Welcome to

Pankhurst Class 2025-26

We are really looking forward to the year ahead! On our class webpage you will be able to find specific information about our class, such as timetables, topics, copies of letters and pictures of us having fun and doing super learning.

Meet The Team
 
Our teachers are Mrs Plumb and Mrs Stonham.
Mrs Plumb teaches the class on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Mrs Stonham teaches the class on Wednesday, Thursday morning and Fridays.
Mr Smith teaches the class on a Thursday afternoon.
Mrs Bennett, Mrs Newton and Mrs Goddard will work with us at different points during the week.

Our topics this year

Autumn term - History focus: "Would you rather be an Ancient Egyptian or an Ancient Greek?"

Spring term - Geography focus: "Where would you like to explore?"

Summer term - Art focus: "What kind of artist are you?"

Useful Information

PE is on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Please send your child to school in their outdoor PE kits on their PE days. PE kits should be blue or black and clothing should be plain, without branded logos. 
 
Homework will be sent out each Thursday and should be completed and returned by the following Tuesday. We will alternate sending English and Maths homework each week and it will support the work we have been doing in school that week. The children will be rewarded with a stamp and dojo points if they return their homework on time each week over the half term. 
 
Spelling tests will take place on Fridays. Please encourage your child to practice their new spellings, which will be in their blue diaries. Please also ensure that you listen to your child read at home regularly, encouraging them to try a wide range of books. Children will receive a reward stamp each week if they have read at least three times at home, but this must be recorded and signed by an adult from home.
 
Times table tests will take place on Wednesdays. Please support your child's mathematics at home by helping them to learn their times tables and inverse divisions. Children need to get full marks for two consecutive weeks to pass a table and move on to the next one. The order to learn is x10, x2, x5, x3, x4, x8 (these tables should all be secured by the end of Year 3 in order to reach National Expectations). 
 
Please ask if there's anything else you would like to know!

Newsletters

Welcome Leaflet

Knowledge Organisers

What can you do to help your child at school?

• We will send any information on Class Dojo on our class or school story. Please check this regularly to keep up to date.
• Each week we send home a learning question on Dojo. This will help you talk to your child about their learning in school. You can also look at our class website page for more learning links.
• Let us know about any changes in circumstances at home that might impact school. Talk to us if you have any worries or concerns – write us a note, dojo us, give the school office a ring or email. Please note that we are not able to check dojo messages during teaching times, so if it is very urgent then contact the school office to pass on a message.
• Make sure that all of your child’s clothing is named.
• Look out for headlice and keep long hair tied back.
• Make sure your child is rested and goes to bed at a sensible time.

Reading

Read to them and read with them! Reading is a key skill in Year 3 and helps children become successful, independent learners. Listening to your child read at home and asking them questions to check their understanding about what they have read, at least 3 times a week, will ensure continued progress - this doesn’t need to be their school reading book, it can be any reading that your child enjoys. Please record this in their diary in the reading record section. Children will be rewarded with a reading raffle ticket for 3 or more reads at home and have a chance to win a book each week. Every 25 “total reads” is also rewarded. Diaries will be checked every Thursday.

Useful websites

Make use of the following websites that your child will have a log in for.

Spelling Shed –  a website to support your child with their spellings. Simply type in: Spelling Shed - Spelling Shed - The Science of Spelling

and enter your child’s username and login which is located in your child’s diary.

Oxford Owl – a fantastic website to help your child with their reading.

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/ Please enjoy this wonderful website – a free eBooks collection. Log in – top right and then our class login is Username: dale pankhurst     Password: pankhurst

Purple Mash — Purple Mash has a vast array of resources that you and your child can access for free! Simply type in:

https://www.purplemash.com/sch/Dalestorth and enter your child’s username and login which is located in your child’s diary.

Times Tables Rock Stars – TTRS is a fun and exciting way for your child to learn

their times tables. Your child has an individual log in which can be found inside their blue diary. Simply download the app or use the website: https://ttrockstars.com