🌳Welcome to Green Class - Year 3

Welcome to Year 3! In Green Class, we’re all about curiosity, creativity, and growing independence. We work together to build confidence, celebrate achievements, and make learning exciting every day.

Miss Heywood

Class teacher

 

 

 

Mrs Marcus

ETA

This Half Term’s Topic: “Let’s Explore the UK” 🗺️

This half term our topic is “Let’s Explore the UK” 

Throughout this topic, the children will develop their understanding of the United Kingdom, including its geography, landscapes and key features. Through a range of engaging activities, they will build their knowledge of the world around them while developing skills across the curriculum.

This is a summary of some of the learning we will be covering.

 

📅 Year 3 Topics for 2025–2026

Term Topic
🍂 Autumn 1 🏺 Walk Like an Egyptian
🍽️ Autumn 2 🗺️ Exploring Europe
🌋 Spring 1 🌍 Angry Earth
🏛️ Spring 2 🦉 Rotten Romans
🌳 Summer 1 🐒 Roaming Through the Rainforest
🏴 Summer 2 🇬🇧 The UK

📌 Key Information

  • 🏃‍♂️ PE Days: Tuesday & Wednesday
    Children should wear their PE kit to school on these days (jogging bottoms, PE T-shirt, sweatshirt or hoodie, trainers/pumps). Please also send their coat and school jumper.

  • 📖 Reading Books: Sent home daily
    Children are expected to read every day. Please sign their Reading Log. Bug Club is also available online—login details are in their book bag.

  • ✏️ Spelling Practice: New spellings are set every Friday on Spelling Shed.
    Weekly spelling tests take place on Tuesdays.

  • 🔢 Times Tables: Focus this half term is on 3× and 4× tables.
    Children should practise regularly using Times Tables Rock Stars and Hit the Button.

📚 What We’re Learning

📖 English

  • We will begin by reading Mrs Armitage on Wheels 🚲📖. The children will write their own adventure stories by changing the character and mode of transport, using their imagination and creativity.
  • They will also write clear instructions on how to ride a bike, focusing on sequencing and using precise language 📝. We will continue to develop descriptive writing using adventurous vocabulary and a variety of sentence starters.
  • Spellings remain very important, so please continue to practise these regularly at home using Spelling Shed ⭐

Reading 📖💬

  • Reading continues to be a very important part of our learning and supports understanding across all subjects. Children should read at home each night and discuss what they have read to help develop comprehension and fluency.
  • Please remember to sign their Reading Log regularly so children can track their progress and achievements ⭐

🔢 Mathematics

  • We will be learning about time and statistics ⏰📊
  • The children will read time on analogue and digital clocks and learn about units of time such as days, months and hours. They will also collect and interpret data, creating pictograms, bar charts and tables, and answering questions about the information presented.
  • We will continue to develop confidence in applying Maths skills through problem solving and practical activities 🎲
 

🌍 Geography 

  • As part of our “Let’s Explore the UK” topic, we will develop our understanding of the geography of the United Kingdom.
  • We will learn about counties, land use and National Parks.
  • We will also use maps and develop skills such as reading 6-figure grid references.

 

✝️ R.E.

  • In RE, we will explore different faiths and beliefs within our country and community.
  • We will learn about how and why people follow their religions.
  • We will also begin to understand the importance of belief and belonging.
 

❤️ PSHE 

  • Our Jigsaw topic this half term is “Changing Me”.
  • We will learn about some of the changes that happen in the body. We will also talk about how to stay healthy and manage change positively.
 

🎵 Music

  • We will continue learning to play the ukulele 🎸.
  • The children will also begin to develop their understanding of musical notation. This will help build confidence in performance and musical skills.
 

🏃 PE

  • PE will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday, and children should have their kit in school on these days 👟
  • We will take part in a coach-led gymnastics programme and develop our skills in rounders, focusing on teamwork, coordination and control 💪
  • Please ensure children have suitable kit. If your child has pierced ears, earrings must be removed before school or covered with plasters.
 

🏡 How You Can Help at Home

  • Read with your child daily and sign their Reading Log 📖🖊️

  • Practise weekly spellings on Spelling Shed ✏️

  • Talk about what they’ve learned in class 💬

  • Support learning of times tables (5x, 10x, 3x, 4x and 8x) 🔢

  • Help with weekly homework activities

  • Look out for our updated Parent Information Sheet below for more ideas and guidance 📄✨

📌 Please ensure your child brings a named water bottle every day.

Look out for our Parent Information Sheet below! 

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✏️ Year 3 Spelling List

These words are part of the Year 3 curriculum and help children build strong spelling habits. They include commonly used words, tricky spellings, and words that follow important patterns. Children practise these weekly to improve their writing fluency and confidence.

Each group introduces a mix of:

  • High-frequency words used in everyday writing

  • Words with silent letters, double consonants, or unusual endings

  • Vocabulary that supports topic work and reading comprehension

Group A Group B Group C Group D
actually arrive breathe caught
complete describe early exercise
favourite grammar heard imagine
address believe build centre
consider different earth experience
February group heart increase
answer bicycle busy/business century
continue difficult eight/eighth experiment
forward(s) guard height important
appear breath calendar certain
decide disappear enough extreme
fruit guide history interest

🔄 Year 3 Homophones List

Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings. Learning homophones helps children:

  • Understand word meaning in context

  • Avoid common spelling mistakes

  • Improve reading and writing accuracy

For example:

  • peace (calm) vs. piece (a part of something)

  • weather (rain, sun, etc.) vs. whether (if something will happen)

Children practise these through matching games, sentence writing, and spelling challenges.

Homophone Pair Homophone Pair Homophone Pair
groan / grown mail / male scene / seen
here / hear main / mane weather / whether
heel / heal / he’ll meat / meet whose / who’s
knot / not peace / piece plain / plane

 

Review date

Page last reviewed: June 2026