Year 3 2024 - 2025
Mrs Dutton 3/4LD
I have been teaching at Woodlands Primary School since September 2013, and lead our Year 3/4 team. I am passionate about teaching all subjects, but I really enjoy teaching English, exploring different narratives and writing imaginatively and creatively. I lead English across our whole school, and love to plan exciting activities to promote reading at Woodlands. When children reach the top of the reading chart or strive for 5, it makes my heart sing!
When not in school, I can usually be found running around after my three children or my dog, Bertie. I love reading stories with my children or baking yummy treats in the kitchen.
My motto is 'Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you'll land among the stars!'
Miss Sayce 3ES
Hello! My name is Miss Sayce and this is my fifth year working at Woodlands Primary School. I am very excited to be teaching Year 3 this year, and I am really looking forward to being part of the Key Stage 2 team! I enjoy teaching all subjects, but I particularly like science as there are so many exciting things to discover. I also love reading, some of my favourite books are 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' by Roald dahl and 'Ratburger' by David Walliams. When I am not in school, I love to bake tasty treats for my friends and family, as well as grow fruit and vegetables in my garden! I also like to watch football, especially my favourite team, Shrewsbury Town FC. I can't wait to get to know you all, I know we will have so much fun and learn a lot!
Mrs Barrett 3LB
Hi there, I am Mrs Barrett. This is my fifth year at Woodlands and my second in Year 3. This is my tenth 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 English 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 also very busy with my beautiful daughter and two puppies. We love nothing more than exploring the Wirral beaches together.
I am very much looking forward to another year working closely with the team at Woodlands.
Welcome to Y3!
Spring 2
This half term, we will read, 'When the Giant Stirred' by Celia Godkin
At the end of this unit of work, we will write our own version of ‘When the Giant Stirred’ in the first person from the point of
view of the boy in the story.
Our Mastery Targets for Spring 2 are:
- To build an increasing range of sentence structures
- To use adverbs to express time, place and cause
- To choose nouns or pronouns appropriately for clarity and cohesion and to avoid repetition
- To use inverted commas to punctuate direct speech
In our shared reading sessions this term, we will explore the fiction, information text, 'Ariki and the island of wonders' by Nicola Davies.
Our Mastery Targets for Spring 2 are:
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In maths this half term, we will study length and perimeter. Our mastery targets for these units are; |
- to measure in cm and mm
- to explore equivalent lengths (metres and centimetres)
- to compare lengths
- to add and subtract lengths
- to answer what is perimeter and begin to measure given perimeters
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PE Days
For this half term, 3LB and 3ES will have PE on Wednesdays (indoor) and Fridays. Please ensure your child comes to school wearing their PE kit on Fridays. If the weather is sunny, please remember to bring plenty of water and a sunhat. Suncream should be applied before school.
3/4LD will have PE on Tuesdays (indoor) and Fridays.
Our PE topic for this half term are Dodgeball and Netball
