1. Welcome to Year 3

2. Year 3 Team
Miss Irwin – Chestnut Class Teacher
Miss Young- Beech Class Teacher
Mrs Lambert – Teaching Assistant (Monday-Thursday)
Mrs Berry – Teaching Assistant (Friday)

3. Skills based Curriculum
Topic based learning:
Literacy
History DT
Geography
Quest
Numeracy
Art
Music
ICT

4. English
Power of reading-we base our English learning on a book for the half term.
Spellings – test on Thursdays.

5. Reading bookmarks
Please sign reading records every weekend and every time your child has read (daily).
It is expected that your child reads at least 3 times a week.
Learning key words and asking questions about the books that they are reading.

6. Maths
Mastery approach-fluency, reasoning and problem solving.
For example: Always, sometimes, never.
An odd number is always divisible by 3.
Weekly times tables test
Your child needs to know their 4 and 8 times tables.
They should be confident with their 2, 3, 5 and 10 from KS1.

7. Targets Your child will have a English and maths target each term.
Targets will be given at parent’s evening so that you can help.
Please do not hesitate to come in and ask for any advice or resources to help your child achieve their targets.

8. Homework
Maths and English will be given on the passport format like last year.
It is expected that 4 activities (bronze award) are completed in both maths AND English.
Weekly Spellings
Times table practise
Daily reading-recorded on the reading bookmark

9. ­Home journal This is a home-school contact book.
This special book needs to be brought in every day.
This book is where:
Weekly spellings will be stuck in
You complete your homework tasks (if they are required to be on paper)
Messages will be sent home
Messages from home can be written

10. Twice a week– PE and games kit
Physical Education
Twice a week– PE and games kit
PE-indoor Tuesday
PE-outdoor Wednesday (Thursday autumn 1 due to forest school)

11. Winter Games Kit PE Kit Plain tracksuit White T-shirt Trainers
Green shorts
Black plimsolls
Winter Games Kit
Plain tracksuit
Trainers

12. Forest School-autumn 1 Waterproof coat Waterproof trousers
Old jeans/tracksuit bottoms,
jumper and t-shirt
Old trainers or wellington boots
Hat, scarf and gloves

13. Healthy Minds Water bottles – access all day Healthy lunchboxes
Healthy School Meals

14. Year 3 Promises Developing independence
Responsibilities to take care of their own belongings, letters, homework and PE/ Games kit
To ask for help whenever the children require it

15. Behaviour and Discipline
Positive praise
Red and Yellow traffic light
Parental involvement

16. Thank You
Thank you for attending and we look forward to getting to know you all!