Welcome to Year 3!

 Welcome to Year 3 2025/26

 “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”  

 Albert Einstein

Staff- Mr Palmer and Mrs Thomas. This year we have plenty of things to look forward to with a trip to Chester Zoo already booked in (more details soon) I’m sure it will be an exciting year. We are also very pleased to have Miss Cox in class as a student teacher. 

Reading - We are lucky to have an excellent variety of books in our library and children are welcome to take these home as well as the books provided to them on the reading scheme if required. Children should be reading a little every night. Please take some time to read with your child as this can be very rewarding. We mark off our reading record chart every Friday and also change books then. 

Water Bottles - It is important that your child has some water to drink throughout the day. Please ensure your child has their name on their water bottle in school. This should be brought home each night to be washed and returned containing fresh water each day.

Uniform - PLEASE ensure ALL uniform is clearly labelled with your child’s name. The correct school uniform should be worn at all times.

P.E. –  Our PE day is Thursday. The children are to come to school in their P.E. kit (indoor green/black shorts or cycle shorts which can be worn under their outdoor kit. The outdoor kit should be a plain dark tracksuit (preferably black) white Summerhill T-shirt  and trainers. 

Learning from home  –  All children are expected to read at home and an adult will sign their Reading Log Book to show when they have read.  The children will also get spellings and/or times tables each Friday ready for a test the following week on the following Thursday. Children all have a log in for TT Rockstars to practise their Times Tables. 

Times Tables - In Year 3, children are expected to recall and use the multiplication and division facts for the 3, 4, and 8 times tables. This builds on the 2, 5, and 10 times tables learned in Year 2 and is a stepping stone towards the full 12 times tables by the end of Year 4. 

Medication – Any medication required to be administered during the school day can only be done if:

• It has been prescribed by a medical professional 

• It is in the packaging with the dispensary label 

• Required forms have been completed via the school office                                                                                   

   Over the counter medications cannot and will not be administered.

 If your child is asthmatic, we need to have a reliever inhaler at school.  We are not permitted to give children over the counter medicines e.g. Calpol. All medication must be delivered directly to the school office for administration. 

Attendance and Punctuality - Please ensure your child attends school and please only keep them off if absolutely necessary.   The children must be in the classroom ready to learn no later than 8.50am. The doors will be open from 8:40am.  Holidays during school time will not be authorised and parents will be referred for a penalty notice should they take their child out of school. 

Monies into school - all school based activities can be paid using SIMSpay - this is our preferred method. If you cannot do this then money must be sent in a sealed envelope clearly named and labelled.

Please keep up to date with what’s going on in our school - use our website and twitter account!

Website - www.summerhillprimary.com    Twitter -   @SummerhillL31

All information with regards to classroom rules, information and Learning from home will be communicated via Google Classroom.

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me via email or the school office.

Many thanks,

Mr Palmer and the Year 3 team