1. Please help yourself to refreshments
Welcome to Year 3
Please help yourself to refreshments

2. Year 3 Team
Mr Thorn
Mrs Jan Colwell

3. Year 3’s Keys to Success
You will need to upload the Keys to Success from the website.

4. Year 3’s Keys to Success

5. Year 3’s Curriculum Autumn Spring Summer
 The Rainforest: ‘Lungs of the Earth’
 We are not amused
(Victorians)
 Iceberg ahead! (The Titanic)
 Exploring Everest: Mountains
 Swords, Shields and Sandals
(The Romans)
 Oh we do like to be beside the seaside
(Rivers and Beaches)
Please add your completed overview for the Autumn Term

6. Autumn Term The Rainforest Visitors Trips English History D&T Maths
Geography
The Rainforest
Maths
Art
Music
Please explain only key parts of the curriculum
ICT
R.E
PSHCE

7. Stunning Start
Please add pictures of your stunning start

8. Fabulous Finish
To conclude our study of the Rainforest we would like to invite all parents to attend our own Rainforest Café.
This will be a fantastic opportunity to see your child’s learning from this topic.
Please add information on your fabulous finish

9. Supporting Your Child Reading:
Support your child’s fluency and understanding by listening to them read for at least 10 minutes a day.
Please complete your child’s reading record so we know that they have read and what they are reading.
Maths:
Support your child in learning their times tables and related division facts.
Cook and measure ingredients for a meal or a cake.
Encourage your child to tell the time and calculate time intervals, including converting between 12 and 24 hour time.
Calculate and estimate the cost of shopping.
Daily counting to improve number fluency.
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10. Supporting Your Child Spellings:
Each week your child will receive 10 spellings. They will be tested each Wednesday afternoon.
Support your child in learning their weekly spellings.
Writing:
Encourage lots of discussion to develop their vocabulary.
Write birthday and Christmas cards.
Encourage your child to keep a diary.
Try and write something everyday no matter how small.
Look out for the word of the week and encourage pupils to use it in the correct context.
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11. Home Learning
Each week, your child will receive ‘Home Learning’ tasks for English and maths.
They will be given a choice of activities based on the previous week’s learning.
Please encourage your child to challenge their thinking.
Home Learning tasks are given out on a Friday and are due in the following Wednesday.
Please encourage your child to participate in the school’s ‘Maths Challenge.’ Each fortnight there will be a new challenge to be won.
In addition to this, we would like to see your child participating in the half termly creative project, which ends with your child’s work presented in the ‘gallery’ held in the hall at the end of the school day.

12. P.E kit Games: Netball and Basketball - Tuesday P.E: Dance – Thursday
For all physical education lessons, it is expected that your child will have the correct equipment.
P.E Kit: Navy shorts
T-shirt, which is their team colour
Plimsolls or trainers (for outdoor work)
Warm clothing in winter months such as a tracksuit.
If they have an ear piecing it must be removed or your child must use tape to cover their ears.
Swimming:
Your child’s swimming lessons will begin in Spring 2/ Summer 1

13. Healthy Minds
Please ensure that your child has a clear water bottle in school.
This year we would like to encourage pupils to bring in a healthy snack during break times. The snack must be a fruit snack.
All lunch boxes should not include sweets or a fizzy drink.
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14. Communication Class Dojos for rewards and sanctions.
(Effort, great work, team work etc).
Class Pages. (
Weekly newsletters.
Parent teacher consultations.
Parent Forum.
Termly ‘Meet and Greet,’ afternoons.
Interim reports.
End of year reports.
Please add what you give green dojos for

15. Rewards and Sanctions Rewards Class Dojos. Weekly Red Book.
Headteacher’s Award.
Sanctions
Clear classroom expectations.
if a child is not following the class and school rules, then they
will have a verbal reminder.
If the behaviour continues they will be asked to move seats.
If the behaviour continues still they will work in a partner class.
Use of lunch time detentions.
Currently, we are reviewing the whole school behaviour policy. At present these are our rewards and sanctions.
Please discuss the whole class rules and rewards that were created during the first week.

16. Autumn Term Key Dates
Trip to Staunton Country Park - Tuesday 20th September
Rain Forest Café for parents Last week of term
Parent Teacher Consultations th and 8th October

17. Thank you for joining us this afternoon
Thank you for joining us this afternoon. We look forward to working with you in supporting your child’s learning. Are there any questions?