Year 3
Welcome to Year 3 2023-24
The Year 3 teaching team are excited to have you back in school and ready learn!
We have many interesting topics to dive into this year and lots of amazing learning opportunities planned.
Meet the Year 3 Teaching Team 
Class Teachers:
Ms Wordsworth (3H Monday - Thursday)
Ms Brown (3H Friday)
Ms Hamnett (3T)
Teaching Assistants:
Ms Lynn, Ms Johnson and Ms Sharkey
Important Information
PE - Tuesday afternoon for both classes. Children must bring their PE kit to school and get changed after lunch. They will change back into their uniform to go home. PE kits may be left in school on your child's peg to save remembering it every week!
PE kit should consist of:
- yellow t-shirt
- blue shorts (or jogging bottoms in winter)
- school jumper
- pumps or trainers
It is important that children do not wear jewellery to school, in particular hooped earrings. This is to keep them safe and prevent injury. They may wear small stud earrings if they have pierced ears.
Homework
Reading: Your child should be reading every night for 20/30 minutes. The reading record must be signed by any adult who listens to the child read.
Every child will be given a reading book based on their reading level to take home and quiz on when they return to school. They will also be given a 'Reading for Pleasure' book from the Lower Key Stage Library which is kept at in school.
They will receive an Accelerated Reader and MyOn log in to enable them to take quizzes on the books they read in school and at home. This will show us how well they have understood the book, by asking them a range of question types. If your child needs a new book before they return to school, they can access a huge bank of interesting online books on the MyOn website. This log in should be written inside their reading record book that you sign.
Multiplication: Your child should be accessing Times Table Rockstars (TTRS) 3 x a week for 30 minutes.
Children will receive a Times Tables Rockstars (TTRS) log in (again this is on the inside of their reading record). This is an online multiplication programme were they can practise their times tables recall via a range of games. This is a safe programme where they can compete against classmates/ teachers and children from other schools. There is not a chat facility. By the end of Y3 children should be confident in answering x2,3,4,5,8 and 10 at speed. This is in preparation for the Y4 mental multiplication test.
Some children will have access to Numbots which is more suitable for them.
Make sure to select Holy Trinity CE Primary Manchester or use our postcode M9 4DU to select the correct school.
Spellings: 1x a week
Your child will receive spellings to learn every Friday by their spelling group teacher. They should be practised as much as needed to enable them to pass the test the following Friday.
Maths: 1x a week
Pupils will receive Maths homework on a Friday, consolidating the learning they have been doing in Maths sessions in school that week and recapping previous learning. Please encourage your child to complete this homework using the strategies they have been learning in class. Maths homework should be returned by the following Friday for your child's class teacher to assess.
Welcome to Year 3 2022-23
Staff
In Year 3 we are lucky to have a team of adults to support us.
3H Teacher: Miss McGeary
3T Teacher: Mr Spotwood
Year 3 TAs: Mr Dowling, Miss Ollerenshaw and Miss Parker. These adults spend time across both classrooms.
Music: Ms Wren the specialist music teacher will be working with all of year 3 across the year to teach recorders.
We also have Mrs Wordsworth, who works across both Year 3 classes during English and Maths.
Days to remember:
Spring term
Monday: PE day (both Year 3 classes)
Children to wear:
- PE kit. Yellow T-Shirt and Blue Shorts
- Trainers
- School jumper
- On colder days children can wear dark coloured tracksuit/jogger bottoms over the top of their shorts.
- No jewellery
Homework
Reading: Your child should be reading every night for 20/30 minutes.
Children will have recieved an Accelerated Reader/ My On log in. This mean the books your child reads at home when returning them to school they will take a quiz asking them questions about the book they have read. This is to see how well they have understood the book, asking them a range of question types. The book has been carefully selected for your child from an assessment they have completed at school. If your child needs a new book they can also access My On and read books online and take quizzes there. This log in should be written inside their reading record book that you sign.
Some children will have access to a programme called Reading Eggs which is more suitable for them.
Multiplication: Your child should be accessing Times Table Rockstars (TTRockstars) 3 x a week for 30minutes).
Children will have recieved a TTRockstars log in (again this is on the inside of their reading record). This is a multiplication programme were they can practise their mutliplication table recall via a range of games. This is a safe programme where they can compete against classmates/ teachers and children from other schools. They is NO chat facility. On certain aspects of the site they will only access questions set to their ability. By the end of Y3 children should be confident in answering x2,3,4,5,8 and 10 at speed. This is in preperation for the Y4 mental multiplication test.
Some children will have access to numbots which is more suitable for them.
Spellings:1x a week
Your child will recieve spellings set to their group to learn once a week. They should be practised as much as needed to enable them to pass the test on the Friday.
Maths homework: 1x a week
Your child will receive Maths homework on a Friday, consolidating the learning they have been doing in Maths sessions in school that week. Please support your child to complete this homework, using the strategies they have been learning in class. Please return this homework by the following Friday for your child's class teacher to assess.
Topic: 1 x a term
Children will be set a topic based homework once a term. This is a larger homework which will take a few weeks to complete, usually equaling around an hour a week. This is a creative homework building to a final project to share with the class.
Curriculum Overview
Learning Environment
Ancient Greek Day!
