Welcome to year 3
Welcome to a brand new, exciting school year!
Below is some key information that you might need to refer to as the year progresses. Please feel free to contact me via email or call to the front office rather than at the end or start of the day and I will get back to you.
Please click here to access the Year 3 Welcome Sway
The Year 3 Team
Teacher: Ms Wisniewska
Class LSA: Mrs Weston, Mrs DeFrietas and Mrs Andrews
This terms Caritas Curriculum Learning - PEACE
Year 3 consider the role of robots and machines have in building a community of peace. As they read “Finding out about Robots” they think of the benefits of technology as well as the questions it brings us. In art they re-create the Wild Robot by building some characters from the story in sculpture. In science they learn to create simple circuits with buzzers and switches and use these to help shape their own functioning robots in design and technology and learn to use programming in computing. Finally, they have the opportunity to share their own learnt skills by performing on the recorders that they have learnt throughout the term.
magnificent machines knowledge organiser 2025 26.pdf
Year 3 Caritas Learning Overview
caritas curriculum year 3 one page.pdf
Homelearning
Your child will be getting spelling, maths and topic-based home learning tasks. These can be completed in their homelearning books or on Teams. They will be set on a Wednesday and expected to return their home learning book by Tuesday to get work for the following week.
This half term, we will be learning about the fossils. Please do see the new Knowledge Organiser for our new topic Finding out from Fossils. Please choose 1 activity per week to complete from the home learning menu. They do not have to be done in any particular order. Be as creative as you like with your learning. I look forward to seeing all the fantastic work the children produce.
Please also complete the Abacus Activity online or the paper copy.
Each week, as a part of their home learning, children will be expected to learn a set of spellings which they will be quizzed on Wednesday of the following week. The weekly spellings are based on the Year Three and Four National Curriculum spelling list. Children should be encouraged to look for and learn spelling patterns in these words and other words. Please practise these regularly at home. It is more beneficial to work on spellings in short bursts; 5-10 minutes every day, rather than longer sessions. It is also very helpful to encourage your child to learn the meanings of these words (and other unfamiliar words) as well as helping them to develop their ability to apply these in context by writing a few sentences.
Home learning is actively celebrated within our class and house points are rewarded for completion and effort. If there are other activities linked to our topic or extra – curricular activities your child would like to share with their peers, please bring to school or send an email via: admin@ourladyoffatimatrust.essex.sch.uk
su1 home learning magnificent machines.pdf
P.E.
Year 3 P.E lessons are on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Please ensure your child has the correct PE kit in school and will change into their PE kits at school. Make sure that your child's name is on all of their kit. Please ensure that your child has the correct indoor and outdoor kit, as the weather gets colder. Earrings must be taken out before PE lessons, either by the parent or the child. Staff are not permitted to do this.
Other Information
Reading
Please ensure that your child reads daily. It is expected that children are heard to read at home for at least 15 minutes a day. They should be reading a variety of fiction and non-fiction books. It is important that they read to an adult/older sibling as often as possible. Please encourage your child to ask and to answer questions about their book and encourage them to give opinions about the book. Reading diaries must be signed by an adult each time they read at home.
Water Bottles
It is essential that children bring to school a bottle of water and take home their bottles at the end of the day. They can refill their bottles throughout the day.