Welcome to Year 3! 

It has been so lovely to welcome the new Year 3's into Drake class and their new beginnings in key stage 2. I am looking forward to supporting your children to build their independence, resilience and growth mindset and to watching them 'let their light shine' in new areas, as they embark on this new phase of their school career. The children are already off to a brilliant start and are working hard. 

The children have started well with their new whole-class reading lessons in Destination Reader. Children are learning the different skills needed for good comprehension. We will continue to develop the children's fluency with reading, alongside learning our comprehension skills. We will be focusing on one skill a week, which they will then practise while reading in a pair. When reading at home, please ask the children what the skill is and support them by practising it. Don't forget to read at home, to see how far you can climb the reading rocket ladder this term!

This half-term, we are going to be learning about life in Britain from Stone Age to Iron Age; we will be learning about different periods of time, including what is meant by AD and BC. we will be studying text in Destination Reader linked to the Stone Age and will enjoy finding out lots of interesting facts about this period in history. We will be learning more about our bodies, with a focus on our skeletons - bones, muscles and tendons. 

Now the children have started in Year 3, they will learning French with Madame Raby on a Monday morning. Make sure to ask them what they have learnt each week. 

For further information on the exciting learning happening in Year 3, please see the topic web and family learning below. I look forward to seeing the interesting things you are doing on classdojo. 

If there is anything I can help with, please catch me at the classroom door or message me. 

Mrs Russell