CPF Newsletter - 14.11.25

YEAR 3

We have had a wonderfully busy and exciting time in Year 3 recently, and the children have been working incredibly hard! Here’s a little snapshot of what we’ve been learning.

Mighty Maths

In Maths, we have been mastering multiplication and division. The children have focused brilliantly on learning their 4 and 8 times tables, and it has been fantastic to see their confidence grow as they use these facts to solve tricky division problems. Keep up the great practice at home!

Persuasive Writers

Our English topic has taken us on an adventure to the centre of the Earth! Linking to our text and geography, the children have written absolutely amazing persuasive adverts encouraging people to take the perilous journey. We were blown away by their powerful verbs and exciting descriptions—we all wanted to book a ticket!

Junior Geologists

Geography has been all about the incredible planet beneath our feet. We have been investigating how mountains are created, learning all about the different types. The children loved exploring atlases to locate famous mountain ranges around the world, from the Alps to the Andes.

We've 'dug deep' to explore the structure of the Earth, learning about the four main layers: the crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core. The children were fascinated to discover that the crust isn't one solid piece, but is actually made up of tectonic plates that slowly move, which is how earthquakes happen and mountains are formed!

Well done for all your enthusiasm and hard work, Year 3!

Upcoming learning

Maths - Further multiplication and division.

Writing - Diary writing (Text - Journey to the centre of the Earth)

Geography - Why do people live near volcanoes?

Science - Forces and magnets.

Home Learning

Reading - 5 times a week

Century - Your child can access Century on their Chromebooks. This is a fantastic piece of software that has maths, SPAG, Reading, and science activities that the children can access to support them with their learning. They have accessed this already in class and know how to log in. On the login page, log in with Google. (Please see the image, and use the link below.) Please ask them to show you how it works.

Link to Century

Times table rock stars (TTRS) - This is a program that allows the children to practice their times tables in a fun way. Each week, there will be a tournament between the four Year 3 classes. The children's usernames and logins are in their reading records.

Link to TTRS

Spellings - Each week spellings for the following week will be added to Google Classroom.

Reading records - All reading records will be collected on Friday by the class teacher. Children should have them in their bags every day.

Important dates

Trips

Natural history museum - Curie and Newton on 25th November and Anning and Darwin on 26th November 2025

More information will follow closer to the time.

British Museum - Tuesday 10th and Wednesday 11th February 2026

Globe Theatre - Summer term TBA

Sleep over - TBA

Assemblies

Curie - Done

Darwin - 13th February 2026

Newton - 24th April 2026

Anning - 15th May 2026

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