Year 3 Newsletter, September 2009
Information for parents and children
Welcome to Year 3! We hope that you will find the following information useful and informative. It’s a snap shot of the curriculum for the autumn term and how we will be organising home-learning etc. |
Home-learning
All home-learning tasks will be issued on Thursday and recorded in the child’s home-learning book (to be issued).Tasks should be completed and returned to the class teacher for marking by the following Monday.
Home-learning tasks for each week will vary slightly. In a typical week, Year 3 children will receive a piece of literacy work and/or a spelling activity and a numeracy activity. (Please note, not all activities will include a written task.)
We expect children to take pride and care over their learning and their home-learning books. Where necessary, written tasks should be completed neatly in their books and it is also the child’s responsibility to glue in any sheets and to generally keep their books tidy.
We ask that parents support their children and encourage them to take responsibility for their learning at home. Parents, please do use the home-learning books as a way to communicate with us; your comments and observations are important!
Reading and Reading Records In addition to the weekly homework, children are also expected to try to read at home daily. In Year 3 children are able to independently choose a reading book from the classroom bookshelf. This book is read at home and in free time in the class, which means it must be brought to school each day. Your child can record titles of books read in their Reading Record diary. Please note that teachers do not sign this book on a regular basis. Children will read an alternative book in the class during group Guided Reading sessions. Please note that children should be encouraged to access a varied ‘diet’ of reading material at home. This may include comics, appropriate web pages, information books etc. |
Home time
Please note that the Key Stage 2 dismissal time is 3.15pm. Your child will be dismissed from the classroom, from where they will walk out independently to meet you.
Games Kit
Indoor kit for PE- white t-shirt, dark shorts and pumps. Outdoor kit for games- trainers and suitable clothing for seasonal weather. (No football shirts please.) We suggest children keep PE and games kits in school at all times in case of a change of timetable. Swimming – Trunks/costume/swim cap |
Autumn Term Literacy
During the term we shall be covering the following units in our Literacy lessons:
Poetry - on different themes
‘The Creative Curriculum’
Year 3 children learn via a topic-based curriculum. Termly topics for study incorporate aspects of literacy, numeracy, science, geography, history, art, ICT etc. Through this way of learning, we aim to inspire by allowing children to make links and apply their skills across all areas of the curriculum. Year 3 Autumn topic: |
Autumn Term Numeracy
During the term we shall be covering the following units.
Counting, Partitioning and calculating: Partition three digit numbers into multilples of 100,10 and 1 in different ways. Recall addition and subtraction facts for each number to 20. Add or subtract mentally combinations of one-digit and two-digit numbers.Securing Number facts and Understanding shape:
Recall multiplication facts for the 2,3,4,5,6 and 10 times tables and the corresponding division facts. Relate 2-D shapes and 3-D solids to drawings of them; describe, visualise. Classify and draw them. Identify patterns and relationships involving number or shapes, and use them to solve problems.
Handling data and Measures:
Know the relationships between kilometres and metres, metres and centimetres, kilograms and grams, litres and millilites. Estimate, measure and record measurements. Organise and interpret data; use tally charts, frequency tables, pictograms and bar charts.
Calculalting, Measuring and understanding shape:Find units fractions of numbers and quantities. Read the time on 12 hour digital clock and to the nearest 5 minutes on an analogue clock. Use the four compass movements to describe movement about a grid.