1. YEAR 3 CURRICULUM EVENING

2. Settling into new routines Your child has signed a school contract to state that they are part of Cheadle Catholic Junior school and agree with the Golden Rules. We will do our best to further help your child settle into the new routines and we thank you for your support in working with us to get the best for your child’s successful education. There will be a Parents consultation evening in early November in which we will be able to provide an update on your child’s progress.

3. SCHOOL WEBSITE SCHOOL NEWSLETTERS Weekly school newsletters will be sent out each Friday, check your child’s bags! We each have an email address should you wish to contact us directly. See the newsletter for email details.

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5. WEEKLY INFORMATION ….. We provide Mr. Platt with important information specific to year 3 as to things happening in the following week at school. We will also continue to send home a ‘Things to tell you’ letter with further reminders about homework instructions and other matters.

6. Daily Homework Reading Please ensure your child spends at least 10-15 minutes each night with their reading book. We ask if you can sign a reading book record as a sign that you have listened/interacted with your child’s reading. We also ask if you can ask questions about the reading: Does your child understand what they have read? Each Friday we will also send home a Non-Fiction Library book. This is to widen their knowledge of non fiction. Please have these book returned at the latest by the following Thursday.

7. Homework X Tables Practice x tables (even if it isn't specifically the x tables set for the week ahead) Try and practise x tables using mental maths, computer games, variety of resources). By the end of year 3, the new Primary Curriculum is expecting children in year 3 to know all of their x tables up to 12. Spellings: Please practice your child’s spelling but to be learnt and transferred into a contextualised sentence rather than a list of individual words. For eg: because I want to wear my new shoes because I am going to a party. Each Friday we will send home a piece of homework. Your child does not need to bring back in the spelling sheet. Instead, we ask it stays at home for your child to look at each evening. Other homework on a separate sheet which is needed to come back into school please return by the Thursday of the following week.

8. PE Lessons Outdoor PE is on a Monday afternoon. The children need an outdoor kit now the weather is getting colder. Please provide your child with a pair of black tracksuit leggings. They can wear their yellow PE top and their black fleece. Trainers are needed for outdoor lessons. The children come home wearing their PE kits and it is a learning skill in packing their uniform!!! Morning PE is on a Thursday and this lesson is indoors.

9. Guidelines for wearing of School Uniform We expect…. All uniform to be labelled Children to arrive smart wearing their uniform with pride Ties are to be worn. (Does your child know how to do his/her own tie?) Long hair should be tied back, especially for PE lessons. No wearing of jewellery or loom bands! No ear-rings (please use summer holidays for ear piercing) No nail varnish School shoes instead of trainers please. ( Exceptional circumstances, please discuss with us). Your child must come to school with a coat.

10. This autumn term we will be studying…..  Numeracy: Place value, Money, shape, 2-d and 3-d, Mental maths  Literacy: Stories from different sources: Myths, Fables, Traditional Tales, Poetry, Speaking and Listening opportunities within the classroom, Drama cameos/Role plays., Handwriting lessons.  History: Pre Historic Britain  Geography: Mountains  Science: Rocks  Religion: The Christian Family  French: Numbers and Greetings  Art: Seasonal themes, and running along Topics eg, cave drawings

11. Settings…. After the October half term we will be starting Numeracy settings. Your child will be grouped according to their ability and placed in a maths setting most appropriate. These settings are fluid and will be reviewed on a regular basis. Literacy setting is to be decided later on in the autumn term and we will communicate with you regarding decisions for this.

12. SACRAMENTAL PROGRAMME This will be started in January. Workbooks will be started and sent home and all preparation will be completed by Ester. You will also be invited to meet with the Parish Priest and liaise with him about individual parish Holy Communions.

13. CELEBRATING TOGETHER: You will be informed on the weekly newsletter about when it is your child’s class assembly and we will invite you to attend.

14. Good Work Award Assemblies These will take place on a fortnightly basis where will celebrate a gold award child and two good work/star of the week awards.