Year 3 - Collen

Teacher - Miss Jones

Welcome to Year 3!

We are looking forward to a busy, exciting and successful year of learning, filled with new experiences, exciting challenges and plenty of opportunities to grow, explore and achieve.

Our week includes daily literacy and numeracy sessions, inquiry-based learning, reading activities, and opportunities to develop skills across the Curriculum for Wales.

PE lessons take place on:

• Wednesday (outdoors)
• Thursday (indoors)

Please ensure your child has the appropriate PE kit on these days.

In our Mathematics lessons, children take part in daily CLIC sessions, practical learning activities and weekly BigMaths assessments. Our language lessons will focus on reading, spelling, phonics, and developing writing skills through both Welsh and English activities.

Our Humanities Inquiry focus this term will be exploring the past, present and future, helping children to develop their understanding of how the world around them has changed over time and how it may continue to change in the future.

Reading is a very important part of our daily routine. Children will take part in daily reading activities as part of our Morning Reading Cycle, helping to develop fluency, comprehension and a love of reading. A reading bag will be sent home every Thursday, containing two books (one Welsh and one English), along with high-frequency spelling words and the occasional BigMaths activity. We kindly ask that reading bags are returned to school by Monday so books can be changed and children can continue to make good progress. Regular reading at home is one of the most valuable ways you can support your child's learning and confidence.

We use ClassDojo as our main method of communication, alongside the school Instagram page and newsletter, to keep families informed about learning and school events.

Our school values of Parch (Respect), Parodrwydd (Readiness) and Perthynas (Relationships) help us create a positive, supportive and successful learning environment for all.

Thank you for your continued cooperation and support throughout the year.

Diolch yn fawr!