Year 3 Friday Blog - 30/01/26

Date: 28th Jan 2026 @ 2:31pm

Dear parents,

Welcome to the Year 3 Friday blog!

Each week you will find out what we have been doing in class, weekly spellings and times tables and lots more.

Well done to all the children who have earned our weekly awards this week!

National Storytelling Week

Homework

Reading - Reading is one of the most important skills for children to master as it unlocks their imagination and allows them to access the rest of the curriculum. Please read with your child every night. Remember to ask questions as this will improve key reading skills, such as retrieval and inference. Children should also have their school reading books in school every day so that an adult can read with them.

 

Spellings - For our spelling quizzes this year, there will be a list of 10 words sent home to learn. These words will all follow a spelling rule that we are learning in class that week. Our spelling quiz each Thursday will then consist of 8 of these words as well as 2 words the children have previously learned. As homework, each child should  log into Spelling Shed and complete this weeks assignment using the link below.

          Times tables - Times tables are a vital skill, which will be used throughout the year and through the rest of the childrens school journeys and lives. In order to prepare every child as well as we can, we ask that children log in to times table rockstars as many days as possible each week. On there, the children can practise all of their times tables by playing different games.

We will also have a times tables quiz each week. Next week, we will test a mixture of the 3x, 4x and 8x tables.

I will be keeping track of all children logging into both Spelling Shed and TT Rockstars. I recommend 10 minutes on both, as many nights as possible. If you are struggling to find time to log in to Spelling Shed or TT Rockstars on a device, please find alternative ways of practising our weekly spellings and times tables, such as verbal tests/chanting in the car, or using one of the attached spelling strategies.

An overview for spellings and times tables can be found at the bottom of the blog. 

 

Our learning this week in Year 3

My Happy Mind

This week, we completed the Celebrate module in My Happy Mind. This module has taught us all about our character strengths and how we can use them. We have also learned how to spot character strengths being used in ourselves and others.

If you haven't already, please remember to download the My Happy Mind app using the code in your child's reading record. There are lots of helpful resources on the app, including the happy breathing videos we use in school.

English

This week, we have been writing a shortened version of The Iron Man. We started by discussing which events needed to be included in our versions, then followed story maps to write each part, focussing on different grammar skills in our writing each day.

Maths

This week in Maths, we have been answering division questions.

Here is a question to have a go at using the method we used today.

RE

On Wednesday, we went on our multi-faith trip to the Hindu temple in Preston. We had a lovely time learning about the different deities, how Hindus worship and having a go at some meditation and some music.

Have a look at our gallery to see lots of pictures from our trip.

 

Have a fantastic weekend!

The Year 3 team

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