Year 3 Homework

Project, Reading, Times Tables and Spellings

 

Half Term Homework Project

A homework task will be sent home at the start of every half term in Homework Logs.

This is a creative task and each child can choose to complete it to suit their interests.

However your child chooses to do it, be it a 3D model, cookery or creating something on the computer, please take a photo / print a copy of it to share in their Homework Log using a double page spread.

Click here for the Year 3 Spring 2 Homework task

Homework Sent Home: w/c Monday 26th February

Homework Due: Friday 22nd March

Here are some amazing examples from our fantastic Homework Galleries…

 

Reading at Home

Remember to read regularly at home. It’s important your child reads to you but you reading to them can be really beneficial too!

Please record home reading in your child’s reading journal. If they read independently and write this into their own journal, please initial what they have written.

Click here for recommended reading lists for Year 3

 

Reading Workshop for Year 3 and 4 Parents and Carers (held 31.01.24)

Being able to support your child’s reading at home is key and makes a real difference to their progress. It enables children to consolidate what they have learnt in school, improves their fluency and comprehension and is an important time to spend together. In order to share how we teach reading skills in school, how our reading scheme works and how you can make the most of reading at home with your child, we led a virtual Reading Workshop.

Click here for the slides shared at our Year 3 and 4 Reading Workshop 31.01.24

Reading Rocket Race

  1. Read SEVEN times a week at home to earn an entry into our reading rocket race raffle! Each half-term a lucky winner from each class will be the recipient of a brand new reading book of their choosing.
  2. You will earn house points for each week you read FOUR times.
  3. Each week we add your number of home reads onto your running total.
    Watch the Reading Rocket Race in your classroom to see who is in the lead to have their name engraved upon our school plaque at the end of the year!
  4. If more than one read is recorded on a single date that counts as one read.

For example: 
11.9.23 – The Giant Turnip – p1-5 
11.9.23 – Cinderella – p15-20 
12.9.23 – The Giant Turnip – p6-9 
13.9.23 – The Giant Turnip – p10-END 
= Three home reads 

  1. The class with the most reads each week wins our reading rocket race mascot Peter Rabbit.

Good luck and happy reading! 

Times Tables 

Confident and accurate times tables recall is a critical skill that all children require. It enables them to work efficiently when problem solving across the maths curriculum and is a necessity for everyday life. It is expected that children know all of their times tables, and related division facts, up to 12×12 by the end of Year 4.

We will be following a set order to learn times table facts throughout Year 3 and Year 4:

x2, x5, x10 times tables – with corresponding division facts

x3, x4, x8 – with corresponding division facts

x11, x6, x12 – with corresponding division facts

x9, x7 – with corresponding division facts

Please support them to strengthen their recall at home.  

Times Table Rock Stars

To support the children in learning their times tables and to quicken their recall, we are excited to share information about our school-wide subscription to Times Tables Rock Stars. Each child creates their own rock star avatar and competes against the clock by answering carefully sequenced multiplication questions.

All children have a personal account and their login details are stuck into the back of their Reading Diaries. Their account can be accessed from home via the Times Tables Rock Stars website (https://ttrockstars.com/) or by downloading the free app.

We encourage the children to use this as much as possible as it will strengthen their recall speed and accuracy.  

How to log in to the website:

  1. https://ttrockstars.com/
  2. Click ‘Login’ tab and select ‘School Pupils’
  3. When asked for school name / postcode – type ‘MK7’ then select our school name
  4. Enter username and password (stuck in the back of your child’s Reading Diary)

How to log in to the app:

  1. Download the app in your phone’s app store
  2. Select ‘School’ then ‘Student’
  3. When asked for school name / postcode – type ‘MK7’ then select our school name
  4. Enter username and password (stuck in the back of your child’s Reading Journal)

  When playing, there are a variety of games the children can select:  

Single Player

  • Garage – practice your speed recall. This mode will keep asking you questions you need to work on and have been set by your class teacher.
  • Jamming – choose question types yourself but ensure to challenge yourself!
  • Studio – when you are ready for up to 12×12, complete 10 games to earn your rock status.
  • Soundcheck – 25 questions, 6 seconds per question. It is recommended that this is completed at least once a week.

Multiplayer

  • Festival – play against any TTRS user (this is anonymous and members cannot chat to one another). This mode asks any question up to 12×12.
  • Arena – class battles – play against others in your class by joining at the same time. This mode will ask you questions that have been set by your class teacher.
  • Rockslam – challenge a member of your class. This mode asks any question up to 12×12.

When any of the above games are completed, children earn coins that they can use to upgrade their rock avatar. These coins also act as points for class and school-wide competitions that will be set up and shared with the children.

If you require support getting started or using the website / app, please come and speak with your child’s class teacher.

Let’s rock and roll!

Spellings

Each Monday, a list of spellings words will be sent home for your child to learn. These words will be tested each Friday.

Spelling lists for the whole half term can be found on the year group spelling page – https://www.kentshillpark.school/primary/year-3/word-work/ 

Printed spellings will be sent home each Monday and tested each Friday.

Weekly Spellings Kiwi Spring 1 (Whole half term) 2024

Weekly Spellings Apple Spring 1 (Whole half term) 2024

Weekly Spellings Raspberry Spring 1 (Whole half term) 2024

First 100 High Fequency Words

First 100 High Frequency Words

Next 200 High Frequency Words

These are words that are most frequently found in books and needed when writing. It is important that your child can both read and spell these words to aid their fluency.

Common Exception Words

KS1 Common Exception Words

These are words that are exceptions to spelling rules or words which use a particular combination of letters to represent sound patterns in a rare or unique way. It is important that your child can read and spell these with confidence.

Year 3 and 4 Statutory Word List

Yr3 and 4 Statutory Spelling list

These words will be included in weekly spellings.