It has been an absolute pleasure to welcome the children back to school, and watch them settle into the next stage of their educational journey in Key Stage 2. 

We have spent some time this week discussing the new routines for year 3, taking part in a Vision and Values activity afternoon, voting for those who will represent our class for the four main councils in school, and talking about some of the topics we will be covering this half term. 

Today we completed our WOW starter for the first unit of work in English, leaving us all intrigued about our new model text and the characters we will meet.  All will be revealed next week!

Our 'Meet the Teacher' session is due to take place on Monday 15th September at 9am in the classroom.  During this session, I will share further details about the Year 3 curriculum, routines and trips for the year ahead.

Home Learning

Next week we will be listening to all of the children read, and they will be given a new school reading book.  As in Year 2, please comment and sign each time your child reads, aiming for 5 times a week, so that we can issue star stamps on their reading trackers.  Going forward their book changing days will also remain the same as they were in Year 2, and this has been written on the front cover of their new reading records.  Children must bring their reading record and books into school each day as there are ltos of opportunities for children to read with adults and independently.

Today we have completed the majority of the children’s baseline doodle assessments, and so Doodle learning should now be ready for the children to access again from home.

Next Week

Our PE days will be on Tuesday’s and Thursday’s.

In Maths, we will be learning more about place value, building upon the knowledge we acquired in Year 2.  In these sessions, we will be looking at number line intervals, as well as representing and partitioning numbers up to 100.  This will then be extended to looking at numbers up to 1000.

In English, we will be starting our new model text and looking at the tool kits that will accompany this unit of work. 

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.

Mrs Collett