Year 3
Welcome to Year 3!
We are so glad you are here! We hope you enjoy finding out about our learning journey and being kept up to date with important information. Please follow us on 'X' @LeasowesPrimary for more updates on our learning.
Mrs Smith and Miss Thelwell
Autumn 2025
Wow! What a brilliant first half-term we have all had in Year 3! SO much learning has taken place and Mrs Smith and Miss Thelwell have been so pleased with the progress made already 😊
In English, we have planned and written character descriptions for 2 characters from our class text 'The Stolen Spear’. This is a new text for Year 3, never to have been studied at Leasowes before! We came up with some fantastic ideas and used many descriptive writing features to engage the reader. We have now moved on to writing a non-fiction non-chronological report – we can already tell that this is a firm favourite genre for many of our young writers.
The children have thoroughly enjoyed learning about the Stone Age and after Christmas we will be moving onto our next Geography unit about rivers and the water cycle. We are so excited for our Stone Age Day on Tuesday 9th December.
In Maths, we have built on our learning of measurement from Year 2 and progressed to measuring the perimeter of 2D shapes. We were lucky enough to receive a letter from a museum who expressed an interest in needing our help to create a 2D model of Stonehenge. We used our 'ruler rules' to accurately measure and record the perimeter of each 2D stone to help the museum out! More recently, we have been learning about weight and mass. Following the CPA approach, we measured real-life objects on scales and carefully read the integers to measure and compare weights. We then looked at some images of scales and worked out the object's weights and worked hard to convert grams to kilograms.
A particular highlight of the curriculum this half-term has been our Food Technology lessons where we have been learning about a balanced diet, the inspirational brand, Warburtons and planning and making our bread rolls. The children applied new skills to make their delicious bread rolls and what a fabulous job they did!
Upcoming Dates
4th December – Panto
9th December – Stone Age Day
10th December – Christmas Dinner and jumpers!
15th December – Christmas Carol Concert
PE - Monday and Thursday (until Christmas)
PE kits can be kept in the children's school lockers and their kit should include a warm layer such as a hoodie and tracksuit bottoms/leggings for outdoor PE. Long hair should be tied back and earrings cannot be worn.
Forest School kits will be sent home weekly with the children to be washed and returned for the following week’s lesson.
Spellings and Homework
Spellings will be sent home on a Monday and tested the following Monday. Homework for Maths or English will be set on a Wednesday and be collected the following Monday. Diaries need to be signed each time your child reads and we encourage them to read daily as this makes a huge difference to their progress. We ask that children bring these into school every day.
Snacks
In Key Stage Two, children can either bring in a healthy snack from home for morning break or they can bring a small amount of money (in a named purse or named envelope) to buy a snack from the kitchen. Prices vary from 10p for a slice of toast to £1 for a bacon/sausage bap and drink on a Friday.
We look forward to the year ahead in Year 3!
Year 3 Staff Team
Mrs Smith (3S Class Teacher)
Miss Thelwell (3T Class Teacher)
Mr R Williams (Year 3 Teaching Assistant)
Miss Adlington (Year 3 Teaching Assistant)
Mrs Harland (Year 3 Teaching Assistant)
General Resources:
Useful Websites for use at home to supplement homework.
Spelling Frame - A simple website for practising the Year 3/4 and 5/6 spelling lists.
Sumdog - Online maths games. Please see your teacher for your login.
Mad4Maths - Click on “For Kids” to access some fun games to practise speed of recall of times tables.
Crickweb - A range of English games and activities.
Spellzone - A range of activities and games to practise a range of spelling rules and patterns.
My Mini Maths
Completely free to use. The Mini-Maths section allows quick warm-ups where you can practise the same concept for 5 days in a row. They also have something called TT38 (times table challenge) based around the premise that when you remove the easier times tables they call the basics, there are 38 core facts to know. Children practise these core and basic facts, alongside the related division facts in a rotation of ten days. Find more information here... https://myminimaths.co.uk/tt38-times-tables-skill-builder/
Times Table Rockstars
Children can use this as part of our whole school subscription to practise daily times tables. Please see your child's reading diary for their login details.
Reading Cloud
Children can use the whole school subscription to the Reading Cloud by using their individual barcodes in their Home School Records. There are some ebooks that they can access to read from home. They can also search for books and write their own reviews.