Year 3 Curriculum
Welcome to Summer Term 2024
Our curriculum will continue to have lots of Reading, Writing and Maths opportunities and we are excited to start the new term with our topic ‘The Terrible Tudors’ during which we will learn about what life was like for children during the Tudor times. We will be finding out about King Henry VIII and his wives as well as the Tudor legacy. As part of this topic, we will be creating fabric coin purses similar to those used during Tudor times.
Thank you to everyone who created models over the holiday. They are being displayed in the classrooms.
Homework will be issued every Friday. Please encourage your child to attempt all the questions each week.
We will continue to send spellings home each week on Mondays. Ten words will be sent home for the children to practise and they will be tested on these words on Fridays.
Please encourage your child to read at home at least 3 times per week in order to receive their Regular Reader stamp. Remember that reading any book is fantastic and we would love to see these recorded in your reading records as well.
This term, PE will take place outside if the weather permits. Please send your child with suitable footwear on PE days and remember to remove earrings.
PE days: Wednesday – 3J Thursday – 3W
Merits will be awarded each week, so keep an eye out for a special certificate coming home with your child.
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please speak to your child’s teacher.
Thank you for your continued support.
Miss Jennings and Miss Williams
Further information:
Leaders have designed and implemented an ambitious and well-planned curriculum.
The pastoral team works well together to ensure that pupils are safe.
Pupils are proud to be part of the Wheeler family.
The staff are really encouraging. They always help us to be the best we can be
Parents say that the school is ‘fantastic’ and that staff ‘greet the children come hail, rain or shine’ every morning as they arrive.
They want pupils to ‘Be Respectful, Responsible and Resilient in Learning and Life’
Classrooms are calm and purposeful places for pupils to learn.
Everyone cares for each other and that every teacher adds a little bit of fun into every lesson
Leaders are passionate about preparing pupils to be good citizens for the world beyond Wheeler Primary School
There are
opportunities for pupils to attend different clubs and raise funds for charities
Pupils enjoy coming to Wheeler Primary School every day.
Pupils take books home which contain the sounds that they are learning in class. This gives them plenty of practice.
The best thing is having someone to go to when you’re upset
Leaders and teachers have high expectations for every child.
Leaders give pupils the opportunity to complete well-planned and exciting
activities, such as performing in front of an audience, in order to create a ‘bag’ full of life experiences as they progress through the school. .
Pupils are excited about adding experiences to their ‘Bag for Life’.
The school has made recent changes to the teaching
of phonics to help pupils get off to the best start with their reading.
Pupils are encouraged to develop a positive attitude towards themselves and others.
Being at Wheeler is like being part of a family and that makes learning fun
The leader’s vision for the school is demonstrated in the way pupils behave
Pupils report that bullying is rare, but if it happens, staff will sort it out quickly and fairly.
The teachers are so supportive they help and guide you all the way through the year
Throughout my time at Wheeler, I have been given so many opportunities to experience and learn new things
Pupils in key stage 2 talk confidently about a wide range of authors and texts they have read.
The support that leaders provide for families is a strength of the school.
I think the best thing about being a Wheeler pupil is that all of the staff listen and care about you
It is a safe and happy place to learn.