3C - Miss Rider
3R - Mrs Attree & Mrs Beal
3O - Miss Mortensen (Head of year)
3F - Mr Kelynack
3T - Miss Chapman
3N - Miss Powell
Autumn Term 2026
Dear Parents & Carers,
A very warm welcome to the Junior School, the children have settled very smoothly into their new routines and the teachers have been impressed by their enthusiasm for learning. We have lots of exciting opportunities to look forward to.
Homework is set online on a Monday and is due in the following Monday. Your child will receive a number of logins:
• Accelerated Reader
• DoodleSpell
• Magma Maths
• Timestable Rockstars
• Purple Mash (this is for our school computing curriculum and is not part of the weekly homework)
If you feel your child would benefit from written work, we will be providing a few activities each week too, which will be attached to the homework sheet found on the website.
Thank you for finding the time to hear your child read regularly at home because it makes such a difference to their confidence and progress. Your children will be given a reading book and reading record. These should be bought into school every day.
Each Monday, your child should bring in their reading record with at least 5 entries and 3 signatures from a parent/carer to show that they have regularly read each week.
The children will also be given a log in and a reading range for Accelerated Reader at some point this half term. This will be sent home. They will be expected to complete and a quiz about each book they have read, within their reading range. We appreciate your patience whilst we organise log ins.
We have books to choose from in all our classrooms, in our shared area in Towncourt and in our Lower Reading Den, which can be accessed at particular points of the day. Most children will eventually be independently quizzing and changing their books when they need to. They can also complete quizzes at home, but we encourage them to do these without adult support.
Throughout each week, we focus on a particular spelling rule. On the homework, you can find information on our weekly rule, with some suggested words that follow it. To support this, each week, we set spellings activity on DoodleSpell which can be completed as homework. The logins will be sent home as soon as they are ready. At the end of each half term, we will assess the children’s understanding of the rules. The tested words will not be sent home but will be from the rules that we have covered over the half term.
Each week, the children are encouraged to spend some time either on TimesTable Rockstars. TT Rockstars is used to help with learning time tables. Over the year, we want to consolidate their understanding of the 2s, 5s and 10s times tables (from Year 2) and work on their knowledge of the 3s, 4s and 8s. Your children will be tested on their times tables throughout the year using the multiplication check. We will be introducing the children to Magma Maths soon, and more information will follow.
Every week, your child will be asked to talk with an adult about a different scenario, issue or event relating to their learning in school. This will help the children to develop ideas and vocabulary for this area.
All children in Year 3 will have P.E. on a Tuesday morning, this will be taught by our own sports teachers. Please can all children come to school in their PE kits every Tuesday. During cold weather, we encourage children to wear tracksuits. These can be purchased from the P.T.A. shop. School policy is that children are not allowed to wear earrings in P.E for health and safety reasons. Children can tape earrings if they are unable to take them out but please make sure this is done before they arrive at school.
During Year 3, the children will be taught singing, music technology and recorders on a termly basis.
During the Autumn term, 3N and 3R will learn the recorder. 3O and 3C will begin with music technology and 3T and 3F will begin with learning about listening and appraising skills in singing.
We are keen to continue to promote high standards both in the classroom and around school. We are delighted to see that the majority of pupils are wearing the correct school uniform. Can we remind you that all school policies including the uniform policy are available on the school website.
I would like to thank parents for helping to make the transition into Year 3 a smooth one.
If you have any queries or concerns about your child, please contact your child’s teacher, Miss Mortensen - Year 3 Lead or Mrs Abraham - Year 3 Assistant Head.
Many thanks,
Miss Mortensen
Year 3 Lead