Year 3

We would like to welcome you and your child to Year 3's class page. There will be lots of exciting things being added to this page throughout the year. We hope your find the information useful. If you have any further questions or queries, please do not hesitate to find one of us as we will be more than happy to assist you with any of your concerns.

Meet the team

General Information

School Times

School starts at 8:45am and ends at 3:30pm. Staff will open the playground doors at 8:45am and will close the doors at 8:55am. If your child is late, it is extremely important that they register at the front office.

Absences

If your child is absent please ring the school office in the morning to let us know the reason. The school telephone number is 0121 353 9273.

Play times and Dinner times

During lunch time, children can chose to have a packed lunch from home or a school dinner in the dinner hall.

Please remember that ‘Universal Free School Meals’ stop at the end of Year 2. If you are eligible for ‘Free School Meals’ please ensure you complete a ‘Free School Meal’ application form (available from the school office).

Children are encouraged to bring a healthy snack into school to consume during morning break.

Water bottles: Children will need to bring in their own clearly labelled water bottle from home each day. These bottles must be taken home at the end of each day for cleaning and refilling. There are facilities within school for children to refill their bottles throughout the day.

Uniform Expectations

Please write your child’s name in each item of clothing so that we can return any lost items.

Your child needs to wear:

A white polo shirt
Dark grey trousers/ skirt/ pinafore dress
Purple Lindens jumper
Purple and white checked summer dress
Sensible black shoes

Birthday treat

Children can wear their own clothes to school on their birthday. Should their birthday fall on a weekend, children can come to school on the Friday before wearing their own clothes.

PE Kit

Children will need to wear black tracksuit bottoms with a white polo shirt or white t-shirt. Children will also need to wear their purple Lindens school jumper.

During the warmer weather, children will be permitted to wear black shorts.

If PE lessons are taking place outdoors, it is encouraged that children bring a spare pair of trainers into school as the field can get very muddy at times.

How to support your child's learning at home

Year 3 Homework Expectations

Spellings are given out every Friday, and children are tested on the spellings the following week.

Homework is also given out every Friday, and needs to be returned the following Friday. The homework will alternate between English and maths on a week-by-week basis. Some pieces of homework will be online, others will be paper copies. Please speak to your child's teacher if you do not have the login details for MyMaths.

Children read with an adult in school every week. We also encourage children to read daily with an adult at home.

Times table homework

All children have been provided with login details for TT Rockstars. We ask that children spend thirty minutes a week practising their times tables on TT Rockstars. Some children prefer to complete five minutes a day where as others may logon every other day, but for longer.