Welcome to Year 3!
We are thrilled to begin this exciting year of learning and growing together. In Year 3, children build on the strong foundations from previous years while beginning their journey into Key Stage 2. This is a time when they develop greater independence and confidence as learners. Our classroom is a space where enthusiasm, imagination and teamwork are encouraged every day. Through a balance of core subjects, practical projects, and enriching activities, we aim to nurture each child’s strengths and help them reach their full potential. We value the partnership between home and school and look forward to working closely with you to support your child’s progress throughout this important year.
Curriculum
At Court Farm, children in Year 3 explore a wide variety of topics designed to broaden their knowledge and spark their enthusiasm for learning. These topics build on what they have already learned while encouraging greater independence and deeper thinking. Below you can find all the topics children will study in Year 3.
Reading
We want Court Farm to be a place where children are read to, enjoy, discuss and work with high-quality books. These ‘essential reads’ would be a store of classics, creating a living library inside a child’s mind. This is the ‘Reading Spine’. We have provided the Pie Corbett reading spine in our classrooms so that children have access to these high-quality texts. Please see the attached document, to see what great books have been recommended for our year group.
Pie Corbett says…
“Great books build the imagination. The more we read aloud expressively, and the more children are able to savour, discuss and reinterpret literature through the arts, the more memorable the characters, places and events become, building an inner world. A child who is read to will have an inner kingdom of unicorns, talking spiders and a knife that cuts into other worlds. The mind is like a ‘tardis’; it may seem small but inside there are many mansions. Each great book develops the imagination and equips the reader with language.
Great stories speak to us as individuals and some children will return to certain books again and again. Great stories also build our language because around 75 per cent of our vocabulary comes from our reading. Reading develops the ability to think in the abstract; to follow lines of thought. Schools that have a reading spine, build a common bank of stories that bind the community together. These are shared and deeply imagined common experiences.”
Maths
PSHE
PE
Our PE lessons will take place on Tuesdays and Fridays. Please note that these days may occasionally change during the year, but we will always keep you updated in advance.
Homework and book bags
Homework is sent home every Friday in children’s book bags. Completed homework and book bags should be returned by the following Thursday.