St Theresa's RC Primary School
Welcome to Year 3. Your class teacher is Mrs Bano, and Miss Howarth is our teaching assistant.
Below you will find some important and useful information about Year 3.
Year 3 Key Information
School starts at 8:50 a.m.
As soon as children come into class, our work begins, so please make sure they arrive on time then they do not miss out on valuable learning time.
Year 3 have PE on a Wednesday afternoon and dance on a Monday afternoon. Please make sure your child has a PE kit in school which consists of a white top, black shorts and black pumps.
Homework
We give out homework every Friday and ask for homework to be returned to school for the following Wednesday. Your child will be given a piece of Grammar, comprehension and maths homework and spellings to practice each week.
Reading
It is an expectation that children are listened to when reading at home. Please try and listen to your child read at least three times a week. Your child's reading record will be checked to ensure they are reading at home. Please sign and fill out the comment box in your child's yellow reading record to show they have been reading at home.
We also have a range of online books children can read - Reading Books Online (Oxford Owl)
- login - red9
- Password - read1
Click the link below to find out about reading at St Theresa's. The document tells you how we teach reading in our school and how you can support at home.
Below are the Year 3/4 common exception words. We expect your child to be able to read and spell each word by the end of Year 4. Please practice reading and writing these words with your child at home.
Year 3/4 Common Exception Words
Year 3 Curriculum
Please take a look at our Core and Non-Core subject webs to see what your child is learning this term across the curriculum.
Core Subjects - AutumnEnglish
BBC Bitesize offers a wide range of activities & games to support spelling, grammar and punctuation.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zhrrd2p
We have looked at using inverted commas, commas after a fronted adverbial and subordinate clause. The website below offers great, simple definitions of primary grammar terminology that your child may learn this year.
https://www.theschoolrun.com/primary-grammar-glossary-parents
Maths
Top Marks Maths website has some fantastic games available – remember that you need to practise your times tables as much as you can, and games are a great way to do this.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-tables
TT Rockstars
All children have been given a personalised login for Timestable's Rockstar. Please ensure they practise at least three times a week at home. In Year 3, they need to be secure with x2, x5, x10, x3, x4 and x 8.
Science
This link below is great for Science quizzes to test your subject knowledge.
https://www.educationquizzes.com/ks2/science/
Music
Each Tuesday afternoon, Year 3 are taught to play the recorder by our Recorder teacher Mr Pyman. In Music this half term, children will be creating compositions in response to an animation.