Year 3

Welcome to the Year 3 class page!

We are so excited to welcome you back to another wonderful year at St. Stephen's! Hope you all have had a superb break and have enjoyed spending quality family time together. We have got lots of fun and engaging lessons planned for the Autumn term! Hope you are all ready and have re-charged your brains and body for the term ahead!

   Meet the year 3 team:         

                                 3 Lime                                                  3 Palm 

                                        Miss Parker                                          Mr Brennan

                                        Class Teacher                                      Class Teacher

Our support staff are:

                             Mrs Khanani                              Mrs Karolia                     Miss Brand              

' Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it'. 

Proverbs 22:6 

Home Reading Books

Home reading books can be changed as and when children need to. Please do listen to your child read every day and sign their reading diary. It is extremely important that your child reads for 15 minutes everyday as this will help your child to develop fluency and have a better understanding of the book they are reading.

Library Books

Library books will be changed on a weekly basis. This year that will be on a THURSDAY.

PLEASE COULD YOU ENSURE THAT BORROWED BOOKS AND THE HOME READING DIARY STAY IN YOUR CHILD'S HOME READING BAG. This will allow us to change them when we need to. THANK YOU.

TOP TIPS for Reading

- Encourage your child to use the RWI sounds to sound out unfamiliar words.

- Ask questions about what may be happening in the story and make links to real life.

- If you don't know how to pronounce a word, type it in google and use the microphone tool and listen to the pronunciation.

- Always check that children are understanding the words that they are reading.

- Refer to the pictures in the book to help your child gain a better understanding of what is happening in the text.

- Use the parent question prompt sheets to support you in asking your child questions whilst they're reading.

- Take some time out to read to your child.

- Encourage your child to read for 15 minutes every day.

All you need to know about PE!

Your child will take part in PE on the following days:

PE sessions are currently being held on:

Palm - Tuesday and Wednesday

Lime - Wednesday and Thursday (Thursday will be swimming lessons until February half term)

PE KIT

Please ensure that your child’s PE kit is kept in school until the end of each half term. As the weather is unpredictable, please could you ensure jogging bottoms and shorts are in your child’s PE bag. Jewellery must not be worn on PE days and should be removed at home.

SWIMMING

Lime Class will take part in swimming sessions until the February half term holidays at Blackburn Sport and Leisure.

All children must take part in swimming lessons as it is a requirement of the National Curriculum. Children who cannot partake in swimming lessons will need to bring a letter to school explaining their reason for not taking part in swimming.