Year 3 Curriculum
Our curriculum will continue to have lots of Reading, Writing and Maths opportunities and we are excited to start the New Year with our topic of ‘Sweet Treats’, during which we will read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and learn about the origins of chocolate and the history of Needlers.
Thank you to everyone who created their confectionery over the holiday. They are being displayed in the classrooms and helped to bring our topic to life.
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. Spellings 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 inside doing Gymnastics. You do not need to send your child with a kit as we provide one as a school.
PE days – 3J: Wednesday mornings 3W: Thursday mornings
Merits will be awarded each Friday at 2pm, 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:
The teachers are so supportive they help and guide you all the way through the year
Pupils are proud to be part of the Wheeler family.
The leader’s vision for the school is demonstrated in the way pupils behave
Leaders and teachers have high expectations for every child.
Everyone cares for each other and that every teacher adds a little bit of fun into every lesson
Pupils in key stage 2 talk confidently about a wide range of authors and texts they have read.
The best thing is having someone to go to when you’re upset
Being at Wheeler is like being part of a family and that makes learning fun
Leaders are passionate about preparing pupils to be good citizens for the world beyond Wheeler Primary School
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.
Pupils report that bullying is rare, but if it happens, staff will sort it out quickly and fairly.
Classrooms are calm and purposeful places for pupils to learn.
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. .
They want pupils to ‘Be Respectful, Responsible and Resilient in Learning and Life’
Pupils are excited about adding experiences to their ‘Bag for Life’.
Pupils are encouraged to develop a positive attitude towards themselves and others.
There are
opportunities for pupils to attend different clubs and raise funds for charities
I think the best thing about being a Wheeler pupil is that all of the staff listen and care about you
The pastoral team works well together to ensure that pupils are safe.
Leaders have designed and implemented an ambitious and well-planned curriculum.
Parents say that the school is ‘fantastic’ and that staff ‘greet the children come hail, rain or shine’ every morning as they arrive.
The support that leaders provide for families is a strength of the school.
It is a safe and happy place to learn.
The school has made recent changes to the teaching
of phonics to help pupils get off to the best start with their reading.
The staff are really encouraging. They always help us to be the best we can be
Throughout my time at Wheeler, I have been given so many opportunities to experience and learn new things