Welcome to KS2 and Year 3

Year 3 should be a fun place to be for you with lots of exciting projects and activities to do. From lots of P.E (including swimming) to studying rocks and crumbling. The classroom has been decorated in wonderful colours with a lively reading corner. It's actually the best classroom in the school now (Well I think it is!).

This term, we will be settling into Year 3. We will be studying the history of canals and hope to take a visit to the National Waterways Boat Museum. In English, our main book this term is 'Seal Surfer' by Michael Foreman (ISBN 979-184-270-578-0). A boy and his grandfather watch as a baby seal is born on the rocks near their home, and from that day a special friendship is forged between them. This powerful book demonstrates friendship flourishing across generations, species and abilities. The book is rich in vocabulary and is a great resource to learn literacy skills in Year 3, covering fiction, non-fiction, spelling, punctuation and grammar. 
We will be continuing 'Engineering' which relates to the 'Engineering Habits of Mind' (EHoM). This will be linked with other curriculum areas thus making learning more relevant and meaningful. There will be lots of fun and exciting things to do! 

This year, we will be focusing on handwriting and presentation as a whole school.

Alongside all of this, we are very much aware of the importance of ensuring the children are happy, safe and secure in school and to help us do this, we will be following our Hearts and Minds curriculum.  More information about our Hearts and Minds curriculum and our weekly Hearts and Mind planning can be found using this link: Hearts and Minds.

I am looking forward to teaching your children this term and excited about all they have to offer.

Mr Randall

Continuing the Learning Journey……

Week Beginning: Monday 1st September 2026  (children in on Wednesday)

Maths: Place Value and where numbers come in the number system.

English:  We will be introducing our class book 'Seal Surfer'.

P.E. Tuesday (fundamental skills) and Friday (swimming starts 18/09/26) 

Religion & Worldviews: What makes us human?

Art: We will be learning about the artist, Clarice Cliff. 

Science: We will be studying the topic of 'Magnets & Forces'.

Music: We will be learning about ballads.

History: A study of timelines.

Hearts and Minds: 

Homework

Homework will consist of Maths, and an English activity online. Spellings sheet stuck in pink exercise book, spelling test on Tuesday. Please read and record in the reading diary. Have a go onTimes Table Rock Stars. 'ATOM Learning' is the platform we use in KS2 for homework and logins are in the front of the reading record.

Weekly Reminders:

• Homework & spelling will go out on a Wednesday. (ATOM Learning online). Spelling test on Tuesday A little homework slip will be given to the children each week so you know what they have to do.
• Please ensure your child is filling their reading diary on a daily basis.
• Practise timestables on a daily basis using Times Table Rockstars (2,3,4,5,8,10s)
• Children to come in P.E. kits for the whole day on Tuesday and Friday. 

Renaissance link for reading click here. 

In order to find year group expectations for maths, please click here, scroll down and click on the overview. 

For year group expectations for English, please click here, scroll down and click on the overview. 

The expectations for science and the foundation subjects can be found by selecting the relevant heading from here.

To access the Atom Learning homework platform, please click here. 

Key Dates:

Thank you

Mr Randall

Don't forget to visit our Think Like an Engineer website regularly to see what we're all busy doing:

https://thinklikeanengineerproject.com