Year 3 2025 - 2026

Ms Varetto

Mrs Begum

Mrs Mobbs

Welcome to our Year Three Class at Mersey Vale!

Year 3 is an exciting time at Mersey Vale! As the chidlren begin their first year in Key Stage Two, we will share our achievements with regular updates through our Class Story on Class Dojo, so please make sure you are connected and leave us a comment to share in our learning.

Staff

The Year 3 class is taught by Mrs Begum (Monday - Wednesday) and Ms Varetto (Thursday & Friday). The teachers and children are supported in class by Mrs Mobbs. Our midday assistant is Mrs Turner

Curriculum

We will be covering many exciting and interesting topics over the year, these are outlined in the Year 3 Curriculum Map which is attached below.

Start and end of the day

The school day is from 8.40am – 3.20pm Monday – Friday. The children should come into school via the door to the rear of the Year 3 classroom. A member of staff will be there to greet you and your child at 8:40am, with doors closing at 8:50am. The register is taken at 8.55 am. If children arrive after 8:50am when we have closed our doors, please ensure they report to the school office on arrival.

At 3.20pm a member of staff from the Y3 team will be waiting to greet you and handover your child at the door to the rear of the Year 3 classroom. If you wish to speak to a member of staff then please phone us or send a secure message using Class Dojo, as parents/carers will not be routinely allowed into school without an appointment.

Healthy Snack

Children may bring their own healthy snack from home, but items such as chocolate biscuits, crisps, sweets and fizzy drinks are not appropriate and may be taken off your child. Any snacks from home should be taken into class and stored in your child’s tray until playtime. Please help your child to make healthy choices.

P.E

All classes take part in weekly PE sessions of gymnastics/dance/games as timetabled. Children are expected to change into their PE kit; a Mersey Vale kit is available - t-shirt, shorts and PE bag or you may have taken up our new scheme of loaning the PE kit from school. Children should also have navy jogging bottoms and sweatshirt in cold weather.

Please ensure all items of clothing (including their uniform) are labelled with your child’s name inside. We find it most useful for children to bring PE kits into school at the start of a half term and leave them here in the PE box. Y3 PE sessions are timetabled for Wenesday and Thursdays.

Forest School

All children will take part in fortnightly Forest School sessions. The children will be spilt into two groups. One group doing Forest School and the other doing Art and Designon alternate weeks. Please make sure your child has waterproof clothing and footwear as forest school can often be muddy and wet.

Homework

Homework is given to all children throughout the school in line with our Homework Policy. Brief details of the homework that will be set for Year Three are as follows:

Homework is given out each Friday to be handed back into class the following Wednesday.
Spellings are given out each Friday to be tested the following Friday.
Children are also encouraged to learn their multiplication tables.
All children have a home/ school reading record book and they should aim to complete a short amount of reading each night.

Please read the letter below for more information about the school day and our classroom routines.

We hope you find the information on this page useful, but if you have any unanswered questions, please contact a member of the Year 3 team via Class Dojo, or through the school office.

Kind regards,

The Year Three Team