Term 1 Week 3 WB 17/9/25

The children this week have continued to adapt to life in Year 3. They have worked hard in all areas and Mrs Hughes and Mr Grimes have been very impressed with their commitment. 

In maths we are looking at place value and the number system, continuing to explore ones, tens and hundreds. The children are beginning to understand that once they understand place value they can go as high as they want in reading and understanding number. 

In English we have begun exploring our class text, 'Quill Soup', this week they have begun to write more at length and the children have risen to this challenge with gusto. 

We are all enjoying exploring 'The Stone Age' and have looked at what an everyday life in the Stone Age might be. 

We are all very excited about our second Forest School tomorrow! 

Children should bring suitable clothes to school, which are appropriate for an afternoon in the woods. This will include long sleeves and trousers, old clothes that may get muddy and dirty and strong footwear that is secure on their feet (no flip flops or other open shoes), wellies or hiking boots are great, trainers are ok in good weather. Children should come to school in uniform and bring their forest school clothes in a named bag, as the session is during the afternoon. 

 Please ensure that fully named PE kits are in school Monday to Friday. Please ensure also that your child has a named waterproof jacket or coat in school everyday. 

In year 3 fruit snacks are provided by parents, rather than school as in the lower years. Please send your child with a healthy snack that they can enjoy mid-morning. 

A reminder also please that children do not need pencil cases, all their stationery is provided in school. Please also keep soft toys and other treasures at home. Thank you for your support with this.

L3 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 Boom Reader: 

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

Children ibring 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 which children must complete after they have finished each AR book:  https://www.southborough.kent.sch.uk/year-2-1/

Some children will bring home both a RWI Reading book and an AR levelled reading book - please read both with your child. Both books should be left in their bags so they can read them at school, as well as at home, to enhance their fluency.

Maths:

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. 

Spellings: 

More information about how we teach spelling at Southborough and strategies to support your child at home can be found here: https://www.southborough.kent.sch.uk/spelling-3/