Term 1 Week 2 WB 8/9/25

What a fantastic first full week back we’ve had! The children have settled into Year 3 brilliantly and I have been so impressed with their resilience, focus, and positive attitude as they adjust to the new routines and expectations.

In Maths, we have been exploring place value and the number system, looking closely at tens, hundreds, and how numbers can be represented in different ways. The children have particularly enjoyed working with larger numbers and have been practising writing them in both numerals and words, using the base ones, tens and hundreds blocks to support their understanding. 

In English, we have begun reading our class text, Quill Soup. The children have been learning about the mysterious character 'Noko the porcupine'. Who is Noko? Why is the book colourful on the front cover and then black and white in other areas of the book?

The children are also loving the variety of animals in the story, and this links perfectly to our Science topic for the term: Animal Nutrition and the Skeletal System.

Our History learning has taken us back to The Stone Age, which the class are finding fascinating. The children recreated timelines on tables, to understand where in History the different time periods occur. When did the Stone Age occur?

In Geography we have started to explore Countries and Continents of the World. We did this by using an atlas and discovering where in the world different countries and cities were. 

A few reminders:

• PE kits (fully named) should be in school from Monday to Friday.

• Please send your child with a named waterproof jacket or coat each day.

• In Year 3, fruit snacks are provided by parents rather than school – please send a healthy snack for mid-morning.

• Children do not need pencil cases, as all stationery is provided. Please also keep soft toys and other special items at home.

Finally, we have begun learning our times tables with some fun songs! Practising for just 15 minutes a week on the recommended website will make a huge difference in building strong multiplication and division skills, which are essential throughout Key Stage 2 and beyond.

4 Times Table Song (APT be Rosé and Bruno Mars)

Counting By Sixes Song

The 12 Times Table Song | Skip Counting by 12 for Kids

Thank you for your continued support – it has been a brilliant start to the year!

B3 Usual weekly timetable (please note that there may be changes to this at times).

Home Learning:

Reading

Children should be reading everyday and once a week this can be logged on

https://www.boomreader.co.uk/parents

Children will bring home a book from the Discovery Centre which is levelled according to the Accelerated Reader (AR) scheme  https://www.southborough.kent.sch.uk/accelerated-reader-1/

      These books can be returned and swapped as soon as they are finished. There is also a quiz                    associated with these books https://www.southborough.kent.sch.uk/year-2-1/

Here is the link for your children to quiz their books on- https://global-zone61.renaissance-go.com/welcomeportal/6704864

Please try and complete 1 a week if possible.

Note: some children will bring home both a RWI Reading book and an AR levelled reading book - please read both with your child.
 

Please make sure your child's reading book is in their school bag every day so that we can read with them at school also. Thank you for supporting your child's learning in this way. 

Times Tables Rockstars/Numbots

To keep practising the multiplication taught in class, and challenging yourself to keep the ones you already know fresh, don’t forget to log into your Times Tables Rockstars account

https://play.ttrockstars.com/

Challenge yourself to beat your score, build your knowledge and watch your confidence sore, as you become a Rockstar!

To use Numbots, for games to support number knowledge, confidence and fluency go to https://play.numbots.com/

Please ask your class teacher if you need replacement log in details.