Parents' guides for Year 3
Years 1–3Years 1 to 3: a family guide to the foundations
What Years 1, 2 and 3 are for: phonics, fluency, first times tables and fractions, what happens in June, and short ways to help at home.
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Years 1–6Times tables practice: ten quick questions and a map
Ten questions on a number pad, five seconds each (eight in Years 1 and 2), and a map of every fact from 1 × 1 to 12 × 12. How it prepares for the Year 4 check.
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Years 3–5Column addition and subtraction: how schools teach it
How column addition and subtraction work, why many schools say exchanging instead of borrowing, the years they appear in and a ten-minute activity for home.
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Years 1–9The Spelling challenge: fifteen questions for your child's year
How the Spelling challenge picks fifteen questions from English spelling lessons, matched to your child's year, and how to use it at home.
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Years R–9Reading at home: book ideas for every age
Book ideas from Reception to Year 9, including books that Oak's English lessons use, with simple ways to make reading at home a habit.
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Years 1–9The word bank: learn the key words from every lesson
How Quizo School's word bank turns each lesson's key words into flashcards by year and subject: ten new cards a day free, and how to use it at home.
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