Welcome to
Year 3
In Year 3 we have 3 classes! Our 3 classes are Emerald, Olive and Malachite. All classes throughout school are named after colours in the rainbow and Year 3's colour is green!
Curriculum Enhancement
Mrs Hopwood and Miss Gibbon (Miss Ward on maternity leave)
Emerald
Teaching Assistant: Mr Clelford
Miss Winterburn
Olive
Teaching Assistant: Mr Holmes
Mr Birkby
Malachite
Teaching Assistant: Miss Ali
Class Routines
Emerald class P.E. days are Monday (indoor) and Wednesday (outdoor). Olive P.E. days are Tuesday (indoor) and Wednesday (indoor). Malachite P.E. days are Thursday (outdoor) and Friday (indoor). P.E. kits consist of black or maroon shorts or tracksuit bottoms, a plain white T-shirt, Gledhow P.E hoodie and black or white trainers.
Year 3 have a 15 minute morning break at 10:40. They eat their lunch at 12:00 – 12:30 and play outside from 12:30 – 1:00. A school menu can be found here https://www.gledhow.leeds.sch.uk/school-meals. Children may also bring a healthy packed lunch (no nuts please). Each child will need their own, named water bottle in school. School milk is available at a cost and children may bring a healthy snack (e.g. a piece of fruit) to eat at morning break time.
Your class teacher can be contacted via Class Dojo, however, for any urgent messages please contact the school office.
Curriculum Enrichment
Curriculum Enhancement
We enhance the curriculum in Year 3 with different visitors throughout the year. In Autumn term, the children have the opportunity to experience a Stone Age workshop delivered by the Discovery Centre. In this workshop the children will be able to study replica artefacts such as Stone Age tools and make a timeline of the Stone Age.
Also in the Autumn term, the children will take part in an animals workshop and meet real life animals from the rainforest!
Anything else?
In April, Year 3 have an exiting ‘camping trip’ on the school field! They will take part in team building and outdoor activities after spending the night in bell tents.
Collection
We have Gledowls places for children who need to arrive earlier/ stay later than the start times stated. Please see https://www.gledhow.leeds.sch.uk/Gledowls-before-and-after-school-club
Emerald and Malachite start school at 8:40 and Olive at 8:50. Gates open 10 minutes before the start time and close promptly at 8:50. Emerald and Malachite must be collected at 3:10 and Olive class at 3:20. If there are any changes to pick up arrangements please inform the school office or the class teacher via Class Dojo. Dojo messages will be checked periodically during the school day but there is not an expectation for staff to respond to messages outside of school hours.
Homework
Children in Year 3 will have 10 weekly spellings set through EdShed on a Monday. These will also be posted on the class dojo story. The spellings will be tested the following Monday.
Children will also be set activities to complete on Mathletics on a Monday to be completed by the following Monday. These will be linked to our current maths topic.
Throughout the year, children may be asked to complete other activities at home e.g. learning lines for a performance and bringing in recycling for curriculum projects. These will be communicated via the Class Dojo page.