Year 3
Teachers: Miss Grisley in Apple Tree Class and Mrs Shephard in Horse Chestnut Class
Teaching Assistants: Mrs Carter, Mrs Mascal, Mrs Shirley, Mrs Dack and Mrs Pearce
Summer 2026
Welcome back to another busy, exciting and challenging term at Great Dunmow. This information booklet has been put together to keep all parents and carers fully informed of what their children will experience this term.
Our main topics for this term are the Romans, settlements, plants and Celtic art. We will be bringing these topics into many areas of the curriculum and also through our investigations of significant individuals.
Literacy
Year 3 will be looking at non-chronological reports, explanation texts, biographies and Roald Dahl (narrative writing).
During our English lessons, the pupils will write their own example after studying the features of each text type and learning key skills. In grammar sessions, the children will be learning about the different types of clauses and sentences, noun phrases, prepositions, adverbials, tenses and apostrophes as well as recapping on the learning so far.
Maths
We will be focusing on mass and capacity, money, time, shape and statistics. We will also be putting emphasis on times tables, working on the pupil’s fluency and spotting links/patterns between them.
There will be a particular focus on the following times tables: 2, 5, 10, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9 and 11.
Spanish
The children will learn about: breakfast food and drinks, opinions, fruits and vegetables, market stall, The Very Hungry Giant and Billy Goats Gruff.
General Information
P.E.
Please make sure that children come to school with all the relevant P.E equipment: shorts, T-shirt and appropriate footwear for indoor activities and a tracksuit and trainers for outdoor sessions. No jewellery is to be worn at any time during PE sessions and long hair needs to be tied back. Children will not be permitted to borrow kit from other children. If children cannot take their own earrings out, they be unable to participate in the PE lesson.
Please let us know if your child is unable to partake in any PE lesson for any medical reason.
In addition, please ensure your child has a water bottle in class.
P.E days are as follows for the year group:
- Wednesday (indoor)
- Thursday (outdoor)
Homework
Both classes will be given the following homework:
● Reading – Children need to be reading regularly at home, and additionally having a more advanced text read to them by an adult, for enjoyment, would be beneficial.
● Maths – Questions based on work completed during the week. This will be set on Mirodo on a Tuesday. If you would like to help your child further at home, please practise their times tables (using Times Table Rockstars)- this will support them greatly in their maths, telling the time with an analogue clock and using money in practical situations.
● Grammar – Questions based on work completed during the week. These will be set on Mirodo.
● Spelling – Spelling rules/patterns linked to learning from the week. These will be in on Spelling Shed, which is the spelling scheme that is followed throughout the school.
Homework will be set on Tuesday and due to be completed by Tuesday morning the following week. Children should try to complete their work independently as it will all be revision from the week's work or things previously covered. If they need any support, they should see us before it is due so that we have the opportunity to help them with it.
The pupils need to ensure that they have their reading book and diary with them in school each day. An adult will aim to hear them read once every three weeks on a 1:1 basis and as regularly as possible.
Upcoming Events in Year 3
22nd May – Colchester Castle trip
25th May – Half term
17th June – Disco
18th June – Sports Day (AM)
19th June – NPD
22nd June – NPD
25th June – WOW day (Wonka)
26th June – Meet the teacher
13th July – Open Classroom
17th July – Summer Concert
17th July – Break up
If you have any further questions and wish to speak to us, please do not hesitate to make an appointment through the school office or send us a message on Dojo.
Many thanks,
Miss Grisley & Mrs Shephard