Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome back to Year 3 after what hopefully was a good break! We are so excited to be working with you and your children. This term there will be two adults working in the classroom: Miss Assad and Mrs Billesdon.

Here is some useful information about the Spring term:

Homework will usually be set on a Thursday and needs to be uploaded to Google Classroom by the following Thursday. The purpose of the homework will often be to reinforce something which has been taught in the classroom.

Our PE days are WEDNESDAY MORNING and TUESDAY AFTERNOON. Children must come to school wearing an appropriately labelled and named PE kit on those days. PE kits are: blue shorts, white T-shirt and plimsolls or trainers – a navy tracksuit is suggested for colder weather. Please remember that long hair should be tied back and earrings should not be worn on PE days.

Reading opens the doors for children to understand and create links with all areas of their learning. Within the Year 3 team and classroom, we are dedicated to sharing our love and passion for reading with the children through allocated story and poetry time. As part of this drive for reading, each child will take home an AR book and complete a quiz once they have read and understood the book. Children are welcome to do an AR quiz based on a book they have read at home if it is on the AR school system. Before half term we will be completing a STAR reading test to establish new reading bands.

 Healthy snacks can be provided for morning breaks, packed lunches and after school. Please follow the recent guidance regarding what to provide: biscuits, sweets, chocolate and crisps should not be brought into school and all snacks must be nut free and not include sesame. Please provide your child with named water bottle.

Uniform: Your child is expected to wear full and correct, named school uniform and black shoes when they do not have PE.  Children must NOT wear branded logos, jeans or brightly coloured outfits or shoes. Children need to bring an appropriate coat every day, as we go outside whatever the weather. Stud earrings are permitted but no other jewellery should be worn to school at any time. Please tie back long hair.

Please do not hesitate to come and speak to us about any worries or concerns, or if there is anything about which you require further information.

Year 3 Team

Literacy

Core Texts: Lost Species by Jess French and Daniel Long, The Pebble in my Pocket by Meredith Hooper, Mary Anning by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, SY Audio Advert.

Writing Genres: Play scripts/Narratives/Adverts/Reports – Celtic harmony

Maths

Multiplication, Division

Length and perimeter

Mass and Capacity

Fractions

Science

Light

Rocks and Soils

History

Prehistory – The Stone Age to Iron Age

Geography

A UK location – Skara Brae (The Orkney Isles – Scotland)

Art

Cave Paintings (linked to history)

DT

Textiles (2D shape to 3D)

PSHE

Health & Well-being: emotions and feelings

Relationships: peer influence/pressure

Living in the Wider World: me and my community

PE

Dance and Hockey

Music

Three Little Birds and the Dragon Song (Charanga)

RE

BQ3 - Knowledge (Epistemology) and BQ4 - Situation

School Values

Courage and Respect

Important Dates this Term

Class Assembly: 29^th January 9:05am

Chalgrove’s Got Talent: 5th February

Half Term: Monday 16^th February – Friday 20^th February

Trip: Celtic Harmony 26th February

World Book Day 5^th March 2026

Science Week: 9^th to the 13^th March (in school)

Voice in a million - 18th March

Poetry Recital - 26th March

End of term: Friday 27^th March 1:30pm finish

Parents’ consultations:  w.c 23.03.26 (details to follow)

Year 3 Timetable