Year 3
Welcome to Year 3
Welcome to our class page! We hope you have had an amazing Summer holiday and we look forward to welcoming you into your new classroom and Key Stage 2.
Please click here to information that you will need this year.
General information
Please send children into school wearing their PE kits on PE days. For this half-term, this will be on Mondays and Tuesdays. In some other half terms, when we have the sports coach, PE days will be Tuesdays and Thursdays, but we’ll inform you of when this is in advance.
Please note that Key Stage 2 children are not provided with free fruit at morning break. Please send your child in with fruit if you wish for them to have a snack. No cereal bars or any food product containing nuts.
We will provide everything the children need in terms of stationary and equipment for everyday use in the classroom, including a pencil case, so there’s no need to buy pencils, colouring pencils/felt tips etc.
Our curriculum overview is here.
Your class email address is year3@hollinsgrundy.com.
The class teacher will reply to class emails as soon as they are able to, but please speak to a member of staff on the gate or contact the office should there be any urgent issues.
| Who works in the class? | Mr McKenzie (Class Teacher)
Mrs Moran (Teaching Assistant; Monday – Thursday mornings) Mr Richardson (Teacher – Friday Morning) |
| What are this terms topics? | Science – How can Usain Bolt move so quickly?
Geography – Why do so many people go to the Mediterranean for their holidays? PE – Handball (coach led PE sessions) |
| When are weekly spelling tests? | Friday – led by Mr Richardson (Ed Shed Spellings)
Children can practice their spellings using the Spelling Shed, which can be found here – Ed Shed Login. |
| When is homework sent out? | Weekly – Spellings/Maths practice on Ed Shed.
Half-Termly – Homework grids. Children complete each task, which is worth a set number of housepoints. Each term, we will have a celebration day where children can bring in and showcase the work that they have completed. |
| What are procedures for reading books? |
Children are responsible for changing their own reading books in school. Reading books can be changed in school on any day and children need to let their teacher know when they have changed their book so their reading record can be updated. Teachers will prompt and remind the whole class each morning to change their books. *Children still on Read, Write, Inc will have their books changed weekly by their Read, Write, Inc teacher. Please send books into be changed every week. |
| When are PE days? | Tuesday
Thursday *Please be informed that our class’ PE days will vary depending on their scheduled turn with the PE coach. You will be informed when this is the case. Please send your child into school wearing their PE kit on PE days. |
| PE kit is coloured house t-shirt (red, green, yellow or blue depending on house), black shorts and black pumps.
Later this academic year, Year 3 will have swimming lessons. They will need to bring their swimming kits into school on these days (Tuesday). Swimming kit should be appropriate length shorts (no speedos) or a swimming costume. This should be sent into school with a separate bag including a towel. Children are encouraged to bring goggles as well. More information will be sent out nearer the time. |
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| Rewards for hard work & good behaviour. | All children can earn house-points for their house and for themselves.
Smile Assembly celebrates achievements and good behaviour weekly with My Happy Mind Awards and an Always ticket draw. Class reward tokens will earn the whole class a reward when they reach 100. |
| Consequences for lack of effort and poor behaviour | Letters will be sent home if your child has to move their name to red 3 times during a half term. |
