Year 3 Meeting

Uniform

On entering into the Juniors, all children must wear a tie (unless they are wearing a summer dress)

Children must also wear black shoes (no black trainers).

Children may bring trainers to change into at playtime and lunchtime if they wish.

Book bags and P.E. Kits

To help keep all your child’s belongings together, we do recommend that all children bring a bag with them.

These must be brought to school with your child every day.

The children will be told what days they have P.E. at the start of the year,

We would advise that all children only take their P.E. kit home at the end of each half term.

Behaviour

We have high expectations of the children’s behaviour in the Juniors and they should be following all school and class rules.

There will be positive reinforcements and encouragement for the children to become more independent and responsible.

Structure to the day

Mornings: Children will go straight into the middle

playground, when they come in at 8.45am. The bell will go at 8.55am and that is when the

children will line up outside their classroom door.

End of the day At the end of the school day, children are walked

up to the infant playground. This is where they will wait until they have been

collected by an adult.

Homework

Homework will be given out every night. Day Subject

Monday Extended Reading

Tuesday Numeracy

Wednesday Literacy

Thursday Topic

Friday Spelling

Homework is very important as it reinforces the curriculum and enables us to see how much your child has understood.

Children will be told on what day their homework is due in.

Children will be encouraged to fill in their Homework diary and get it signed each week.

Homework

Reading

Year 3s are expected to read at home every night, ideally to an adult, for about 10 minutes.

This will help their reading immensely. Once they have read, we do ask the child or

adult to note what pages they have read and write a brief comment in their reading records to show their confidence and understanding.

Reading Records will be checked at least once a week to ensure all children are reading regularly.

Children will have a numeracy and literacy lesson every day.

Practicing times tables and basic sums at home will help them to understand and even help them to enjoy maths lessons more.

Reading and practicing spelling at home will also help them a lot in school.

The Curriculum

2011 – 2012 Curriculum map

The Curriculum

This term our topic is The Tudor times – an exciting period in British history when people’s lives were very different and King Henry VIII ruled the country!

Children will learn about this in History lessons and also across many other subjects. Learning about it together at home will really help their understanding and enjoyment of the topic.

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In Science this term we will learn about Rocks and Soils – again, learning facts and completing research at home will help them in class.

They will also study RE, PSHE, PE, Art and DT, ICT.

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The Curriculum

Other notes!

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