These learning resources are suitable for use with children entering Year 3.
The expectations for children entering Year 3 are:
- Be able to recall the 2, 5 and 10 times table
- Correctly spell all words in year 3 word lists 1 and 2
Times Tables
The expectation is for children entering Year 3 to recall their 2, 5 and 10 times tables. Our Times Tables prompts can help you do this. Children will be tested on these number facts at the start of the Autumn term and will then continue to develop the ability to apply these facts and progress onto recalling the remaining times tables.
Some great Maths resources can be found online in these pages. These games require Flash to run and will work best on a desktop or laptop computer. Unfortunately they won't work on an iPad, but may work on other tablet computers.
- Woodlands Junior School interactive Maths times tables games
- TopMarks Multiplication and Division games for 7-11 year old children
- BBC Bitesize KS2 Multiplication game
Your children can create their own Maths activities for home practice - try making one of these activities with your children.
- Create flip cards (or use a flash cards app) with the question on one side and the answer on the other side, time and race to flip the cards over
- Make a times tables 'pairs' or 'snap' game
- Create a times table board game
Maintain variety in learning activities to keep your child interested - these audio collections can provide a change from written or screen based exercises and also develop your child's listening abilities.
Times Table Rock is a collection of songs that help an older child memorise their times tables in a fun way, available in both CD and digital formats; CD via Amazon.co.uk and digital version via iTunes
Times tables – 2, 4, 6, 8 is a collection of songs that help younger children memorise their times tables in a fun way, available in both CD and digital formats; in CD format via Amazon.co.uk and in digital format via iTunes
Statutory Spellings
These spelling lists are for Year 3 and are statutory in the new curriculum. The lists are a mixture of words pupils frequently use in their writing and those which they often misspell. Children will be tested on these word lists at the start of the Autumn term and through regular teaching they will have the opportunity to apply these in all lessons. We will continue to test and teach these throughout the year. Over the summer holidays, practicing some of these new spellings will greatly support your child accessing the new curriculum.
Year 3 Word List 1
Year 3 Word List 2
Writing
There are many opportunities for children to write over the summer holidays – perhaps writing a journal, shopping lists, postcards from holidays, or writing book reviews of books read in the Summer Reading Challenge.
When your child is writing, focus on their their spellings and handwriting, as well as challenging them to use better language and sentence structures (i.e. connectives).
There are many resources available online to support you and your child in English over the summer, including the New National Curriculum for English:
- 150 summer activities from the Woodland Trust Nature Detectives
- 157 Summer Activities from the Busy Teacher
Using computer or tablet based games offers children the opportunity to have an interactive learning experience, beyond simply reading and writing. These games are a good starting point to support continued English learning:
Topic Spellings
In addition to the Statutory Spellings, children will be learning to spell topic specific words. A detailed introduction to the topic children will be following each term in our Year 3 Curriculum pages.
The Topic Spellings below are from the Year 3 Autumn Term topic: Rainforests.