1. ‘Striving to be the best we can be’
Welcome
‘Striving to be the best we can be’

2. Welcome to Year 3
Teacher: Miss Firth Teaching Assistant : Mrs Smith PPA Cover: Mrs Smith (Thursday morning) Mrs Wilkinson and Mrs Smith (Thursday afternoon)

3. What to expect from Year 3
Developing independence – encouraging children to do things for themselves
Develop greater depth and understanding with their reading
Building on previous learning through new exciting topics

4. Curriculum coverage
Literacy -Speaking and Listening -Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar -Comprehension -Handwriting and Presentation -Composition

5. Curriculum coverage
Autumn 1 Spring 2 Descriptive writing Instructions Recount Poetry Autumn 2 Summer 1 Diary entry Non-chronological report Informal letters Information text Newspaper report Spring 1 Summer 2 Play Script Myth writing Biography Persuasive argument

6. Numeracy Curriculum coverage Number and place value
Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
Statistics
Fractions
Time
Money
Measurements
Mass and capacity

7. Curriculum coverage
Autumn 1 Spring 2 Number and place value Measurement – length/perimeter Addition, subtraction Fractions Autumn 2 Summer 1 Addition, subtraction Fractions Multiplication and division Time Spring 1 Summer 2 Multiplication and division Time Money Shape Statistics Mass and capacity

8. Science Curriculum coverage - Rocks – Autumn 1
- Animals including humans– Autumn 2
- Light – Spring1
Forces and magnets– Spring 2
Plants – Summer 1 and 2
These areas will be covered and included within topics or as stand alone lessons.

9. Topics throughout the year
Autumn 1 – The lost world Specific focus on the Great Barrier Reef and underwater creatures Autumn 2 – The lost world Specific focus on shipwrecks – the Titanic Spring 1 – What is community? Specific focus on society changes over time Spring 2 – What is community? Specific focus on changes to the local area over time Summer 1 – The Great Outdoors Specific focus on the local area Summer 2 – The Great Outdoors Specific focus on the lake district

10. Weekly timetable

11. Homework timetable
Explain that Speaking & Listening elements of literacy are built in to RWI from the very beginning through lots of talking and partner work. We teach them to understand everything they read.

12. Homework timetable
Homework will be released on the Friday of each week, and should be returned on the Wednesday of the following week.
Timetables
Reading tasks
Daily practice
Weekly
Explain that Speaking & Listening elements of literacy are built in to RWI from the very beginning through lots of talking and partner work. We teach them to understand everything they read.

13. PE
1. Net/wall games 2. Invasion games including Benchball 3. Gymnastics 4. Dance 5. Rounders

14. PE
Sporting Events January – Year 3 Benchball tournament June 15th – Sports Day

15. The Deep – 3rd October (to be confirmed) July
Trips for the year
October
The Deep – 3rd October (to be confirmed)
July
Butterfly sanctuary - 5th July

16. They MUST bring a different PE kit than what is in school
Thursday Football
Year 3 and 4 have the opportunity to play football with Mrs Wood on a Thursday lunchtime if they wish
They MUST bring a different PE kit than what is in school

17. Each week, one child is selected to be the secret teacher
This is NEW
Each week, one child is selected to be the secret teacher
This child reports on the week in the KS2 assembly
This MUST be kept a secret

18. Jerry Clay Academy
Any Questions?