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Half Term Overview

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 – Spring 2

Week 2: irate, impossible, impatient, irrelevant, immediate, redo, refresh, reappear, height, history

Week 3: intercity, submarine, interrupt, interact, subside, supermarket, superman, superstar, important, interest

Week 4: automatic, anticlockwise, autopilot, antibody, antifreeze, antibodies, autograph, island, learn, auto cue

Week 5: mission, invasion, confusion, television, admission, length, library, decision, permission, occasion

Week 6: where, were, we’re, plane, plain, minute, natural, missed, mist, February

P.E

P.E will be on a Tuesday morning and a Friday afternoon. 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