Year 3: Aspen & holly

Welcome to Year 3!

Year 3 is the first stage of Key Stage Two and we are so excited to help you learn lots of new and exciting things!

We have three school rules:

-Be Ready

-Be Respectful

-Be Safe

Aspen

Did you know ....

Aspen trees are a deciduous tree and aspen leaves are shed once a year during autumn. Their lifespan is up to 150 years, although a few have been known to survive for over 200 years!

Holly

Did you know ...

A Holly bush can be male or female - if there are red berries on it, it is female!

Meet the Year 3 Team!

Mrs Daffern - Aspen Class Teacher

Miss Machon - Holly Class Teacher

Mrs Foster-McBride - HLTA/Classroom Support

Miss Abrar - ETA Classroom Support

                 Miss Grant - ETA Classroom Support         

Important Information

The School Day

The class register will be taken at 8:45am and learning will begin immediately after this. It is vital that pupils are on time to school so that they do not miss any important learning. Children start their day with morning work.

Pupils are to be collected from school at 3:15pm

Attendance

Attendance every day is crucial. Each lesson follows the previous day, so missing one day may put the children behind for days.

 PE

 In Autumn 1, PE is taught on a Monday and Thursday. 

Please send your child to school wearing their PE kit. For more information on uniform, please click - Uniform

In PE, we use 'Beyond the Physical' scheme of work to support teaching of PE. 

Homework

Homework is given out on a Friday and due the following Friday. Homework will be focused on  Maths and Guided Reading/English to support learning in class. 

Water

It is important to keep hydrated throughout the school day so please bring a bottle of water to school with your name on it every day.  The children can fill these up at the tap as needed.

Reading

It is crucial that your child reads every night at home with an adult who asks them questions. While the children are now mostly able to read without help, questions will help them develop their comprehension skills. Children will have access to the '50 Must Reads' and will be rewarded with certificates for the reading they complete at home.

Times Tables

The children have all been given Times Tables Rockstars logins. They should be encouraged to play for a short time every day.

Key Dates: Autumn 1

 INSET DAY - Friday, 2nd October 2026

Last day of the Half Term - Friday, 23rd October 2026

Teaching & Learning: Autumn 1

English

This half term, we will be retelling the story of 'The Stone Age Boy' by Satoshi Kitamura.

We will be using features such as adjectives, verbs, exclamation marks and question marks to retell the story.  We will also be writing a letter comparing the differences between the Stone Age and the present day in Huddersfield. We will be identifying the features of a letter including, names, addresses and how to open a letter and sign it off using the correct methods. Please follow the link to listen to the story - Bing Videos 

          Maths - At Brambles we follow the White Rose Scheme of Learning as well as Grammarsaurus and Testbase to enhance the children's knowledge, understanding, problem solving and reasoning skills.                                               

This half term, we will be focusing on Place value to 1000. Children will be using resources such Place Value Charts and counters, Base 10, Part Whole Models and number lines to support their learning in understanding how numbers are made up of different parts (100's, 10's and 1's). We will then be moving on to addition and subtraction building on our learning from Year 2. We will be looking at different methods in which to solve everyday problems.
   

Science - This half term we will be looking at Rocks and Soils. We will be looking at different rocks and their properties and also leaning about how the three main types of rocks are formed. We will completing experiments to illustrate the rock lifecycle and also be learning about the famous fossil hunter, Mary Anning.

RE - This half term in RE we will be looking at different religions within our local community. We will be learning about the different festivals and traditions, as well as their places of worship and Holy books.                                                 

History - This half term we will be learning all about the Stone Age in our new topic 'Where it all began...' We will be looking at this huge period of time leading up to the Iron Age and Bronze Age and how early hunter gatherers evolved into farmers and learned to live off the land to produce their own food.