St Anne's Catholic Primary School

Welcome to Year 3!

Our Class Saint is Saint Bernadette.

We are going to be having an amazing year together and I am looking forward to teaching you all.

We are lucky to have drama this Autumn term.

Below is some information for you all, as well as a link to some recommended reads for Year 3.

We have had a great start to the year!

Each half term we will be sending a curriculum letter which share some information about the children's learning for that term. 

Homework to come in each Friday please. Spellings are stuck inside their spelling book (for the whole half term).

• Ensure that your child reads for a minimum of 20 minutes three times a week.  Please sign their reading record!
• Ensure that your child practises their spellings every night. (https://spellingframe.co.uk)
• Ensure that your child practises their Learn Its/times tables every night. (https://ttrockstars.com/)

Many parents/carers ask how they can help their children. You can do so in the following ways:

• Read through the Knowledge Organisers together with your child: maybe do 1 Knowledge Organiser per night.  Repeat the reading process until your child knows the facts/ information contained in all of the Knowledge Organisers and can retrieve it when you test them.
• Ensure that your child knows and understands the vocabulary on the Knowledge Organisers. If you speak another language at home please discuss the words in your own language to aid understanding. 
• Research some of the topics within the Knowledge Organisers together, there may be trips or visits you can do together, be sure to tell us all about it!

´All children must read for 20 minutes at least three times a week

´FOR KS2 Please could parents listen to their child read and ask questions at least once a week

´Please could parents check and sign their child’s reading record every time they read

´We will check Reading Record ever Monday, Wednesday and Friday, books will be changed independently.

Below are some recommended books to read in year 3. 

Spellings are stuck in the front of the children's homework books, please practise them with your child. These are tested on a Friday. 

Our PE days are on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Children are to attend school on these days dressed in their PE kits. 

PE Kits

Navy Shorts

White T-Shirt (branded or plain)

Navy Tracksuit Bottoms and Navy Sweatshirt (no hooded tops)

Trainers (any colour)

Our Class Saint is Saint Bernadette. The children learnt about why she is an important Saint, wrote some facts and enjoyed painting (in a modern colour style) her picture.

In History, we started our unit looking at timelines. The children worked together to create timelines, counting in 1000s. They were trying to find when does prehistory begin. They all agreed it was a very long time ago!

When the school celebrated 125 years, year 3 decorated biscuits and enjoyed cupcakes to celebrate the school's birthday. 

As with the whole school the children learnt more about World War 2. The children created messages in flames of postivity and hope. They thought about what they would pack in their suitcase if they were evacuated and helped cdesign itmes for the train. They also really enjoyed looking at some artifacts, both real and replicas from World War 2. 

In Autumn Term 1 the children developed the DT skills. Using rulers to measure and saws to cut, they then used triangles to create a jinks frame, which became a photo frame. They also then learnt about different types of levers and after trialling different ones, they designed a moving images, which incorporated several levers. Their final products are displayed in a mini gallery in our classroom. 

Whilst Year 6 were on their residential their classroom was transformed into a prayer space. The children were able to complete a rnage of activities with a focus on prayer, such as: praying for those in other countries (then stciking their prayer on the map), praying for a specific person (and making them out of pipe cleaners). The children really enjoyed the opportunity to pray in creative ways and reflect.