1. Welcome to Year 3 Mrs Anna Roberts 3AR Mrs Nicky Barron-Robinson 3BR

2. Year 3 Expectations To work their hardest according to their ability Allow and encourage their peers to achieve Present their work well – take pride in what they do Have the right equipment on the right day Water Bottles Healthy Snacks Spelling books – Monday Reading books – Everyday PE kits Tape for Earrings – or ability to remove them

3.  Focus on mastery of the four operations – addition, subtraction, multiplication and division – both mental and written methods  Examples of End of Year expectations – compare and order numbers up to 1000 add and subtract numbers to 3 digits x3, x4 and x8 (with corresponding division facts), multiplication and division with 2 digit numbers recognise simple equivalent fractions plus order simple fractions Add and subtract amounts of money - give change Tell the time to the minute on an analogue clock Areas you can support – Telling the time Support learning of the times tables Using ‘money’ opportunities whenever possible Support use of the main operations – See Chaddlewood’s Calculation Policy on our website for methods used.

4. Year 3 Focus Develop skills with spelling and punctuation including apostrophes and speech punctuation, joined up writing, encourage independent writing, develop understanding of grammar and meet/write using a range of genres. Examples of End of Year 3 Expectations Write interesting stories in narrative Use paragraphs to organise ideas Use increasingly complex punctuation - ? ! “ “,. Extend sentences using conjunctions - and, because, so, while, but, Review, improve, edit own work and that of others Write interesting sentences without over-using pronouns (they, we, he, she) but include prepositions, verbs, adverbs and conjunctions for time and cause

5.  How you can help at home – support weekly spellings, encourage/praise legible, joined up handwriting with correct use of capital letters and punctuation. Example of an average end of Year 3 piece of writing

6. Reading Why it’s important Brings pleasure and enjoyment It’s the basis for a huge proportion of school based learning Enhances social and economic prospects  End of year expectation – Read a range of genres Extend decoding skills to be able to tackle more complex vocabulary Ask questions about a text / make predictions Summarise what they have read Find information – non-fiction plus a dictionary  Our reading reward scheme - We reward children with certificates and badges to help encourage and motivate readers. Target by end of year 3 is 100 books!  How you can help at home Read with your child at least x3 weekly - encourage a love of reading – discuss texts you share provide a range of genres reading games word play Reading