The St Mary's Homework Policy states that:

In Year 3 - All children will receive pieces of writing to practise at home. These will be elements of what they are learning at school. 

By year 3, all children need to continue to practise their 2x, 5x and 10x tables and also learn their 3x, 4x and 8x tables. 

In Year 3 and 4, there is a statutory spelling list that children are expected to know and spell correctly by the end of Year 4. These will be included in the weekly spelling tests where words will be grouped based on sound or spelling rules.

Homework will be sent out on Friday and due back the following Thursday. This means that children can complete it over the weekend or over the week to suit all families. The homework will focus on an element of our learning from school that week to further extend children's knowledge and understanding. 

Spellings and times tables  will also go out every Friday and the children will be tested on these the following Friday.

TTRS is a great resource for children to practise their rapid recall of multiplication facts.

Children should be reading every night and bring their books in daily so class adults can listen to them read as well. 

Term One Weekly Spellings 

Week One - Days of the Week 

• Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Week Two - Words with the long /ai/ sound spelt 'ei'

• eight, eighth, eighty, weight, neighbour, vein, veil, beige, sleigh, freight

Week Three - Words with the long /ai/ sound spelt 'ey'

• hey, they, obey, grey, prey, whey, survey, convey, disobey, purvey

Week Four - Words with the long /ai/ sound spelt 'ai'

• straight, campaign, contain, brain, faint, waist, claim, praise, complaint, afraid

Week Five - Words with /ur/ spelt 'ear'

• earth early learn heard earn pearl search unearth earl rehearse

Week Six - Homophones and near homophones

• here, hear, heel, heal, main, mane, mail, male, knot, not

Week Seven - Homophones and near homophones

• berry, bury, brake, break, meet, meat, ball, bawl, fair, fare