1. Welcome to Year 3

2. Introductions Mrs Jones – Acting Head Teacher Teacher – Mr Doherty Teacher – Miss Rogers Teaching Assistant – Mrs Stopler Teaching Assistant – Mrs Finnegan

3. Independence and Organisation In Year 3 the children will be expected to show a greater level of independence at school, following the Golden Rules in school and in the playground. Children may bring in a healthy snack for morning break (but there is no afternoon break). They are now expected to be more independent with their belongings as follows:- –P.E. equipment in school (outdoor trainers) –Home School Diary and reading book in school on a daily basis –Homework handed in on a Tuesday –Children should bring in a bottle of water to drink.

4. Homework Homework will be given out on Tuesday. Every week your child will have a Maths or English task, with topic research work set occasionally. Spellings are set each week and tested on Mondays Reading – daily, with a comment in the Home School Diary each time they read. Tables facts – daily practise is needed. Your child should return their homework on Tuesday.

5. Rewards and Sanctions Dojos & Raffle Tickets – for good work, good behaviour and reading at home to an adult Class cup and Outstanding Neatness Award – individual award for going ‘above and beyond’ the Golden Rules & producing a ‘Wow’ moment Golden Time – reward for good behaviour and organisational skills but minutes can be lost for not following the Golden Rules.

6. Holidays Our school year is incredibly busy and your child will miss a huge amount if taken out of school during term time. One week of holiday every year of primary school adds up to over half of a term of missed learning! We therefore ask that you avoid taking your child out of school for holidays during term time.

7. Learning Outside the Classroom Roman drama day ~ Autumn Term Games @ King’s Park ~ Thursdays Library visit ~ research on topic work

8. Jigsaw - PSHE Worry Box Hear to Help (Monday and Friday break)

9. How you can help at home Encourage independence Daily Reading Homework Topic Research Practical Mathematical activities (time, spending money, measuring whilst cooking) Writing activities (e.g. diary/story writing/postcards)

10. Reports The annual written reports for parents and carers are sent out in the Spring term. In addition, at the end of the school year you will receive a short report detailing your child’s attainment and progress in reading, writing and maths

11. Parents’ Evening Autumn Term - Parents’ Evening Wednesday 11th November (late) Thursday 12th November (early)

12. Sharing Your Child’s Targets Today your child has taken home a sheet with their current targets for reading, writing and maths. As the year progresses you will receive a copy of your child’s updated targets each half term.

13. Sharing Your Child’s Targets In November, targets will be given to you in writing during your parents’ evening meeting and you will be able to look at your child’s books to share their learning. In January, you will be invited to come into your child’s class after school to share with him/her the learning recorded in the books and receive the latest targets. In March, the latest targets will be recorded on the annual written report. You are welcome to come in with your child to share your child’s learning at this time. In May, you will again be invited to come into your child’s class after school to share with him/her the learning recorded in the books and receive the latest targets. In July, targets will be given to you in writing during your parents’ evening meeting and you will be able to look at your child’s books to share their learning.

14. Communication We pride ourselves on being approachable staff in a caring school. If you have any concerns and worries about your child and their progress, or anything positive or important that would be helpful for us to know, please come and see us! Thank you for coming today!