English

Year 3 English

In Year 3 the boys arrive as Free-Readers, able to ‘hit the ground running’. They are expected to find resources to self-correct as they work through their writing and their comprehension skills are sound and ably applied to Topic work. Spellings are differentiated and will revisit phonic blends, but steer the boys to further challenge and individual preferences.

Throughout the year the boys will continue to develop their skills in planning, writing and editing. They will use VCOP (Vocabulary, Connectives, Openers and Punctuation) guidance and prompts, along with dictionaries and thesauruses. The boys are encouraged to independently source answers and to self and peer assess to improve and develop their writing. 

Writing will be meaningful and will follow their interests. Throughout the year they will experience planning and writing pieces around the genres: ‘adventure’, ‘non-chronological reports’, ‘imaginary worlds’, ‘letter-writing’, ‘traditional tales retold’, ‘fables’, instructions’, ‘playlets’ ‘dialogues’ and ‘poetry’ writing among opportunities.