Year 3 2026-27

Welcome to Year 3!

I'm Mr. Penny and I am excited to be your Year 3 teacher. I look forward to starting our journey together in September, supporting each of you throughout the year and teaching a variety of lessons. 

As well as learning the core subjects of English, maths, science and RE, we have lots of amazing topics planned, which we will be exploring throughout the year. Please see the curriculum overview for more details. We also have some fantastic trips and experiences planned, linking to our different topics.

We will have our P.E lessons on a Monday and further P.E slot on a Friday morning so children will need to come dressed in their P.E kits for both days. 

Mrs. Marshall will also be teaching Music on a Friday afternoon, and Mrs. Delahunty teaching French on a Wednesday.  

Reading and Homework.

As reading is an essential tool to exercise your mind and increase knowledge, over the course of the year, I encourage you to read as often as possible. Please ensure each time you read, it is logged in your home-school diary. These will be checked every Thursday morning. 

You will receive x1 maths and x1 English homework on a Tuesday and this will be due the following Monday. You can hand your homework in at any time during the week once it is completed - there is a basket in the classroom for completed homework.

Spellings - A spelling booklet will be sent home at the beginning of each half term. Each week, we will have a spelling lesson to introduce the spelling rule for that week. We will then have our class spelling test every Monday morning.

General Class Information 

• PE - Please make sure you come to school in your P.E kit on Mondays & Fridays for our lessons. Please ensure all kit is named and follows school policy.
• Drinks: Please make sure you child has a water bottle for drinking during the day. Water bottles must only contain water - no juice or fizzy drinks are permitted.
• Coats: Please ensure your child brings a coat into school (labelled).
• Times Tables - We will practice our times tables daily in school. By the end of Year 3, you should be able to recall the 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 8x and 10x tables in any order, as well as the related division facts. We will begin times tables tests week beginning 14th September - further communication will be sent home about this. 

I have attached our Autumn 1 overview, KIRF's and class curriculum map above which outlines our learning over the next academic year.

Please don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions or queries. 

Many thanks, 

Mr. Penny