Welcome to Birch's Class Page
Year 3 consists of three classes: 3SC (Mr Coulston's Class), 3AW (Mr Wailes's Class) and 3CW (Miss Whittaker's Class). Here you will find new, weekly updates and information about the fantastic learning that has taken place in Year 3. Please feel free to take advantage of suggested links that will help support your children with consolidating their learning at home. Please do not hesitate to get in touch with a member of our Year 3 team mentioned above if you have any queries.
Learning together, growing together
Our core values of Endurance, Justice, Friendship, Compassion and Peace underpin all that we do.
We aim for attendance above 97%
PE
Our PE days are:
- Tuesday (outdoor)
- Wednesday (indoor)
On these days, your child must attend school in their PE kit: plain white T-shirt, black shorts or joggers and plain black trainers. A plain black hoodie may also be worn.
- Jewellery is not permitted for safety reasons – including belly button piercings
- Long hair must be tied back
This Week's Learning
Week beginning 01/06/2026
This week in English, we will continue our writing topic based on the fictional picture book, The Secret of Black Rock.
In Maths, we will be starting a new topic: time.
In Science, we will begin our new topic all about light.
In Geography, we will begin our new topic about map skills.
In History, we will be continuing our local history topic, focusing on Dewsbury.
In RE, we will continue learning about different ways of expressing spirituality.
In DT, we will begin our new learning all about eating seasonally which will include cutting, peeling and tasting different seasonal vegetables.
Our reading comprehension will be based on a fictional poem.
We will also continue exploring how to get along with one another through our My Happy Mind topic: Engage.
Famous For a Fortnight
This is a very prestigious award presented every 2 weeks to a child in each class who has impressed their teachers with their academic work, effort, engagement or demonstrated one or more of our core values.
This week they have been awarded to:
- 3SC: Emilia
- 3AW: Tommy
- 3CW: Austin
Well done. We are incredibly proud of you.
Homework - Times Table Rocks Stars
Times table tests will take place each week. You will be notified via School Ping regarding how your child has performed in the test, and which times table to work on next.
We also use Times Table Rock Stars to support their rapid recall of these. All children have a login and are encouraged to use it as often as they can.
Here is the link to the website:
https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student
Homework - Reading
In Year 3, we celebrate the love of reading.
Every Monday, children will visit the library and have a chance to select a book of their choice from a range of beautiful new books. The children will have the opportunity to change their library books if they want to on the following Thursday providing that their library book has been brought in to be returned.
Children have the opportunity to read books from the school library and class library.
We take the time to ‘Listen for Pleasure’ before the end of each school day to explore a range of texts and to encourage children to read different genres.
During our Reading lessons, we will be focusing on the VIPERS skills shown below. These skills are essential for children to explore throughout their reading journey to really unpick their understanding and deepen their interest.
Click on the link below for more age-related texts.
Homework - Spellings
Spellings will be sent out out week to practice for a spelling to test the following week.
Y3 Residential May 2026 - Dearne Valley
Please see below for a selection of photos from the recent Dearne Valley residential (photos currently being added to website)