Coppice Valley Community Primary School

Welcome back to Year 3

We hope your child had a fantastic summer.

Start of the Day Please escort your child to the playground by 8:55, where they will be collected by their teacher. Please do not wait on the patio.

End of Day KS2 children finish at 3.30pm. Parents should wait outside the class door as usual. An adult will be about to make sure everyone is collected.

If you want your child to leave the premises unaccompanied please put this in writing for us.

If you are sending someone else to pick up your child, please call us in advance to let us know.

HOMEWORK – Spellings and Maths Learn Its

Please continue to learn spellings and maths facts every week. Please check planners for results of a spelling tests. 

MATHS LESSONS
You could help at home with these topics:

• multiplication (grid method) and division (short division method).
• 3x 4x 8x tables (y3) and 6x 7x 9x tables (year 4)
• Telling the time from an analogue clock (traditional clock with hands). Know how many days in a week, weeks in a year, months in a year, seconds in a minute, minutes in an hour, hours in a day.
• Fractions – count in tenths and  hundredths. Add fractions with the same denominator, say which of 2 fractions is larger, order a set of fractions
• Roman numerals
• Geometry – recognise right angles, acute and obtuse angles
• Shape – recognise 2D and 3D shapes by names and properties
• Measurement – how many mm in cm, cm in m, m in km. (length) g in a kg (mass). ml in a l. (capacity)
• Money – know all coins and notes. Add mix of coins and notes. Find change from £5 or £10.

Playtime snacks and Lunchbox contents – please don’t send chocolate in to school. At playtime kids need a healthy snack = fruit, veg, cheese, non-sugary/chocolate cereal bars are good choices.

Water Bottles – please send your child with a NAMED sports-style pull up lid bottle. If you have a fruit infuser please prepare it at home and take home every day for washing.