1. Together Everyone Achieves More!
Welcome to Class 3
Mr Steels
Together Everyone Achieves More!

2. Format of the school day
Children will continue to enter school in their classes for registration
9-9:30 Guided Reading, key skills activities and targeted intervention
AM- Literacy and Numeracy will be taught in the morning on most days
PM- Foundation subjects will be taught in the afternoon through our topic in most cases which is The Shang Dynasty for the first term.

3. Structure of the morning
9am – 9.30am. Early morning session to include guided reading, handwriting, spellings, punctuation and grammar and maths key skills activities.
9.30am – 10.30am Literacy
10.30am am Collective Worship
10.45am – 11am Playtime
11am – 12 noon Maths

4. Structure of the afternoon
Varies depending on each day but will include:
PE (Tuesday AM with Swimming for Y4 and Friday PM)
Science.
Art/DT.
History/Geography.
ICT.
PSHCE
RE.
Music. – Mrs Isaacs – music specialist
Interventions where necessary
Work will be undertaken in mixed classes, differentiated
accordingly for age and ability and is based around a different topic each half term.

5. National Curriculum New in 2014
Much more rigorous with higher expectations, especially in Maths with push for Greater Depth
Emphasis on core skills e.g. grammar and punctuation in English
Strong emphasis on reading for pleasure
More challenging ICT curriculum
Emphasis on debate and discussion
Application of skills across the curriculum

6. Homework
Maths and English - Sent out Fridays – return by following Friday morning
ICT available in school if necessary
Spellings – Friday for test the following Friday
Children are expected to read at least 4 times a week- Regular Reader Reward
We would like to emphasise the importance of the children being increasingly more responsible for their homework in KS2

7. E-Safety
Please ensure that children complete any online homework (or any other activities online) in a room or area where they can be supervised
Please talk to you children regularly about keeping their personal information private when they are online. This has been discussed in class.
Monitor the games that your child are playing
and the sorts of websites that they are accessing
Be very cautious of letting your child use online
games that allow them to play against others
(e.g. X Box Live)
Some games to watch our for: Grand Theft Auto (GTA), Call of Duty

8. Please see the booklet ‘Supporting your child at home with Reading’
Strong emphasis on reading across school.
Expectations from KS1 to KS2 are higher- reading for meaning and discussing texts in detail with confidence.
Reading for pleasure will significantly impact upon your child’s confidence in reading and their achievement in reading overall (and across the wider curriculum)
Children will bring a reading book home daily (Use of School Library once a week).
Please see the booklet ‘Supporting your child at home with Reading’

9. Target setting
Your child will have targets set for maths, writing, reading and attitude to learning each half term.
These will be agreed with your child following discussion at the start of each half term.
These will be shared with parents, who will have opportunity to comment on and offer support at home.
Children and teachers will assess progress each
half term and once again share details with parents.

10. Thank you for taking the time to attend this presentation!
If you wish to discuss anything at any time please feel free to come in either before school at 8:30 or any time after school.