Class 3 2026 - 2027
Mrs Owens
Welcome to Class Three
Welcome to Class Three!
Mrs Owens is the class teacher every day except Wednesday mornings when Mrs Taig-Wilkie will teach the class. We are very lucky to have the support of Mrs Legg, Mrs Marsden, Mrs Brookes and Mrs Yarker too!
Autumn Term 2026
English
In English, our work will be based on the book 'Stone Age Boy' by Satoshi Kitamura'. This will complement our topic work this term!
'An amazing thing once happened to me - I tripped and fell and found myself in a place where every thing was different, where the people wore animal skins and hunted and fished for food. I had such fun in that strange place and I learnt so much, but all the time I kept wondering where I was. Was it possible? Had I travelled . . . to the Stone Age!'
2026 is the National Year of Reading! As a school we aim to inspire a love of reading in every classroom!
All children will be reading different texts 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 Place Value recognising the value of each digit in 3 and 4 digit numbers, representing and estimating numbers, ordering and comparing numbers, rounding numbers and solving number problems.
Our practical maths lessons will be focussing on capacity and time.
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 use this link.
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:
Science
Animals including humans
In science, we will be learning about the function of skeletons and muscles and the importance of nutrition for animals including humans.
We will be answering these questions:
What is the purpose of a skeleton?
How do our muscles work?
What is a balanced meal?
Why is the right nutrition important?
Wider Curriculum
Our history topic this half term is the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age and how life changed in Britain through these periods
We will be looking at a variety of maps and google earth to explore the physical and human features in our area. We will become familar with OS maps and will be able too name a number of symbols.
We will have two PE sessions a week.
Monday - outdoor games
Friday - swimming
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR PE KIT IS IN SCHOOL EVERY DAY IN CASE OUR PE DAY CHANGES Earrings should not be worn on PE days.
In RE sessions, we will be exploring the theme of Hinduism.
In Art, we will be practising our skills in sketching using charcoal and linking our work to our history topic.