Year Three Notice Board

A few notices:

Thank you for all of your continued support this term. We have had a wonderful Spring Term and wish you all a fantastic Easter break.
Next term we will be looking at the Romans so if you wanted to do some research over the Easter break please do!
Please do not let your times tables get rusty over the break. Just like a bike, if we don't ride it, it will get rusty. Our times tables will too! (Try and play "Hit the Button")

Forest School

Next half term the Year 3 children are going to be given the opportunity to do Forest School for one afternoon per week throughout Summer. The children will be working with Miss Skinner alongside their class teachers outside for most of the afternoon. Please can the children wear sensible footwear such as wellies or boots. Children will need to bring a change of clothes which are suitable for getting messy. We will be outside whatever the weather including rain, please make sure your child has suitable clothing on their Forest School day.

Monday PM - Elm class

Tuesday PM - Willow class

Y3 Potato Update from Mrs Nicholas

18.4.19 - I've been checking on the plants in the school garden and you'll be pleased to hear that the Y3 potatoes are growing well. The shoots have started to show through the soil so I've covered them with more compost. They'll need a bit more compost next week.

Routines

Swimming- Every Tuesday morning at Brentford Leisure Centre. Children need to bring their swimming costume, towel and swimming hat in a bag ever week and take it home again that day. Goggles are optional.

PE- Every Tuesday afternoon. Children will need a full winter Belmont PE kit as we are now into the colder weather. Please make sure that everything is labelled.

French - Wednesday afternoons.

Forest School - See notice above

Calendar/ Key dates

Monday 25th March to Friday 5th April - STEM Enrichment weeks

Friday 5th April - End of Spring term

Tuesday 23rd April - Back for the start of the Summer Term

Tuesday 30th April - First swimming of the Summer Term

School Diary

Letters

Powerpoint from Home School Partnership Evening

Home Learning

Recent and extensive educational research has found that homework for primary aged children has minimal impact unless it reinforces learning and regularly allows children to rehearse and practise skills and facts e.g. times tables and spellings.

Reading

Children are expected to read at home regularly (at least 15 - 20 minutes daily) and to discuss their reading with an adult at home to develop language and comprehension. Reading Record books must be brought into school every Monday to be checked. It may be that the Reading Record is checked more than once during the week. Children can change their reading book at any point during the week if they have read the ones they already have. Also children may borrow books from the Junior Library. We encourage the children to share their library book with an adult at home as well. We will be encouraging them to take ownership with this.

Helping your child with reading

Nurturing young readers

Reading with your child in Key Stage 2

Year 3 Reading List

Key words/ Spelling

Each week there will be two lists of spelling. The lists will be called 'Mild' and 'Hot' and children should choose which one they want to learn from. They will be given on a Wednesday and tested the following Monday. Each week the lists will link to a spelling pattern or rule.

Over the Easter break we would like you to practice 20 words from the High Frequency Word list below. Please choose these at random and get an adult to test you.

High Frequency Word High Frequency Word List

Below are some links to support with spelling at home.

Look Say Cover Write Check

Ideas to help with spelling

Grammar Workbook:

This week we would like you to complete these pages:

Please complete page 74, 75, 76 and 77

Suffixes - 'er and est'

Suffixes - 'ment' 'ness' 'ful' and 'less'

Number Facts and Times Tables

You can print you child's times tables challenge to practise at home.

Times tables challenge