Welcome to Year Three 2026/2027

Mrs Muirhead and Miss Simpson are so happy to welcome our new students to Year three.  We are so excited to get to know all of them and can't wait to discover all of their talents. Our expectations are high but the children will be rewarded by making good progress which will help them achieve all they are capable of.

Our aim is that all children will get an extremely well-balanced curriculum as we understand the importance of learning opportunities that can be gained from delivering a broad curriculum. As part of maintaining our rich curriculum, your children will have many enrichment opportunities to reach out to the world around them through prayer, words, work and play. 

Staff:

Mrs Muirhead

Miss Simpson

Mrs Mageean

 

Contact details: admin@stmaryslevenshulme.org.uk with attention to Mrs Muirhead or Miss Simpson.

 

Key dates:

Whole School Mass: 8^th September 2026

Celebration of learning: 25^th September 2026

Parents Evening: 7^th October 2026

English and Maths Parent Workshop: 15^th October 2026

Lantern Parade: 3rd December 2026

Christmas Party Day/ Christmas Panto: 11^th December 2026

Christmas Dinner Day: 16^th December 2026

House Day and Book Awards: 16^th December 2026

Spanish Cafe: 29^th January 2027

Year 3 Assembly: 9^th February 2027

Celebration of learning: 26^th February 2027

House Day and Book Awards: 25^th March 2027

Year 3 Sports Day: 19^th May 2027

Year 3 Mass: 15^th June 2027

Summer Festival: 1^st July 2027

Transition Day: 2nd July 2027

House Day and Book Awards: 16^th July 2027

 

What does a typical day look like?

8:30: School opens / morning task 

8.45: Register

8:45 - 9:00:  Handwriting                

9:00 - 9:30:  Guided Reading          

9:30 - 10:30: English

10:30 - 10:45: Break time 

10:45 - 12:00: Maths

12:00 - 13:00: Lunchtime

13:00 - 14:00: Religion / Tin whistle / Topic / P.E

14:00 - 15:00: Science / Art / D.T.

15:10: Home time 

This will be subject change on a daily basis to accommodate all of our enhanced learning opportunities during this term.

P.E days:

3M

Swimming will take place on a Monday afternoon. Outdoor P.E will take place on a Tuesday afternoon. Children must be in their P.E kits on both days, please refer to the link on this website for P.E uniform information: https://www.stmaryslevenshulme.org.uk/school-uniform/

3S

Outdoor P.E will take place on a Monday afternoon and swimming on a Tuesday morning. Children must be in their P.E kits on both days, please refer to the link on this website for P.E uniform information: https://www.stmaryslevenshulme.org.uk/school-uniform/

 

Home Learning

Every week:

Spelling - 10 minutes practise at least four times a week – pupils learning of their spellings will be on Tuesday.

Timestables (TTRS) - 10 minutes every night (login and password are on the inside front cover of your child's reading record).

Reading - at least four times a week - book change day is on the inside front cover of your child's reading record. 

Sticky Questions – sent home for discussion on Monday, discussion in class every Friday

 

Kind Reminders

Please ensure your child brings a coat to school every day as they will be going outside for break time when it is raining. 

Please send your child into school with a water bottle every day. 

Most children require a snack at morning break to keep them going through the day. If you are intending to send in healthy snacks with your child please limit them to the list below. 

• Vegetable sticks – such as celery, cucumber, peppers or carrot, a range of colour ensures different vitamins and minerals. 
• A piece of cheddar cheese or babybel 
• A piece of fresh or dried fruit, high in soluble fibre and vitamins would also be a great snack– pineapple, mango, kiwi, plain raisins, apricots, blueberries, banana slices. 
• Bread sticks, plain pretzels, banana bread, malt loaf, oat/rice cakes and small pitta breads are also good snacks, providing children with carbohydrate to sustain them in-between meals. 
• Homemade snack - flapjacks or other oat/whole grain based snack. These must be nut free. Items brought into school should be carefully checked by you, to ensure this. St. Mary’s RC Primary School has pupils who are severely allergic to a range of nuts. 

Please remember to adhere to the uniform policy which includes no trainers, unless it is P.E days. 

 

How can you support your child?

TTRS - https://ttrockstars.com

Numbots - https://numbots.com

My Happy Mind - https://myhappymind.org

Little Wandle - https://www.littlewandle.org.uk/resources/for-parents/