Welcome to Year 3 Mr O’Reilly Living & Learning through our Faith

Procedures School gates open at 8:40. Children should be ready to line up at 8:55. If they are not in the line at this time they will be marked as late. School day finishes at 3:35 If your child is going home with someone other than yourself please inform me either the day before at pick up or a letter the morning of the day.

Targets and Assessment Children will be assessed in a variety of ways. These assessments will be reported back to parents each term at parents evenings and in a summative report at the end of the year. Targets will be individually set for the children which will help them to know what they have to do to improve.

Targets and Assessment cont. The children will have a mental arithmetic (Tuesday) and spelling (Thursday) test once a week and these scores will be recorded in their reading and homework diaries.

Topics All of KS2 now do the same topics throughout the year. Autumn term: Space Spring term: Greeks? Summer term: South America?

Behaviour We follow the traffic light system throughout the school to promote positive behaviour amongst children. Green = non verbal warning Amber = verbal warning and miss 5 minutes of play? Red = name in pink folder and the parent of the child will be rung to talk about their behaviour.

Homework All homework will be set published on a Thursday on the website. These will be due back on: Monday: English Tuesday: Mental Maths Wednesday: Maths Thursday: Spellings

Homework cont. Reading should take place every evening for around 15 mins and logged in the diary. Please encourage your child to complete their homework independently, helping them when needed. 2-3 hours per week should be spent on homework.

Meetings If you wish to meet with myself please ask Mrs Collis and she will make a suitable appointment. If you have a quick question then please wait until I have dismissed all the children and then ask. There is a ‘supporting your child’s reading’ workshop for parents on Monday 21st September 19:00-20:00.

Meetings cont. Autumn term parents evening will take place on 23/9/15 and 29/9/15. Appointment booking will open around a week before.

Snacks at Break Time Children may only bring in fruit/vegetables only and water or natural fruit juice. Only water is allowed during class time.

Sayers Croft 23-27/11/15