1. Year 3 -The year ahead

2. Meet the teachers  Mrs Kirsty Palmer – Monday/Tuesday/Wed  Mrs Sarah Williams – Wed/Thurs/Friday  Mr Mark Wilson  TA Mrs Rachel Shuker

3. Moving into Key Stage 2  Your child is now entering Key Stage 2.  The launch of Curriculum 08 means a move towards a skills based curriculum.  The curriculum is organised through thematic based work, using a skills continuuum.

4. Topics  Autumn Term – History – Romans v Celts  Spring Term – Entrepreneurship  RE – Islam  Science – sound and electricity  Summer – Geography - The Olympic Games  Science - materials

5. The Autumn Term The children will study a new history topic based on enquiry into the lives of the Romans and the Celts in Wales.

6. The Spring Term This term will focus on Technology based topics. The children will have the opportunity to design, make, package and market a range of products.

7. The Summer Term During the Summer term the children will take part in a Geography project celebrating the 2012 Olympic Games. They will develop enquiry based skills and convey their understanding in a range of written forms and through a variety of media.

8. Reading  Reading activities take place in the afternoon.  Children work in groups of 6. Activities are:  group reading using a shared text or Big Book with the class teacher  individual reading with Mrs Shuker  group task, based on work from the group reading session  Playing language games.  There is a timetable for each activity.

9. Group reading  Emphasis is now on reading for meaning  Children will be taught about a range of punctuation  They will be encouraged to use a range of strategies to identify unknown words  They will be encouraged to discuss plot and characters

10. Group reading cont….  They will predict and retell the story  They are encouraged to read with expression and intonation  Their fluency will develop as their confidence rises  The children are grouped by ability to ensure they are studying a suitable text

11. Reading at home  Please can you listen to your child read on a regular basis and then write in their Home/School Links Books  This enables us to see the types of books they are reading at home and how their fluency is developing with you  Please can you help change your child’s book from the library.

12. Reading book colours  Stage 5/6 – Blue  Stage 3/4 – Brown  Stage 2 – Green  After Stage 6, the children move onto orange, then pink, then yellow, red and free readers which they can change as often as possible

13. P.E / Games  Games is on a Thursday.  The children will need dark joggers, trainers, a white T Shirt and a warm jumper for working outside

14. P.E  Indoor P.E is on Monday and the lesson will be led by Mr T. He will teach dance, gymnastics and small ball skills.  The children should be barefoot and will need to wear dark shorts and a white T-shirt.

15. Visits  There has already been a visit to the Caerleon Roman Baths.  Also this term we will visit Castell Henllys – a hill fort in West Wales – in order to compare and contrast the lifestyles of Celt and Roman people.  Spring and Summer terms- still to be arranged

16. Spellings  The children are being taught spellings through focused weekly activities, which will incorporate multi sensory strategies.  Words for tests are brought home on a Monday.  When your child has spellings to learn please will you practise the spelling pattern with them as well as learning the words off by heart  Weekly spelling tests are on a Monday afternoon.

17. BLP  Building Learning Power  An approach to learning developed through the curriculum.  Teaches the children strategies to help their learning.  Learning to Learn books will be sent home each week and returned each week to school.

18. Mathematics and Times Tables  Mathematics is taught every day in ability groups. There will be three classes of approximately 20 children.  Your child will be tested weekly on times tables, beginning with the 10 x tables  Please help your child learn times tables. There are some great websites, including  http://www.teachingtables.co.uk/

19. Health and Hygiene.  The children will be required to bring a labelled water bottle into school which they will need to take home regularly for washing.  Children will use an anti bacterial hand wash before having lunch.

20. School Website and School Portal  www.sketty.swansea.sch.uk www.sketty.swansea.sch.uk  Access information about:  trips  activities in class  photos  latest news  email messages to staff

21. Finally  Thanks for coming to our parents evening  Are there any questions?  Feel free to come and contact us if there are any concerns with your child.