Thursday 22^nd May 2025

Dear parents and carers,

Well, this term has whizzed by and the children have worked so hard. We are so proud of them.

In English this week, we have been very impressed with the bravery of Ruskin and his quest to save Lizard Street from Krindlekrax. The children have been writing narratives to describe when Ruskin meets Krindlekrax for the first time and they have done an amazing job adding fronted adverbials into their writing and creating a class ‘boxed success criteria.’

In Maths we are coming to the end of our topic on ‘Time.’ This week the children have been looking at months, days and hours and converting between the different units. The first week back after half term, we will be converting minutes into seconds and seconds into minutes and seconds. Our next topic will be ‘Shape.’

Finally, in Science we have been investigating the life cycle of a tomato plant and recapping the stages and processes. In particular, the children have been exploring the importance of pollination.

Have a wonderful half term and we look forward to seeing the children on Wednesday 4^th June (Monday 2^nd and Tuesday 3^rd are INSET days).

Mrs Nash, Mrs Britton and Mrs Charlwood

A typical week in Surrey 3

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

We recommend children in Year 3 read for at least 20 minutes a day.  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

Spelling

Spellings will be tested in class every Wednesday. We will keep the same spellings for Week 2.

Blue group (Mrs Nash, Miss Owen & Mrs Charlwood)

Red group (Mrs Whitmore) 

Purple group (Mrs Smith)

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: