Mr Webb
Year Leader
Sea Dragons
Miss Watson
Octopuses
Mrs Whitaker
Sea Stars
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Mr Rogers
Sea Stars
Teaching Assistants who support our children:
Mrs Meldrum I Miss Cobb I Miss Morgan I Mrs Mills
Other staff who support our children:
Mrs Rivers I Mr Almeida I Mrs Brzek I Mrs Smith
Year 3 PE and Swimming Timetable 2025-2026
AUTUMN TERM (September - December)
| Games Lessons | PE Lessons | Swimming Lessons |
| Thursday | Tuesday |
For safety reasons no jewellery should be worn to school, with the exception of small, plain studs for children with pierced ears (one in each ear only). Hooped earrings are NOT permitted. Earrings must be removed for all PE lessons so we request children's ears are not pierced during the academic year.
Please ensure all articles of personal property and clothing are clearly marked with your child's name.
PE Kit
It is important that you ensure your child has the appropriate kit for the allocated days.
- Boys - black shorts, black football socks and a navy blue school logo t-shirt.
- Girls - black shorts, black football socks and a navy blue school logo t-shirt.
For outside games pupils need football boots, shin pads and trainers in all year groups and they will be barefoot for indoor P.E. Black plimsoles may be worn for dance and gym.
A navy blue tracksuit may be worn in cold weather. Leggings may be worn in cold weather but must be plain in colour, either black, blue or grey. (For hygiene reasons, your child must not wear their school jumper for games.)
Swimming Kit
- Boys - sensible trunks/shorts and swimming hat (shorts must be above the knee)
- Girls - a one piece costume and swimming hat.
Class Emails
These email addresses can be used to contact the class teacher if you have any questions or you would like to send in any work that your children have completed at home.
seadragons@hamworthyprimaryschools.co.uk
octopuses@hamworthyprimaryschools.co.uk
anemones@hamworthyprimaryschools.co.uk
seastars@hamworthyprimaryschools.co.uk
Please inform the school office of any absences.
Recommended Reading List for Year 3 and Year 4
| Book Title | Author |
| The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe | C.S. Lewis |
| The Boy Who Grew Dragons | Andy Shepherd |
| Varjak Paw | SF Said |
| Dog Man | Dav Pilkey |
| Kid Normal | Greg James |
| Desierable | Frank Cottrell Boyce |
| The Worst Witch | Jill Murphy |
| The Firework Maker's Daughter | Philip Pullman |
| Esio Trot | Roald Dahl |
| Stig of the Dump | Clive King |
| Fly, Eagle, Fly: An African Tale | Christopher Gregorowski |
| Bill's New Frock | Anne Fine |
| Danny, The Champion of the World | Roald Dahl |
| Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | J.K. Rowling |
| The Creakers | Tom Fletcher |
| The Christmasaurus | Tom Fletcher |
| The Famous Five | Enid Blyton |
| The Lost Happy Endings | Carol Ann Duffy |
| The Egyptian Cinderella | Shirley Climo |
| Pinocchio | Michael Morpurgo |
| The World's Worst Teachers | David Walliams |
| Five Children and It | E. Nesbit |
| Flat Stanley | Jeff Brown |
| Revolting Rhymes | Roald Dahl |
| The Iron Man | Ted Hughes |
| The Sheep-Pig | Dick King-Smith |
| The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog | Jeremy Strong |
| The Lion and the Unicorn | Shirley Hughes |
| The Queen's Nose | Dick King-Smith |
| Please Mrs Butler | Allan Ahlberg |
| The BFG | Roald Dahl |
| Anne of Green Gables | L.M Montgomery |
| Charlotte's Webb | E.B White |
| Scribbleboy | Philip Ridley |
| You're a Bad Man Mr Gum | Andy Stanton |
| Demon Headmaster | Gillian Cross |
| Mary Poppins | PL Travers |
| The Wizard of Once | Cressida Cowell |
| The Magic Place | Chris Wormell |
| Counting on Katherine | Helaine Becker |
| I Was a Rat! | Philip Pulman |
| The Giant Baby | Allan Ahlberg |
| Whizziwig | Malorie Blackman |
| Gorilla | Anthony Browne |
| A Bear called Paddington | Michael Bond |
| The Earth Giant | Melvin Burgess |
| Mr Majeika | Humphrey Carpenter |
Home learning
Each week home learning is set in class and written by the children in their school planner. In year 3 we alternate between Maths and English skills books each week.
Reading
For children to make good progress in reading, it is important that they read at home regularly. We recommend children to read 5 times per week.
Spelling
Spellings are sent home every Monday. These need to be practised regularly at home in preparation for the spelling test the following Monday.
Times tables
For children to make good progress in their mathematics, we would like to encourage all children to be using Times Tables Rock Stars for an average of 10 minutes per day.
For today, we have set you work on Ed Shed and on Doodle Learning. Please log into your accounts and complete these tasks. If you complete these, then please keep on working your way through your own individual tasks!
Reading - please continue to read lots, the children should all have a coloured book band book to practise at home.
Times Tables Rockstars - Keep on rocking with this fabulous website, all the children have their own login that tracks their own progress.
Spelling
Choose only five words from one of the lists to practice.
Which of these do you find a little tricky when writing?
Year 3/ 4 Spelling List
Year 2 Spelling List
English
Oak academy have produced some wonderful lessons about instructions.
Lesson 1 recaps the features of instructions
Maths
Watch the video and complete the follow up activity.
Finding 1, 10, 100 more or less
Spelling
Choose only five words from one of the lists on day to practice.
Day 1 Spellings
Try looking, saying, covering the word then write and check.
English
Oak academy have produced some wonderful lessons about instructions.
In this lesson, we will explore the rules associated with adding the suffixes -er and -est. Ten spelling words will be explained and set to learn.
Maths
Watch the video and complete the follow up activity.
Compare numbers
Spelling
Choose only five words from one of the lists on day to practice.
Day 1 Spellings
Try using rainbow words to practise your spellings.
English
Oak academy have produced some wonderful lessons about instructions.
In this lesson, children will be given a definition of 'being' verbs. First, they will identify the forms of the verb 'to be' in sentences. Then, they will look at plural and singular forms of the verb 'to be'. After that, they will look at past/present tense forms of the verb 'to be'.
Maths
Watch the video and complete the follow up activity.
Subtract a 2-digit number from a 3-digit number - crossing 100
Spelling
Choose only five words from one of the lists on day to practice.
Day 1 Spellings
Try picking 3 activities from the Tick Tack Toe board.
English
Oak academy have produced some wonderful lessons about instructions.
In this lesson, we will look at the ingredients of pizza and generate ideas for what types of ingredients a monster would use to make their pizza.
Maths
Watch the video and complete the follow up activity.
Subtract a 3-digit number from a 3-digit number - exchange
Spelling
Choose only five new words from one of the lists to practice.
Which of these do you find a little tricky when writing?
Year 3/ 4 Spelling List
Year 2 Spelling List
English
Oak academy have produced some wonderful lessons about instructions.
In this lesson, we will introduce new vocabulary, identify word pairs and synonyms and apply the vocabulary in sentences.
Maths
Watch the video and complete the follow up activity.
Estimate answers to calculations
This is "Aut3.8.3 - Estimate answers to calculations" by White Rose Maths on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
Spelling
Choose only five words from one of the lists on day to practice.
Day 1 Spellings
Try looking, saying, covering the word then write and check.
English
In this lesson, we will recap imperative verbs and sequencing words. We will also investigate using adverbs in instructions and write some sentences using sequencing words, verbs and adverbs.
Maths
Watch the video and complete the follow up activity.
Using arrays
Spelling
Choose only five words from one of the lists on day to practice.
Day 1 Spellings
Try using rainbow words to practise your spellings.
English
In this lesson, we will practise the rules associated with adding the suffixes -er and -est. We will learn how to practise using the colour blocking strategy and will test the words previously set to learn.
Maths
Watch the video and complete the follow up activity.
Make equal groups - sharing
Handwriting
The website below has videos and other resources to help with handwriting practise.
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BBC Bitesize - This link has helpful videos to support children who are at the early stages of handwriting.
Get Set 4 PE
The link below takes you to a range of activities that have been designed for home and compliment the curriculum in school.
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Get Set 4 PE - Active Families
8 Minute Kids Workout With Spiderman | The Body Coach TV
Try this 8 minute kids workout with Spiderman
Popcorn and the Pirates | A Cosmic Kids Yoga Adventure!
4 Just Dance Kids Trolls Can't Stop The Feeling GoNoodle Trim
Spellings
New spelling words are taught explicitly on a Monday and the children have lots of opportunities to practise them throughout the week.
The spelling words always follow a spelling rule. We focus on understanding what the words mean, counting the syllables and segmenting the words using our phonics.
Children will be tested on their spellings on the following Monday.
Handwriting
Handwriting is practised throughout the week. The children are shown how to form their letters correctly and when ready, will begin to join some letters together.
Reading
In Year 3, most children follow the Little Wandle Fluency programme once they are able to read 60 words per minute. The children read at least 3 times a week with an adult and have opportunities to read independently too.
