Welcome to Y3 - Kingfisher Class

Teacher: Mr Milne (Mon to Thurs) and Mrs Smith (Fri)
HLTA: Mrs Harvey (Wed PM)
LSA: Ms Wallington
LSA 1:1: Mrs Walker

The Kingfisher Class team work collaboratively to ensure every child feels confident, supported and able to achieve their full potential. Please contact us if you have any questions or feel your child would benefit from additional support with their learning.

Terms 3 and 4 Topic Web

Terms 3 & 4 Knowledge Organiser

Reading in Year 3

At our school, we believe that reading is a vital life skill and the foundation for all learning. In Year 3, children make the important transition from learning to read to reading to learn, building on the secure phonics and early comprehension skills developed in Key Stage 1.

Our Year 3 reading curriculum is carefully structured to support children as they develop greater fluency, understanding and confidence. Pupils are encouraged to read widely and often, exploring a range of high-quality texts including fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Through discussion and guided questioning, children are supported to talk about what they read and begin to express their ideas clearly.

Teaching in Year 3 focuses on developing fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. Children learn to read accurately and with increasing expression, while also being taught how to understand and respond to texts in more depth. As they move through the year, pupils are encouraged to think carefully about characters, settings and events, and to begin making simple inferences based on what they have read.

Children are supported to:
❇️ Read age-appropriate texts with increasing fluency and accuracy
❇️ Develop and use a growing vocabulary to understand meaning
❇️ Read aloud with expression and awareness of punctuation
❇️ Retrieve key information from texts
❇️ Answer questions using evidence from the text
❇️ Begin to make predictions and inferences based on what is stated and implied
❇️ Discuss characters, events and key ideas in a text

Reading in Year 3 includes:
❇️ Whole-class reading sessions with a focus on comprehension and discussion
❇️ Guided reading in small groups to support progress and provide appropriate challenge
❇️ Explicit teaching of vocabulary and reading strategies
❇️ Regular independent reading to build stamina, confidence and enjoyment
❇️ Opportunities to read across the wider curriculum

Reading at Home

Reading at home plays a key role in supporting children’s progress as they move into Key Stage 2.
We encourage families to:
❇️ Support regular independent reading
❇️ Listen to their child read aloud and talk about the text
❇️ Ask simple questions to check understanding and encourage thinking
❇️ Discuss new vocabulary, characters and events
❇️ Praise effort, perseverance and progress

Regular shared reading at home helps to strengthen fluency, comprehension and confidence, and supports children in developing a positive attitude towards reading that will benefit them throughout their education.