Wimborne First School & Nursery

Year 3 Information

Reading

The children will bring home a ‘learn to read’ book. This book is closely matched to their reading ability. It is the book that we would like your child to read independently, out loud. This book will be changed weekly. We would encourage the children to read this three times a week. Please remember to record any read's within their reading record, as this will inform class teachers of when they are ready to move on to a new book. In addition, the children will bring home a 'love to read' book. This book is to be chosen by your child from the library or book corner. This book can either be read by the child or at a shared reading time with family or friends. This book can be changed once a week and this will usually be done during our library sessions. 

 For more information on reading, please see our English curriculum page. 

Times tables

Recognition and recall of Times table facts is an important part of our Maths curriculum. We use a program called ‘Times table Rockstars’ to support their daily practice - each child will come home with their own login and will be set multiplication and division facts for them to recall, practice and develop at speed. At the end of Year 4 the children will complete a times table check which requires them to know all of their times table facts up to the 12s. Every two weeks the children will be tested in a standalone quiz on the timetables we have been practicing in school. This will be done on MathsFrame. Therefore we would like the children to use Times Table Rock Stars to practise these in readiness for the quiz. The children may be set a times table that they already know, but this is to ensure that they can still recall those facts quickly.

Times table practise is most effective when it is regular and in short bursts as this strengthens the children's long term memory.

PE

Our PE days are on a Monday (indoor) and Wednesday (outdoor). Please remember that children will need to be in their PE kit, which includes:

• House coloured T-shirt
• Plain black bottoms (shorts or tracksuit)
• Black plimsolls or trainers
• Plain black jumper or sweatshirt.

If children have their ears pierced, please ensure that these are either taken out on the day or are removed independently. 

We link the home learning sent home with the work the children have been doing in school.  Home learning will be sent out on a Friday and we ask for it to be back in school by the Wednesday. If home learning is not in on a Wednesday, it will unfortunately not be marked. We encourage the children to complete their home learning every week, alongside reading their 'learn to read book' three times a week.