Year 3 Curriculum Letter

Welcome back to the new academic year! We hope you all had a wonderful summer and find this letter informative.

Year 2 to Year 3 changes!
As your child is now in Key Stage 2 there are a few important changes that you need to be aware of. Pupils will now not receive the universal free school meals and you will need to pay in advance for your child’s school meals via Squid or provide them with a packed lunch from home. Pupils are also required to bring their own drink and snack in from home for break times as the free fruit snacks are only provided for Key Stage 1 pupils.

Homework:
Our expectation at Mead is that every child should do the following every night:

• 15 minutes reading to themselves or an adult and note in the reading record
• 15 minutes practicing spellings
• 15 minutes rehearsing times tables facts (including multiplication and division)

If children would like to attempt an additional challenge, we have a new Learning Challenge for children to attempt this half of the Autumn Term. This is a project based challenge which will have a wide selection of interesting projects that children can choose from, related to the topics we are learning in class. We hope that children will take their time with the challenge and be proud of the work they produce. They should be handed into one of the Year 3 teachers by the end of the half term.

Spellings:
Spellings will be given out on Fridays. The children should practice their words every evening. We encourage the children to write their words in sentences on the back of their homework sheet. Their spelling test will take place on Fridays.

Curriculum Information:
We have included a summary of the topics which the children will be covering this term. If you have any questions about the topics being covered, please do not hesitate to contact your class teacher.

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