The Year 3 Team

Term 2 Week 8 WB 15/12/25

We would like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you for all of your kind and thoughtful gifts, and for the incredible support you have shown the children (and us!) throughout the term. Your generosity, encouragement, and partnership mean so much to us.

This term has been filled with so many special moments, wonderful achievements, and fantastic progress — we are incredibly proud of all the children and everything they have accomplished.

We hope your homes are filled with joy, laughter, and festive cheer this Christmas, and that you have a truly happy and healthy New Year. We can’t wait to welcome everyone back in January, refreshed and ready for an exciting, action-packed Term 3!

There will be no formal homework set, however we do encourage you to continue enjoying regular reading together at home. If you happen to have the odd quieter day amongst all the festive fun, the children could also spend a little time practising their times tables.

Finally, we are continuing to learn 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. We have been learning our eight timetables - here is our new song for you to practise at home - 

Eight Times Table Song (Cover of All About That Bass by Meghan Trainor)

3 Times Tables - Have Fun Learning!

4 Times table song (A Whole New World from Disney's Aladdin)

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

Counting By Sixes Song

7 Times Table Song | Skip Counting by 7 Song with Multiplication

Seven Times Table Song (Cups by Anna Kendrick Cover) with Classroom Instruments

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

Spellings

There will be no spellings set over Christmas, but please do keep reading with your child or sharing stories together at home.

Mrs Hughes' /Mr Grimes'/ Mrs Strudwick's groups

Mrs Smith's and Mrs Georgiades' groups -

Mrs Lambert's group (formerly Mrs Charlwood's group)

Thank you for your continued support!

S3 Usual weekly timetable (please note that there may be changes to this at times).

Home Learning

Times Tables Rockstars! 

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 and build your knowledge as you become a Rockstar!

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

Reading

Children should bring their Accelerated Reading Book to and from school each day. When they have finished reading, children are asked to complete a quiz before changing their book. 

https://global-zone61.renaissance-go.com/welcomeportal/6704864

Parents please log your child's reading on the BOOM reader Parent Portal or by using the BOOM reader parent app on your tablet/mobile no more than once a week.

boomreader.co.uk/parents

Below is a list of the 100 most common words that your child is expected to know how to spell by the end of Year 4 (please see attachment).

The spelling strategies document below shows what strategies are used in class, and can be used at home to aid learning new words: 

Spelling strategies

• Spelling strategies to use at home (2).pdf
• spellingwordlist_y3-4.pdf