A natural next step
Moving into Year 3 is an exciting and seamless part of your child’s journey. Familiar classrooms, teaching approaches and strong relationships help them feel at home from day one, while new opportunities gently build independence.
By the time they move into Year 3, your child feels confident, happy and ready to embrace what comes next.
Your child will be ready to move to Year 3
Think.
Ready to question, explore and approach new learning with curiosity and confidence.
Thrive.
Happy, secure and excited to embrace new experiences and opportunities.
Trailblaze.
Eager to try new things, take on responsibility and embrace the opportunities ahead.
We have lots of Year 3 Discovery Day events with our friends in the Junior Department (Years 3 and 4) which start regularly in Year 1.
Your child will have spent time in the Year 3 classrooms, visited the library and met the Year 3 and 4 teachers.
From Reception, your child will have had PE lessons with the Prep School sports staff. They will also have visited the art rooms, science block and, of course, they have a daily lunch in the dining room.
In addition to the various Year 3 Discovery Days, at the end of the summer term in Year 2, we organise a Move Up Day for the children and parents during which they spend time in the new classroom with the Year 3 teacher.
Your child will feel relaxed and confident about moving to Year 3.
Yes, there is a comprehensive handover from your child's Year 2 class teachers to the Year 3 teachers.
For our pupils, there is one major new element of school life in Year 3: joining a patrol (house). Your child will become an Otter, Owl, Panther or Tiger!
Everything else is a gentle progression. For example, pupils get a little more independence at playtime, more music and physical education during the week and a slightly longer school day (until 4.30pm).
Years of educational experience allow us to match carefully children’s progression through the school with gradual and age-appropriate increments of responsibility and independence.