This week, Year 3 have been settling into their new classroom, getting to know their new routines and becoming familiar with the expectations of Year 3. We have been really pleased with how well the children have settled in and how enthusiastically they have approached their learning.

In English, children have been learning about verbs and identifying words that describe actions. We have also started to read our new class reading book, George’s Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl.

In phonics, children have been practising their sounds and applying their phonics knowledge when reading and writing. In mathematics, we have been exploring numbers to 100, including reading, writing and ordering numbers.

2. Important information for next week

• Please practise missing numbers from 0–100 and 100–0.
• Year 3 children are expected to bring in a clean plastic bottle to create a marvellous creation as part of our literacy work.
• Please continue to encourage your child to read regularly at home.

3. How you can help at home

You could help your child by practising counting forwards and backwards to 100. Try starting from different numbers rather than always starting at 1, for example, 35, 36, 37... or 72, 71, 70...

Please also practise writing numbers to 100, helping your child to form their numbers correctly.

As we have started reading George’s Marvellous Medicine, you could talk to your child about the story and ask them what they think might happen next. Encourage them to explain their ideas and give reasons for their predictions.