Class 3 2025 - 2026

Welcome to Class Three

Mrs Owens is the teacher in Class Three and we are lucky to have Mrs Jackson and Mrs Macauley working with us too.

Spring Term 2025

English

In English, our work will be based on the beautiful book 'Our Tower' by Joseph Coelho. It is an enchanting story of three children looking for adventure in their high-rise building and celebrates their home as a place of power and magic.

Reading - all children will be reading a book with their peers in class.  We will be practising skills such as comprehension, inference, retrieval and developing vocabulary.  

What can I do to support my child at home?

Reading - Read, read, read!  Try to read with your child every day.  In order to develop a love of reading, it is important that you read to your child as well as listening to them read.  

Spelling - children will be working on spelling patterns at school.  The common exception words for Year 1 and 2 and Years 3 and 4 are saved in the files section on this page.  Please practise these at home.

Maths

This term we will be focusing on multiplication and division.  

Our practical maths lessons will be all about money.  

In Class Three, we will focus much of our maths work on learning times tables.

Years Three and Four are the years when children need to become fluent on all multiplication facts to 12 x 12. 

In Year Three, children need to know multiplication facts for the  2, 5,10, 3, 4 and 8 times tables by heart.

In Year Four, children need to know these, plus facts for the 6, 7, 9, 11 and 12 times tables 

 What can I do to support my child at home?

To practise the Year 4 times table test go to https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check

You can programme individual tables to be tested on or a random mix.

All children have a login for Times Table Rockstars which is a fun and engaging way to practise!  We will often have battles against children in our class or even Class Four!  Have a look at your individual heatmap which will highlight tables that you need to practise.

Oxford Owl have a great guide to learning times tables with hints, tips and games.

https://cdn.oxfordowl.co.uk/2014/05/13/10/30/08/349/PX_MathsContent_BK_TimesTablesInSchool_01_CH.pdf

Hit the button is another fun games to help learn tables.https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button 

Other great maths websites:

www.timestables.co.uk

Science

States of Matter

In science, we will be learning about States of Matter.  We will explore  the difference between solids, liquids and gases and have lots of fun investigating how materials can change state through heating and cooling.  We will learn about the water cycle and the processes of evaporation and condensation.

Wider Curriculum

Our history topic this year is called 'The Changing Power of the Monarchy'. 

We will be going back in time to the Tudor period and finding out about the very famous monarch Henry VIII and his fascinating life.  We will be comparing him to our current monarch King Charles III.  

We will have two PE sessions a week.

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR PE KIT IS IN SCHOOL EVERY DAY.  Earrings should not be worn on PE days.

In RE sessions, we will be exploring the theme of parables as part of Christianity. 

In Art, we will be developing our observational skills in our 'Still Life' unit

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