Year 3

What happens in Year 3?

Year 3 is the first year that the children will spend in Knaphill Junior School. We are really lucky as we have our own building just for Year 3 to use. The year is full of many fun and exciting events, such as visits to Butser Ancient Farm, Chertsey Museum and the opportunity to perform in the festive play at the Holy Trinity Church in December. In the Summer Term, we have a Roman Day when everyone comes to school dressed as a Roman and we enjoy taking part in Roman themed activities.

We learn about three exciting Themes of Learning in Year 3:

Autumn term: The Stone Age to Iron Age.

Spring term: A local area study (Knaphill and the surrounding area).

Summer term: The Romans.

Day to day guide

Children will need to bring their homework diary, reading folder, reading book and pencil case to school every day. Each morning, they will have the opportunity to change their school reading book if they need to.

WEEKLY OVERVIEW

Each week we upload the Home Learning and the overview for the following week onto Google Classroom. Please check this carefully for important information and messages.

Home Learning

English

Please encourage your child to read for 10 minutes each day and where possible read and discuss texts with an adult on a regular basis. Please sign the Homework Diary each week to confirm that daily reading has been done. Children who have a reading scheme book are responsible for changing their own books and are expected to change scheme books at least once a week. A teacher will support those children who need help selecting books.

Maths

Each week, Maths homework will be set online using MyMaths and will focus on the learning that has happened in class that week. Please assist your child to learn and consolidate the skills they have learnt as much as possible. The children will also be able to practise their multiplication and division facts using their Times Tables Rock Stars (TTRS) log in. A TTRS tournament is set every fortnight.

Family Learning

Each term, a range of Family Learning activities which focus on the current Theme of Learning will be added to Google Classroom.

Family Learning is an opportunity to explore our Themes of Learning outside of school, as a family. Over the term, the children are able choose activities that they would like to complete at home. These can focus on different themes that the children love and enjoy. For example, some children are really creative and may choose to complete a Family Learning Project from the ‘Expressive Arts’ section. Some children are mathematicians at heart and, therefore, they might complete something from the ‘Maths’ section.

When the children have completed their projects, we love to celebrate them with the class.