Welcome to
Year 3 – Hazel Class
Autumn Term 2026
Welcome to Hazel Class! The children settled wonderfully last week and seem very excited about the year ahead. We have some really fabulous topics coming up this year, more of which I will talk about below. The move to Year 3 now means your child is in the Juniors or ‘Key Stage 2’.
Our School Day
The children will come into the classroom and are expected to bring in their water bottles, yellow reading record and their school reading book. We start our day with a brief morning task and register before moving onto our new spelling scheme ‘Supersonic Spelling Stars’, the format of which the children are familiar with from their Phonics lessons in the Infants. We then have English and Maths followed by lunch. In the afternoon we will have our foundation subjects and finish the day with a class book, which I will read to the class. Our topic this term is Geography based and is Mountains. After half term, we will move on to a History focus learning all about The Romans and their impact on Britain. Swimming will take place on Thursday afternoons starting this Thursday (10th September).
Who supports Y3?
Mrs. Stephenson and Miss Addy are the class teachers and this year we will be supported by Mrs. Phipps, who will work both in the classroom and with small intervention groups, sometimes across school. On Monday afternoons Calvin Moorhead will continue to teach the children P.E. and Mrs Kenyon will continue to teach R.E. Miss Addy will teach the class on Tuesdays while Mrs. Stephenson has her SENDCo time.
What the children need
Your child does not need a pencil case in Y3 and we have managed to source some carpet mats for the children, therefore, they do not need their own cushion in school. Please make sure your child has the correct P.E. kit, consisting of blue/black shorts, white T-shirt, trainers, spare socks and when the weather gets colder and wetter, tracksuit bottoms, fleece and coat. Please could you ensure all items of clothing are clearly named. Long hair must be tied back and all jewellery removed. If earrings cannot be removed, they must be covered with tape, which needs to be provided please. P.E. kits should stay in school and will be sent home at the end of every half term. Swimming kits need to come into school on Thursdays every week and will be sent home the same day.
Expectations
As the children are now Juniors it is very important they begin to get more independent as they get older. Please encourage this by dropping and picking them up from the main gates and allowing them to line up with their class at the start of the day. At home time, unless on the bus, the children will come to greet you from the main entrance. Children are expected to be responsible for their own belongings.
Homework
We ask that you continue to listen to your children read, out loud, at home as often as possible and please record this in their yellow reading record when you have listened to them. We encourage the children to choose their own reading books, within their ability, and we expect their reading books and yellow reading records to go home every day and come back in the next day.
When we get settled into the school term, I will send home a list of activities based around our Mountains topic that the children can complete as part of their home learning. It would be expected the children complete at least 2 activities per half term from the sheet. Spellings will be sent out weekly so you are aware of the ones we are working on in class and can practise these at home. Maths/English homework will be sent sporadically, which will help consolidate learning. This will usually be in the form of a worksheet or may be a ‘Timestable Rock Stars’ task. We will also be learning our 3, 4 and 8 times tables during the year, so it would be great if we could work together to ensure the children can learn these as fluently as possible. The children all have their ‘Timestable Rock Stars’ log in details stuck in their yellow reading record and last week we spent some time logging ourselves in and exploring the website as it is one we will use in class also.
Please don’t hesitate to contact us via Mrs. Scarr in the office should you have any queries.
We are really looking forward to the new school year and working with your children.
Mrs. Stephenson, Miss Addy and Mrs. Phipps
The Y3 team
