Welcome to Year 3 (St. Teresa of Calcutta and St. Paul)

We are looking forward to working with your children and enabling them to succeed to the best of their abilities (with your help also!)  Please read the following carefully as it will give you all the information you need.

Homework

Homework will be sent home on Thursday and is due back the following Monday. Please encourage your child to work independently. If they need a significant amount of help, please let us know so we can provide further support for your child. They will only receive work they have covered in class. Please feel free to write any comments in their homework books.

If your child also has a homework pack, this must be completed every day.

Please encourage your child to use Times Tables Rockstar. Links for this are under the Children & Nursery section of the school website: www.stmarymagdalenemk.co.uk

Learning Logs

Learning logs will be sent home every half-term. This is done in place of the normal, weekly homework and should cover two pages. The topics for learning logs are usually linked to an area curriculum that the children have been working on in class.

Spellings

There will be a weekly spelling test every Monday. The words being tested will be a mixture of spellings the children have been working on in class and the keywords for Year 3. Word lists for Year 3 can be found in the children's homework books. These can be used to practise their spellings at home.

Times Tables

Please practise your child’s times tables with them every day. In year 2 pupils learned the 2, 5 and 10 times tables. In Year 3, they will work on the 3, 4, 6 and 8  times tables. Children should know how to use times tables facts to find corresponding division facts.  More information on this can again be found in homework books. Children also need to feel confident in their number bonds to 10, 20 and then to 100.

Home Reading Books

Your child should be reading every day.  This will develop both their reading and writing skills. Each child is expected to take reading books home, which must be kept in good condition. Pupils have a Reading Record. Parents and carers are expected to sign this and make a comment.

Please ensure that you support your child with their homework by:

• Hearing them read daily and signing their record
• Testing them on their spelling words before Monday tests
• Quizzing them on their times tables
• Using the local library or the internet to support your child with their learning

In Year 3, they are allowed to change their reading book independently once they have finished.  Please remind your child of this.

Class Lending Library

As well as having time to explore the school library for a short period of time on Wednesdays, the children also have access to the class lending library. They are able to choose from a range of books and take these home to enjoy. The children are encouraged to take extra care of these books as they often belong to the teacher themselves. 

P.E.

P.E. takes place once a week, run by our sports coach on Wednesday afternoons. Children need to bring their full school P.E. kit, which includes navy blue shorts, white t-shirt and trainers.  A sweatshirt and jogging bottoms are also needed in cold weather. All kits need to be fully labelled with your child's name.

Other

Please make sure your child attends school regularly and on time every day. At the end of the school day, please collect your child promptly at 3.20 pm from outside your child's classroom. Any child not collected by 3:30 pm will be taken to after school club and you will be charged.  

After school curriculum clubs end each day at 4.00 pm, children must be collected promptly from the front of the school. Any child not collected by 4.10 pm will be put into our after school club at a cost.

If you have any concerns about your child that you would like to discuss, please feel free to speak to us at the end of the day or email.

With kind regards

 

Mr Jones and Mrs Kiely