Year 3

Year 3 Class Teacher  :  Mrs Alice Dorsett

In my classroom I aim to stimulate and celebrate a love of learning. There is always an air of excitement about new topics! We love to discuss ideas, share our own learning and use our thinking and reasoning skills to work things out. I want the children to feel confident coming to school because they know everyone in the class will treat them with respect, they will have a fun time with their friends and they know that if they make mistakes that’s how we learn.

In English we use a range of texts as an inspiration for our learning and writing.

Writing in Year 3 builds on the solid foundations and early writing of KS1. It allows the children to explore new vocabulary, a wider range of structures and different punctuation to guide them towards with writing with greater independence and originality.

We continue the enjoyment of reading laid down in KS1 and the children are encouraged to explore new text and select texts that interest and excite them. We broaden their exposure to diverse text through shared reading experiences in class. Dedicated independent reading time and access to a diverse class library help build their confidence and enthusiasm as readers.

As the children enter KS2 they have their first opportunity to plan and deliver a short talk about an interest of theirs to their peers. Developing their self-confidence and oracy skills.

In Maths, the children will learn the 3, 4 and 8 times tables, and learning how to multiply a two digit number by a one digit number.  Year 3 will also cover reasoning within 100, place value, graphs, addition and subtraction, length and perimeter, money, statistics, fractions, time, properties of shape, mass and capacity and multiplication and division. There will be regular times tables tests to motivate and reward the children for learning them.

Please find a link below to discover what other exciting topics children will cover in Year 3!