Year 3
Week beginning 13th July 2026
We have had another fantastic week in Year 3! The highlight of the week was our visit to the Ancient Technology Centre, where the children thoroughly enjoyed taking part in a range of exciting, hands-on activities. They embraced every challenge with enthusiasm and curiosity, bringing their historical learning to life. Their behaviour throughout the day was excellent, and they were a real credit to the school.
Back in the classroom, the children have continued to learn beautifully and have worked incredibly hard across all areas of the curriculum. It has been wonderful to see them applying their knowledge with growing confidence, showing resilience and supporting one another in their learning.
Next week, we are looking forward to our exciting Roman Day on Tuesday, 14th July. The children will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in Roman life through a range of fun and engaging activities, helping to bring their learning to life. It promises to be a fantastic day, and we are all looking forward to it!
Worship Theme This Week:
Our worship theme this week is:
Changing Seasons – A Time for Everything Ecclesiastes 3.1–8
Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever.
Matthew 19:26 “with God all things are possible.”
This week's learning:
This week promises to be another exciting one in Year 3, with lots of engaging learning taking place across the curriculum.
Maths: We will be developing our statistics skills by learning how to interpret and draw bar charts. The children will collect, organise and represent data before using it to answer questions and solve problems. They will also be introduced to two way tables, learning how to read and interpret information accurately.
English: We will begin our new Opening Doors unit by exploring how repetition can be used successfully in poetry. The children will read and discuss a range of poems, identifying repeated words and phrases before using these techniques to plan and write their own imaginative poems.
History: We will be learning about the lasting impact the Romans had on Britain by exploring how they transformed the country's infrastructure. The children will discover how the Romans built roads and aqueducts, introduced concrete to Britain and improved everyday life. We will also learn about Hadrian's Wall, why it was built in AD 122 and how it helped defend Roman Britain.
Design and Technology: Building on our history learning, the children will design, plan and build their own Roman aqueducts. They will explore why arches were such an important feature of Roman engineering and discover how their strength and stability made aqueducts possible.
We are looking forward to another exciting week of learning, creativity and discovery!
Important dates and messages:
Our PE and library day this year is Wednesday. Every other week on Friday is our library slot.
Key dates
Year 3 Class Trip – The Ancient Technology Centre on Tuesday 7th July 2026.
Our new class book:
The Boy Who Grew Dragons by Amy Shepherd
Homework:
Please note that this term's project homework is at the bottom of the page.
The children have been given their project homework and overview. Please choose at least two tasks to complete throughout our project. The children are welcome to complete more if they wish.
We look forward to seeing what they produce in our homework museum.
We also encourage children to practice the statutory Y3/4 spellings.
Spellings
Research shows that learning just 13 of the most frequently used words will enable children to read 25% of any text. Learning 100 high-frequency words gives a beginner reader access to 50% of virtually any text, whether a children's book or a newspaper report. When you couple sight recognition of common and tricky words with knowledge of phonics, that's when a child's reading can really take off.
These word lists contain the first 100 and the next 200 of the most common words children encounter in their reading. The words are listed in frequency order, reading down the columns from the most common, 'the'.
Spellings we are learning in our spelling lessons this half-term:
Reading:
We would love to see Year 3 using their extra time at home to read some brilliant books. If children read three times at home, they get a raffle ticket. Please, therefore, keep a quick record in reading logs – your children can write the title in to help! We would also like to encourage children to bring their reading records to school every day.
Reading books – we would like to remind everyone to have a reading book in school – this can be a school or home book. We want all children to be able to share recommendations and reviews of what we have read recently. We display books we've read in the classroom to get children talking about the stories they love and inspire others to try new titles.
Additional resources
Below are some other resources that you can use for optional work at home:
Recommended reading list:
English reading activities:
English reading activities should include reading an extract or a short story and answering questions. Guidance here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4Y_67GMkP4
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/reading
- All activities through this link
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zs44jxs
- What are facts and opinions?
- What does an author do?
- What is inference?
https://www.everyschool.co.uk/english-key-stage-2-comprehension-2.html
- All activities through this link
Maths
MyMaths – We will set up MyMaths tasks termly, based on the learning we will be doing this term. Two per week is our minimum recommendation. MyMaths login details are on the back of their reading record.
TTRS should be the main way children practice their timetables. Children should still be completing 3 sound checks and 2 garage bands a week.
However, if they would like a change or focus on particular tables, they can use "Hit the button".
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ - This website is a good resource to find fun games for children to play, with specified age ranges.
Many thanks for all of your support,
Mrs Fakorede, Mrs Jacobs and Mrs Allery.