Year 3 2023 - 2024
Mrs Williams 3/4LW
Hello, I am Mrs Williams. I have worked at Woodlands for 17 years, I think I'm part of the fixtures and fittings now! I have worked across Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2, and am currently Early Years and Phonics Lead in school. I am extremely passionate about Early Years Education and believe that firm foundations and learning through play are the keys to instilling a life long love of learning in our youngest children.
I have 2 daughters aged 9 and 5 who constantly keep me busy! We love to spend time together as a family exploring in the woods, going to the park or the beach or simply visiting Grandparents and Great-Grandparents. We also love reading, crafty activities (who doesn't love a bit of glitter?) and going shopping!
Mrs Barrett 3LB
Hi there, I am Mrs Barrett. This is my fifth year at Woodlands and my first in Year 3. This is my ninth year of teaching and prior to working here, I taught in Melbourne, Australia, which I loved, but there really is no place like home!
I enjoy teaching Literacy as I am passionate about creative writing and reading and I love seeing child develop their own styles of writing.
I am the music lead for Woodlands and enjoy creating opportunities for our children to express themselves through the arts. My favourite day of the school year is our Young Voices concert, where we sing in Manchester with over 8000 other children from schools in the North West.
Outside of school, I love floristry, learning new things, fitness and have completed 3 marathons, including London. I am currently training for London 2023. I am also very busy with my two puppies and enjoy nothing more than exploring the Wirral beaches with them.
I am very much looking forward to another year working closely with the team at Woodlands.
Miss Hughes 3HH
Hi everyone! I am Miss Hughes and I’m extremely excited to be returning to Woodlands Primary School as your year 3 teacher.
I am passionate about history and maths as these were my favourite subjects when I was at school. I love my job of teaching and I can’t wait to find out which subjects you enjoy and to make the learning as enjoyable as possible.
When I am not in school, I enjoy spending time with my friends, family, and my little girl Felicity. I also love to spend time going on walks and exploring the outdoors (when the weather is sunny!!).
I am very excited to be your Year 3 teacher. My wish for our classroom is to be friendly, filled with joy and have fantastic teamwork. I can’t wait to meet you all!
Welcome to Y3!
Autumn 2
This half term, we will read the narrative, 'Winter's Child' by Michael Angela McAllister. In the narrative, Tom wishes winter would never end, he meets another boy who shares his love of snow and ice. Playing together every day, Tom hardly notices that spring doesn't come - until he realises the terrible effect the delay is having on the countryside and his sick grandma. His friend is Winter's child, and for the seasons to go on the friends must say goodbye until next year.
At the end of this unit of work, we will be write a fantasy story based on the plot of the 'Winter's Child'.
Our Mastery Targets for Autumn 2 are:
- To use conjuctions and adverbs to express time, place and cause
- To use noun phrases and prepositions to add detail
- In narratives, create characters, settings and plot
- To use capital letters and full stops correctly and other forms of punctuation, including question marks and commas in a list
In maths this half term, our mastery targets for Addition and Subtraction;
- Add and subtract numbers with up to 3-digits mentally
- Add and subtract numbers with up to 3-digits, using formal written methods of columnar addition and subtraction.
- Solve problems, including missing number problems
- Estimate the answer to a calculation and use inverse operations to check answers.
In Year 3, we aim to grow our times tables knowledge by learning our 3,4,6 and 8 times tables off by heart. We will practise these alongside our 2s,5s and 10s which we learnt in Year 2. Please support your children with their recall. You may wish to use TTrockstars and URBrainy.
https://urbrainy.com/mtc/test
PE Days
In year 3, our PE days for this half term are Mondays and Fridays. Please come into school in your PE kit on these days.
Our PE topic for this half term are gymnastics and hockey.
