1. Year 3 St. John’s Catholic Primary School

2. First Holy Communion  Mrs Sian Feeney

3. YEAR 3 Mrs Hepburn and Mrs Taylor

4. TOWARDS INDEPENDENCE   Homework Diaries   Class monitors/Table monitors   Water bottles and playtime snacks   Cloakroom/bags   P.E. Kits –Wednesday and Friday   Pencil cases   Ace Detective Books   Friendships

5. Literacy  Reading books and reading in school  Independent reading for pleasure and stamina  Word reading and comprehension  Spellings and meanings  Speaking and listening  Confidence and fluency

6. Handwriting  In Year 3 your child will continue to develop their cursive handwriting style.  Linked to spellings  They will write regularly in their handwriting books and use cursive handwriting in all their written work.

7. WRITING   Developing Skills   Vocabulary   Grammar and punctuation   Composition   Spelling and handwriting   Proof reading, editing and rewriting

8. Numeracy  New Curriculum changes mainly:  Up to 12x table  Begin to use related division facts  Time-both analogue and 24 hour clock  Continued emphasis on Mental mathematics and problem solving  Investigation and reasoning

9. Curriculum Overview  Religious Education (Liturgies)  Science  Geography  History  Computing  Art  Design & Technology  Music (recorders)  M.F.L (French)

10. Homework Homework Diaries Monday – Reading/Spellings including worksheet Spelling test Spelling test Tuesday – Reading/Grammar & Punctuation Wednesday – Times Tables/Mental Maths Thursday – Maths worksheet/Abacus Friday – Free choice Parents to sign weekly

11. Class Talks  Timetable on website  Talks can be about anything that the children are interested in.  They should last roughly five minutes.  Please help with any research but try not to come up with a ‘script’.  No memory sticks or CDs  E-mail:c.hepburn@poulton-st- johns.lancs.sch.uk

12. Learning Logs  Continuing on from Year 2  About one per term  Our first theme will be ‘Lancashire’. Due in the first week back after half- term.

13. Website  http://www.st-john-rc12.lancsngfl.ac.uk/