Year 3
2025 – 2026

Welcome to Year 3!

This half term we will be exploring, ‘The Night Gardener’, by Eric Fan and F. H. Terry. The Night Gardener

We will be focusing on a diary writing. We will be writing in the first person and describing how a character feels through detailed descriptions and narrative.

In science, we will be studying the parts of a flowering plant and what function each part serves.

For more information about what we will be learning click on the ‘Knowledge Organiser’ tab or follow this link. Further information can also be found on the Curriculum area of this website.

The teaching team:

Mr Varnom (Class 6)

Mrs Ferris and Mrs Smith

Important things to know:

School starts at 8.40am and our day finishes at 3.10pm.

PE will be on a Wednesday afternoon.

As well as reading every night, homework will be given out on a Friday and is due in on a Wednesday. For help with your homework click on the ‘Homework and homework help’ tab or follow this link.

You need to have your PE kit in school every day.

Year 3 and 4 spelling list.pdf
Year 3 recommended book list.pdf

Homework and Homework Help

Arrival and dismissal

The year 3 day begins at 8.45am. Children must arrive at 8.40am and enter via the key stage 2 gate. Year 3 leave via the same gate at 3.15pm. In the morning, the key stage 2 gate will open at 8.40am so that registers can be taken and learning can begin at 8.45am.

Equipment

Children will be provided with all the equipment they need. They do not need to bring any other equipment (pens, pencils, rubbers etc) into school. All children need to bring a named water bottle with them to school every day.

PE

Children must have their full PE kit available in school every day. This includes a plain white t-shirt, navy or black shorts, joggers or leggings and trainers. Colourful or heavily branded items of clothing are not allowed.

2.12.24 Geography everybody.pdf
2.12.24 English everybody.pdf
2.12.24 Maths Mr Varnom.pdf
2.12.24 Maths Mrs Ferris and Mrs Smith.pdf