Last week, Year 3 children brought home a small blue ‘messages book’ with their school reading book, and we would just like to clarify the following:

Inside the little blue books, you will find:

• your child’s reading book level – children should only be bringing home books that match the level indicated in their blue book as this is the level they have been awarded following their ‘Star Reader Assessment’ in school. This assessment is updated at the end of each term to check progress so levels will be changed then unless your class teacher deems this necessary beforehand.
• a QR code to take you to the online Accelerated Reader programme – here, children can input the name or code of their completed book and take a quiz designed to help them develop their comprehension skills. AR quiz scores and minutes used are logged by the system, and will be periodically assessed by teachers to help us better understand how to support your child’s reading.
• your child’s Numbots and TTRS login – children are encouraged to access Numbots if they still find this a useful and engaging tool, but are also invited to use TTRS regularly to help develop their times tables fluency.

The little blue books are not a ‘reading diary’ but if you wish to log your child’s reading at home then please feel free to use this. Teachers will check in with these blue books from time to time so feel free to include non-important messages that you would like us to take note of. However, any time-sensitive messages or matters of importance should be raised directly with your child’s class teacher to avoid it being missed.

Any further log-in details or the like will be added to these little blue books as we go, and you will be advised accordingly.

The expectations for home reading in Y3 are as follows:

• Children should aim to read their level book at home with an adult, at least 3 x weekly.
• Children should aim to quiz on AR at least 1 x weekly (depending on book length).
• Children are responsible for changing their reading books via their classroom libraries and this can be done on any day of the week. Teachers will give pupils reminders to do this and support where necessary, but we encourage children to take the lead with this as they develop greater independence throughout KS2.
• Children should keep their level book and little blue book in their school bag / book bag as this ensures they are in school with them each day incase they are needed by the class teacher or as part of a lesson.

We thank you for your support with this and, if there are any further questions, please don’t hesitate to speak with your child’s class teacher.

Mrs Dutton & Miss Cooper x