St Michael's Church of England Primary School Sandhurst, Berkshire
Year 3
Year 3 Autumn Term 2026-2027
Teachers: Mrs Billins (Mon-Wed), Mr Handy (Thurs-Fri)
Teaching Assistant: Mrs McComish (Mon-Thurs am)
Learning Support Assistants: Miss Breslin (Mon - Fri)
Maths
In Maths, we will be learning about the following:
- Place value of numbers up to 1000
- Addition and subtraction
- Multiplication and division
How can you help at home?
- Practise learning the tables. The weekly times tables challenge will show which tables your child needs to learn before moving on to the next level.
- Find opportunities to practise everyday maths in the real world, such as counting coins to find the correct amount, working out the correct change, weighing ingredients using a scale in grams and kilograms and reading the time on a digital and analogue clock.
English
During the autumn term, our writing will be linked to Fairy Tales and to our Geography unit, Volcanoes and Earthquakes. We will be re-writing a known Fairy Tale, creating some different characters and settings and also writing fact-files about volcanoes. In the second half of the term, the children will be learning about the Stone Age in history and will be writing a diary entry pretending they are a child living in the Stone Age and will also be writing a story linked to this period of time.
How can you help at home?
Please ensure your child reads at least 4 times a week. This is absolutely vital if the children are to shine to the best of their ability; it is the biggest factor in how well your child progresses in almost every area of the curriculum.
Children should bring in their reading records daily, signed by an adult when they have read.
Remember to colour a star on your child's bookmark each time they read at home so that the children can receive their reading certificates and move on to the next bookmark. You can colour in a star for any time you read; this doesn't have to just be your school reading book.
Please encourage your child to write where possible at home to practise the skills they learn at school. Examples of writing could be: stories, lists, cards, book reviews, letters and recounts of what they have done at the weekend.
Science
In Science, we will be learning:
- Skeletons
- Nutrition and Diet
- Food Waste
- Rocks
R.E.
The children will be learning how to answer the following questions:
- What makes us human?
- Where do our morals come from?
P.E.
PE will be taught on Mondays (by Mrs Billins) and Thursdays (by Mr Handy).
Children should come into school these days wearing PE kit (navy shorts/joggers, a white T-shirt, navy sweatshirt/hoodie and some trainers.
This term the children will be enjoying gymnastics, golf, football and handball.
Homework
Alternating Maths and English homework will be sent out every Thursday and should be handed in the following Monday. Completed homework will stay in school so that any errors and misconceptions can be addressed at school. Mr Handy will be going through the homework with the children if they need it and issuing new homework.
As well as this homework, please encourage your child to read at least 4 times a week and play Times Tables Rock Stars as much as possible. Practising spellings would also support the children.
Times Tables Challenge
The Times Tables Challenge involves a number of levels. Each level has 36 (or more) questions which should be completed within 3 minutes (this is the speed required by the statutory Year 4 times tables test).
The children can't miss a question, and need to score 100% before moving on to the next level! The more practise the children have at home, the quicker they become at answering the questions and the faster they move up the levels!
The questions are in a random order, so please encourage your child to learn their tables in any order.
Playing Times Tables Rock Stars will support in learning their tables.
Below is the Times Tables Challenge Levels list and some further arithmetic practise.
Useful documents
- Meet the teacher Meeting.pptxPPTX File
- Year 3 Timetable 2026-2027.pdfPDF File
- Curriculum Map Year 3 2026-2027.pdfPDF File
- Spelling Shed Medium Term Plans.pdfPDF File
- Year 1 and 2 common exception words list.pdfPDF File
- Year 3 and 4 statutory spellings list.pdfPDF File
- Year 3 Recommended reading list.pdfPDF File
Useful websites
