Year 3 Year Ahead Meeting

Who is in Year 3 ? Phase Leader – Miss Greenwood Year 3 Lime Teacher – Miss Hilton and Miss Dermody Year 3 Lime Teaching Assistants – Mr Reece Year 3 Scarlet Teacher – Miss Greenwood Year 3 Scarlet Teaching Assistants – Miss Popplewell LKS2 Support Staff – Mr Warren PPA Cover – Mr Warren Staffing

What will the children be learning about? Curriculum overview Special events in the year

We are really looking forward to teaching Year 3 this year and we have some very engaging and exciting topics that we will be exploring, including: Who first lived in Britain? (Stone Age- History) What makes the Earth Angry? (Volcanoes- Geography ) Why do so many people go to France on their holidays? (Geography) Why were the Romans so powerful and what did we learn from them? (Rome – History) In science we will also have the opportunity to investigate topics such as: Rocks and Soils Animals including Humans Light and Shadow Magnets and Forces Plants

What trips and visitors will the children be having? Autumn Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2 Year 3 Stone Age – Play in a Day   French Day Light Workshop Hook - Dissecting plants Local area walk Roman Visitor 26th and 27th June Volcanic eruptions!

How can you help you child? One of the best ways to help your child with their learning is to read with your child every night Times tables are going to be nationally tested at the end of year 4 , so in year 3 it is vital to practise times tables with your child every night By the end of year 2 children must know their 2, 5 and 10 times tables By the end of Year 3 children must know their 3, 4 and 8 times tables By the end of Year 4 children must know their 6, 7 and 9 times tables Sitting with your children each week to complete their homework is also a great way to help your child. Attending our ‘Sharing Our Success’ afternoons will help to keep you up to date with what your child is learning Attending parent evenings is a great way to get a personalised and more detailed update of your childs learning.

Homework Timetables book get sent home every Friday One page of the times table book needs to be completed each week The specific page will be identified by the class teacher that week The books need to be returned the following Friday (one week later) Times table tests will be completed every Friday morning Spellings work on the same basis Each child has their own reading journal , child will bring reading books home every night. Family members should read with their children every night and then leave a comment and a signature in the book. Children then need to bring the reading book and the reading journal back into school every day so we can then also read with them and write our own comments in their reading journal Children are given a certain colored (level) book to read , please speak to your class teacher to find out your child's color If your child comes home with the wrong color book or your feel the book your child has come home with is too easy or too hard please speak to the class teacher how will happily change this for you The school has bought each child their own spelling and times table book as well as their own reading journal As you can therefore understand if books can lost we cannot replace them

What activities have you completed? Can you create a stone age outfit ? Remember captions and labels ! Can you design a wanted poster for a pre historic beast? The Stone age boy has collected 234 berries for his stone age family. He has drawn a picture below to represent that number . Is he correct ? Explain your answer . Can you write a diary of a day in the life of a Stone Age child? Who First Lived in Britain ? What activities have you completed? Visited the Cinema Been to the Park Been to the Library Watched a film Played with friends Read a book Gone swimming Played a board game Listened to the radio Done something for charity Visited family Visited a museum Been to a farm Been to an art gallery Been on a bus, tram or train Visited a different town Visited a city Rolled down a grass hill Been to a zoo Carried out a good deed You could visit your local library and search for some Stone Age themed books. They could be fiction or non-fiction. Take a picture for our reading corner! Can you draw a portrait of a Stone Age Settlement / house ?

Why is France so Special? Can you research and write a fact file about one famous French Landmark ? Alex knows the River Seine is 777 KM long. He has represented that number below … Has he represented it correctly ? Yes or No ? Explain why . Can you sketch an image of the Eiffel Tower? Why is France so Special? Can you name 3 rivers in France ? Can you name two neighboring countries? Visit your local supermarket – Can you find any traditional French food?

Who are the Romans? What mark did they make ? Write the Roman numerals 1-12. What is 50 and 100 in roman numerals ? Research and write an information text about the Romans. Design a Roman chariot. Who are the Romans? What mark did they make ? Name 3 counties that the Romans invaded Why not … Visit Castleshaw and walk to the Roman Fort?

Sports PE will be every Tuesday Children must bring their PE kit to school every week This includes a white polo shirt Black or blue shorts or jogging pant A jacket – weather permitted

After Club After school are led by one adult therefore there are limited places available If your child didn’t get to attend the club they wanted to this term they will be given a chance next term We have Film , Arts and Crafts , Zumba , Football , Fitness and Forest school clubs available . Football and Forest school are already full however we do have places available in the other clubs If parents are interested please speak to your child's teacher

How you can contact the teachers? Year 3 class teachers will be available to speak to at the classroom doors before and after school We will also be available to speak to on ‘Sharing our Success Days’ and Parents Evening If you feel you need to meet the teacher for a more formal or private issue meetings can be arrange directly with the class teacher

Thank you for all your help and support so far Any questions?