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Half Term Overview-Autumn 1

Homework

• Children should practise their spellings each week in preparation for their test every Monday.
• New spellings will be sent home half termly for the children to practise
• Children should read at home as often as possible. If they read at home 12 times and have their reading book signed each time, they will receive a certificate in assembly. They should read their reading book where possible, but should also read other suitable reading materials e.g. books they have at home.
• Children will be asked to access Times Table Rockstars online at home each week to support their Maths work.

Spellings – Autumn 1

Week 2: there, they’re, their, here, hear, see, sea, to, too, two

Week 3: be, bee, quite, quiet, bear, bare, one, won, son, sun

Week 4: night, knight, blew, blue, whole, hole, because, so, that, or

Week 5: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October

Week 6: November, December, Past, after, hour, half minute, quarter, month, second

Week 7: who, why, what, how, which, where, when, adjective, adverb, verb

Week 8: September, adjective, who, hour, quiet, quarter, when, past, where, quite

P.E

P.E will be on a Tuesday and Wednesday Children should come to school equipped with a full, appropriate P.E kit.

Y3 children will be taking part in activities both indoors and outside so shoes are a necessity.

Reading

• Reading with your child every day is the best thing you can do to help them.
• Read to them and let them follow along.
• Listen to them read. Just a few minutes every day helps. They can read any appropriate text they wish, whether that is their school book, their own book, or a newspaper.
• Ask them questions! This helps them understand what they have read which is a very important skill.  

Spellings

• Your child will be given a spelling list each week. The weekly spellings can be practised on paper or the children can practise saying each letter out loud to you.
• Practising each day helps the most but every little bit counts!
• Check your child knows what each word means (This will be discussed on a Monday at school so don’t worry if they are unsure.)
• Challenge your child to write their spelling words in a sentence.

Times Tables

• Encourage your child to log in to their Times Tables Rock Stars account if they are allowed internet access.
• Practise saying the times tables! Sing them, whisper them, shout them (perhaps not late at night!) – it all helps!
• Test them on a few calculations at a time e.g. in one week you might only focus on 1 x 3 = 3, 2 x 3 = 6 and 3 x 3 = 9