Welcome to Year 3
We look forward to working alongside you in what we hope will be an exciting and successful year for your child.
There are two classes in year 3. Your child will be in class ET/AD with Mis Davies (Mon-Tues) and Mrs Thomas (Wed-Fri) or in class IS with Mr Smith.
Our teaching assistants are Mrs Thornton and Mrs Jewell
Weekly Timetable
Children will have homework set on a Friday afternoon and we expect it to be completed and submitted in class on a Wednesday. We will be uploading homework on the website and send home a copy in your child’s homework book. Spellings for the week will also be uploaded to the school website for parents and children to access and practice at home. They will begin practicing the week’s spellings within class on a Monday and tested on a Friday.
P.E for both classes is with Mr Perez and Miss Smith. The children need to have their P.E kit in school for this.
Mr Smith’s class P.E. = Tuesday
Miss Davies/Mrs Thomas’ class P.E. = Thursday
We use Class Dojo to let parents know how when their children receive praise for something they have done in school. This could include:
- Sensible behaviour
- Excellent effort
- Kindness
- Great work
Once you have downloaded the Class Dojo app and inputted the unique code for your child you will receive alerts when your child has earned a ‘dojo’. This can really help reinforce the praise that we are giving at school as well as being a useful reminder when children say they can’t remember what happened at school.
Please note that we are not using all of the features of Class Dojo at Muxton. We will continue to use the year group email addresses for communication with teachers so please do not use the messaging section of Class Dojo as this will not be monitored.
Do let us know if you need any help with setting up Class Dojo on your device. We will be happy to help! Download it for Apple or Android here.
Links to Online Resources
BugClub We subscribe to BugClub to give you access to a wide selection of online books for KS1 and KS2. Once your child has read a book they can then answer comprehension questions to check their understanding. Your child will have a logon card stuck into their Home School Links book. Children’s activity will be checked weekly.
PurpleMash PurpleMash has a suite of software that can be used to support learning across the curriculum – your child will have a logon card stuck into their Home School Links book.
BBC Bitesize BBC Bitesize has a range of learning materials for KS1 and KS2 children.
Sumdog Sumdog has a range of great maths games that can be played online – your child will have a logon card stuck into their Home School Links book.
Kiddle Kiddle is a safe search engine for children.
Helpful documents
Primary school National curriculum
Progression of spellings and phonics from Year 1 to Year 6
Curriculum Planning
Knowledge organisers
Maths
Y3-Place-Value-Knowledge-Organiser
Year 3 Addition and Subtraction Maths Knowledge Organiser
Year 3 Fractions Maths Knowledge Organiser
Year 3 Length and Perimeter Knowledge Organiser
Year 3 Mass and Capacity Maths Knowledge Organiser
Year 3 Money Knowledge Organiser
Year 3 Multiplication and Division Maths Knowledge Organiser
Year 3 Number and Place Value Maths Knowledge Organiser
Year 3 Properties of Shapes Maths Knowledge Organiser
Year 3 Statistics Maths Knowledge Organiser
Year 3 Time Knowledge Organiser
Science
Aumtumn – Rocks Knowledge Organiser
Spring 1 – Light Knowledge Organiser
Spring 2 – Forces and Magnets Knowledge organiser
Summer 1 – Animals including humans Knowledge Organiser
Summer 2 – Plants Knowledge Organiser
History
The Romans knowledge organiser
Geography
Theme Autumn 1 – Knowledge Organiser Italy
Theme Summer 1 and 2 – volcano and mountain organiser
Computing
French
Useful Information
You will receive a newsletter at the beginning of each term to give you more information about what your child will be learning in each subject area. This will also give more specific details about homework and projects which we will be doing during the year.
If you have any queries or concerns, no matter how simple they may seem, please don’t hesitate to contact us via the year 3 email inbox – year3@muxtonprimary.org.uk
