Science Request: We are learning about seeds this term. Please can the children bring in any seeds that they find when they are out and about or seeds from any food they may have eaten at home. Thank you for your help with this.

Please ask your child if their glue stick has run out and provide them with a new one if needed.

Calendar/Key Dates:

Monday 4th May – Bank holiday

Saturday 20th June – Belmont summer fair

This noticeboard will be updated on Wednesday afternoons to share homework and keep you updated with life in Year 3.

Please note, the following content will be taught in Year 3 this term. If you have any questions, please contact your child’s teacher:

This term we will be focusing on:

Reading for Pleasure books for class

As part of our focus on reading in school, we would like to develop the lending library of books within each class. This will enable the children to foster a passion and love of reading at Belmont and ensure that they have access to high quality texts.

Please find links to the book list that has a variety of books that we would love to have in class. Please check the list to ensure that the book that you would like to donate is one that we don’t already have.

These books will be stamped to show they have been generously donated them and shared with all the class.

The books come from the Recommended Books for Year 3 List which can be found below.

Year 3 Booklist: 50 Recommended Reads

Teachers:

Willow – Mr McDonnell
Elm – Miss Rogers

Support Staff:

Mrs Miles, Mrs Smith, Mrs Atkinson, Mrs Sroka, Mrs Luiz, Ms Jay

Weekly Routines

Ukulele

Ukulele lessons with a teacher from Hounslow Music Service have begun.

Useful information for parents – Online ukulele tuner link 

Strings – from top – My dog has fleas ( this is a good way to hear if your ukulele is in tune).
G 4^th string (top string)
C 3^rd string
E 2^nd string
A 1^st string (ground)

Which way to turn the turners video

Here is the link to for the resources children have been using in lessons if you want some extra practice at home

Word Aware

Our topic this term is ‘Active Planet’

The below list is part of an initiative called Word Aware that we are using in school. We thought it would be helpful to share this list with you so that you can use some of these words at home when discussing the topic. If your child speaks a different language at home, it would be helpful to discuss and translate these words using your home language. We may add to this list during the topic as new words are introduced.

Veni Vidi Vici Word Aware Grid – Summer 2026

Y3 Summer Learning Tree 2025-26

Handwriting 

As you may be aware Belmont uses a cursive handwriting scheme for those children who can consistently form all non-cursive letters correctly.
Here is a link to the handwriting guidelines to enable you to support your children practising letter formation at home.

Belmont Handwriting Guidelines

PE Days

Children are to come to school in full PE kit.

Indoor PE will take place on Thursdays and outdoor PE on Fridays.

Water Bottles 

Please ensure that your child brings a named water bottle to school with them each day so that they can hydrate regularly throughout the day.