Year 3
Week beginning 11th May 2026
Our topic this half-term is "Ready for Rocks and Rivers."
Year 3 have been working hard this week with our learning. We have started our learning on telling the time. It would be helpful for you to find analogue clocks and use them to tell the time. We will continue this next week. We have begun writing a report about rivers. We have been trying to include powerful verbs, interesting adjectives and even some personification to make our writing amazing. We have also enjoyed drawing some observational pictures of shells.
Year 3 will be visiting the Ancient Technology Centre for our school trip on Tuesday 7th July. You should have received a letter regarding this.
Worship Theme This Week:
Our worship theme this week is: Ascension Day
So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
This week's learning:
English: This week, we will continue to write an explanatory text about rivers.
Maths: We will be learning about time. We are telling the time to 5 minutes and 1 minute and will start to think about duration.
Computing: We will be learning about coding.
French: We will be learning to spell the names of musical instruments in French.
P.E. We will focus on basketball, handball and parkour.
Geography: We will be consolidating learning from the term.
Music: Children will learn to develop a graphic score considering dynamics, tempo and texture.
Art: Children will finish our work in the style of Amira Gale - shells.
PSHE – We are learning about how we manage money.
Important dates and messages:
Our PE and library day this year is Wednesday. Every other week library is Friday.
Key dates
Year 3 Class Trip – The Ancient Technology Centre on Tuesday 7th July 2026.
Our new class book:
Oliver And The Seawigs by Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre
Homework:
Please note that this term's project homework is at the bottom of the page.
The children have been given their project homework and overview. Please choose at least two tasks to complete throughout our project. The children are welcome to complete more if they wish.
We look forward to seeing what they produce in our homework museum.
We also encourage children to practice the statutory Y3/4 spellings.
Spellings
Research shows that learning just 13 of the most frequently used words will enable children to read 25% of any text. Learning 100 high-frequency words gives a beginner reader access to 50% of virtually any text, whether a children's book or a newspaper report. When you couple sight recognition of common and tricky words with knowledge of phonics, that's when a child's reading can really take off.
These word lists contain the first 100 and the next 200 of the most common words children encounter in their reading. The words are listed in frequency order, reading down the columns from the most common, 'the'.
Spellings we are learning in our spelling lessons this half-term:
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Week 1 |
Week 2 |
Week 3 |
Week 4 |
Week 5 |
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optician pyramid trouble country incomplete male piece vein parachute |
supermarket superstar superhuman supersonic superfine superficial supercomputer supertanker superstructure |
immature impossible impatient imperfect immortal impolite immovable improbable imbalance impeccable |
appear material library perhaps sentence various regular bicycle possess caught |
division invasion confusion decision collision television abrasion expansion erosion excursion |
Reading:
We would love to see Year 3 using their extra time at home to read some brilliant books. If children read three times at home, they get a raffle ticket. Please, therefore, keep a quick record in reading logs – your children can write the title in to help! We would also like to encourage children to bring their reading records to school every day.
Reading books – we would like to remind everyone to have a reading book in school – this can be a school or home book. We want all children to be able to share recommendations and reviews of what we have read recently. We display books we've read in the classroom to get children talking about the stories they love and inspire others to try new titles.
Additional resources
Below are some other resources that you can use for optional work at home:
Recommended reading list:
English reading activities:
English reading activities should include reading an extract or a short story and answering questions. Guidance here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4Y_67GMkP4
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/reading
- All activities through this link
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zs44jxs
- What are facts and opinions?
- What does an author do?
- What is inference?
https://www.everyschool.co.uk/english-key-stage-2-comprehension-2.html
- All activities through this link
Maths
MyMaths – We will set up MyMaths tasks termly, based on the learning we will be doing this term. Two per week is our minimum recommendation. MyMaths login details are on the back of their reading record.
TTRS should be the main way children practice their timetables. Children should still be completing 3 sound checks and 2 garage bands a week.
However, if they would like a change or focus on particular tables, they can use "Hit the button".
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ - This website is a good resource to find fun games for children to play, with specified age ranges.
Many thanks for all of your support,
Mrs Fakorede, Mrs Jacobs and Mrs Allery.