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Year 3 2026 - 2027
WELCOME TO YEAR 3
Autumn Term - First Half
Mrs Hover & Mrs Leake
Mrs Jenson-Asford, Mrs S Davies and Mrs Betts
Welcome back! The Year 3 Team hope you’ve enjoyed a well-deserved week’s break and you are feeling ready for another busy and exciting half-term!
In English, we’ll be starting a brand-new book, which will be revealed in Week 1! There’s a little clue in the picture above… In Shared Reading, we’ll also be diving into a mystery-adventure story, Ottoline and the Yellow Cat by Chris Riddell.
In Maths, we’ll be finishing our unit on ‘Addition and Subtraction’ and then we will move onto ‘Multiplication and Division’. You’ve been doing a fantastic job practising your times tables at home using Times Table Rock Stars, so keep up the great work! This half-term, we’ll be focusing on the 3 and 4 times tables. If you’d like to sharpen your mental addition and subtraction skills, you can also use your TTRockStars login to play the Numbots games or check out the other games by clicking on the ‘Maths tab' above.
In RE, we’ll be learning about Christianity, while in Science, we’ll be investigating light and shadows. In History, we’ll be travelling back in time to learn more about the Stone Age! This was the earliest period of human culture, when people made and used stone tools. You might even have seen the film The Croods, which is set in a fictional Stone Age world!
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There’s lots to look forward to in our wider curriculum, too! In Art, we’ll be learning how to print in the style of William Morris, and in Design and Technology, we’ll be creating our very own Christmas stockings. In French, we’ll be learning the days of the week and months of the year, as well as discovering how Christmas is celebrated in France. In PSHE, we’ll be exploring ways to look after our mental health and wellbeing, linking this to our class toolbox of strategies to help us manage our feelings and emotions through the Zones of Regulation.
PE will continue to take place on Wednesdays (Health and Fitness) and Fridays (Gymnastics). Please remember to come to school dressed in your PE kit on these days.
Finally, we’ll be continuing our musical theatre lessons as we prepare for a mini-performance for our parents and carers on Monday 23rd November at 2pm. We’ll also be finding out more about our Christmas play, which we’ll be practising and performing alongside Year 4. More will be revealed after half term! 😊
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YEAR 3 PARENTS
Contacting Class Teachers
The Year 3 class teachers are Mrs Hover (Monday - Wednesday) and Mrs Leake (Thursday - Friday).
Please always feel free to come and speak to us or alternatively our emails are:
katie.hover@oldfield.cheshire.sch.uk
jennifer.leake@oldfield.cheshire.sch.uk
PE Timetable
Wednesday: Health & Fitness
Friday: Gymnastics
Reading and Homework
Monday: Reading Records checked
Tuesday:
Wednesday: Homework due
Thursday:
Friday: Homework handed out
Homework is one task linked to our learning in school that week - either English, Maths or from the Wider Curriculum. It should take your child about 20 minutes and should be able to be completed independently or with some adult support. When your child is completing their homework, please encourage them to present their work neatly.
Homework will be set on a Friday and is due on the following Wednesday.
We also encourage pupils to ‘Strive for 5’ when reading at home each week. We will support the children as they choose their book from our carefully curated class library. Children should record their reads in their reading record and either parents or children can write in this. Children will bring their chosen book home every day and should have it in school daily so we can see what they are reading. They will also enjoy daily opportunities for independent reading at school and can change their book whenever they finish it.
Times Tables
Being able to recall times table facts quickly and accurately helps children succeed in all of our Maths lessons. In Year 2, children learnt the 2, 5 and 10 times tables. In Year 3, we will be learning the 3, 4 and 8 times tables. Repetition is key to knowing the facts quickly and accurately. Please help your child at home to practise these times tables as much as they can. Questions, chanting and Times Tables Rockstars are all good ways to learn (regular short bursts are the best way!) Here are some other games to help with their practice:
‘How to help your child in Year 3'
Please see 'Meet the Teacher' tab above
Other important information
Snack - Toast is 25p a day. Please book your snack on Parent Pay for the week ahead. You could also supply your child with a piece of fruit/vegetable.
Water bottles - children should continue to bring their water bottles in daily.
Please make sure your child has a waterproof coat each day as we go outside during playtimes in most weather conditions.
Please label your child’s clothing, packed lunches and water bottles.