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 Autumn Term, we will be studying lots of exciting new topics.  We will be reading 'Winter's Child' by Angela McAllister & Grahame Baker-Smith. When Tom wishes winter would never end, he meets another boy who shares his love of snow and ice. Playing together every day, Tom hardly notices that spring doesn't come - until he realises the terrible effect of unending winter is having on the countryside and his sick grandma. His friend is Winter's child, and for the seasons to go on the friends must say goodbye until next year.This book reinforces and teaches valuable elements of the Year 3 curriculum.

Homework will consist of maths, English and spelling as well as reading and recording in our reading diaries and doing Times Table Rock Stars. 'ATOM Learning' is the platform we use in KS2 for homework and you will be given a login for that.

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 24th November 2025

Christmas Fayre on Friday night.

Maths: Multiplying 1 and 2 digit numbers.

English:  Learning how to write descriptive extended noun phrases.

P.E. Tuesday (Games) and Friday (Swimming).  

Religion & Worldviews: What are morals, rules and guidlines? 

Design Technology: Start to design our cushions.

Computing: Complete our branching databases.

Art: Painting pictures by replicating Clarice Cliff's work. 

History: Learning about the history of canals boats. 

Science: We will be investigating Light.

Music: We will be studying sing techniques and looking at a Viking song!.

Hearts and Minds: Looking at 'Inculsion'.

Homework:

Homework will consist of Maths, and a SPAG activity online (no comprehension). 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:

Kibblestone Residendial Thursday 4th & Friday 5th June 2026

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