome to Key Stage 2 and to Y3 at Archbishop Cranmer. Autumn term promises to be a fun but very busy term, with lots of learning, both inside and outside, but also with a Horticultural Show, Harvest Festival, a three day residential (10th - 12th December) and all our Christmas festivities to fit in as well!

Our topic during the first half term focuses on a whistle stop tour of the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age. Science will focus on animals including humans and we will learn about classifying animals, bones, muscles and healthy diets. This links beautifully with DT as we will learn about seasonal vegetables before designing a healthy seasonal tart. In the second half of the term, we will learn about the Earth's layers, before taking a closer look at our second topic, 'Why do people live near volcanoes?'. In Geography lessons we will learn about volcanoes and how mountains are formed whilst in Science we will learn about rocks and fossils, supporting our topic work. For all the other wonderful learning we will get 'Up2', please take a look at the 'Curriculum Overview' document below.

Water: Drinking water is available in the classroom and children should bring their own, labelled, water bottle into school each day. Please encourage children to only have water rather than sugary drinks, as these may damage their teeth. 

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 ( even if rain is not forecast). 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.  

Naming clothing: Please ensure all clothing is named, including coats and footwear. If writing names with biro on labels, please check names are visible as often, pen rubs off in the wash! We are so grateful for your support with this as it is so much easier to reunite property with its owner when items are named clearly.

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 their reading record signed at least three times a week by an adult please. The diary will be looked at every Friday children and all 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. If set, this will be optional and 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. I am excited for the term ahead and hope the children are too.

Mrs Lock