1. Year 3 Curriculum Sharing Meeting Welcome to Year 3!

2. Timetable PE – Monday and Friday (3C) Monday & Tuesday (3U & 3N) Monday & Thursday (3D) (kit and hair & earrings) Music – Alternate Mondays (recorders) Art – Thursday (apron)

3. Maths Sets – Created using SATs, TA and test completed last week. (Nothing is set in stone, the Sets are fluid, changes will be made when we feel it is appropriate.) Set 1 – Mrs Coughtrey Set 2 – Miss Donnelly Set 3a – Miss Unite Set 3b – Miss Ng Planning linking Sets Parallel Sets

4. Literacy Reading Diaries Guided Reading Text Types: Narrative – Familiar settings Dick King Smith Performance Poems Dialogue and Plays – Panto link Information Texts Letters for different purposes

5. Spelling Children will be given a half term spelling list, which will also be on the school website as of next week. There will be continuous work on suffixes in addition to learning high frequency words and words with the sound ‘ei’. Stages – Colour coded

6. Homework Two pieces are set per week. Feel free to write notes in the Homework books indicating if your child required a lot of support etc. All homework should be completed in writing pencil and colouring pencils (when creating pictures). Children should spend a maximum of 30 minutes on each piece of homework. (An adult can sign off the work if 30 minutes have passed but the work is incomplete.)

7. Topics - Ourselves Science – Light and Forces & Magnets Geography – North America - Florida PSHCE – Ourselves History Spring & Summer Term

8. The New Curriculum Science Light Forces and Magnets Rocks Plants Animals History Changes in Britain the Stone Age to the Iron Age Ancient Egyptians Geography Florida Climate Zones – linking to Science Animals

9. Trips and Important dates Photos (Thurs 10 th Sept) Reading Information Evening (Thurs 10 th Sept) Chelmsford Cathedral (Mon 21 st Sept (3C & 3N) & Tues 22 nd Sept (3D & 3U)) Basildon Youth Theatre (Wed 7 th Oct) Harvest Festival (Fri 2 nd Oct) Towngate Theatre – Panto (Wed 9 th Dec) Christmas Production (Tues 8 th Dec 1.45pm & Wed 9 th Dec 7pm)

10. Thank you for listening. Are there any questions?