1. Meet the Team: Year 3

2. Year 3 Vision and Expectations
Learning Adventures and Outcomes
Steps to Awesomeness
Homework and DB Primary
Reading Diary and Reading Challenges
Clubs, Sports and Music
What to do if you have any questions

4. Year 3 Vision: Growing Together, Growing Up!
Being in Year 3 at All Saints means being an important member of an awesome community! With new teachers, friends and surroundings, there is a lot to look forward to. A fresh start at a new school can sometimes be daunting, but it also offers the opportunity to grow, try new things and take on exciting challenges. Growing up means more than just getting taller; it means becoming more independent, confident and caring, and helping others to achieve their best whilst persevering with personal challenges and targets. Through engaging learning adventures and fascinating school trips, Year 3 means working as a team and growing like never before. We won’t be the smallest in the school for much longer!

5. Learning Adventures and Outcomes: Autumn Term
Driving Question
Outcome
What if there weren’t any flowers?
All Saints Flower Show
How can we live out our Value of Community?
A story book for our friends at Soma Lower Basic School in The Gambia
How can we let our light shine?
Year 3 Carol Evening

6. Learning Adventures and Outcomes: Spring Term
Driving Question
Outcome
Could you survive in the Stone Age?
Time Tunnel
Each Year 3 classroom is to be transformed to create a time -tunnel. This will include a Roman room and a Stone Age room amongst others!
Is change really for the better?
What did the Romans do for us?

7. Learning Adventures and Outcomes: Summer Term
Driving Question
Outcome
Are volcanic eruptions always a disaster?
News Report and Model Town
Should we be treated equally in a disaster?
Letters from aboard the Titanic and Titanic Models
What makes us healthy?
Healthy Meal Plans

8. Well-being programme designed to help children grow in confidence, self-esteem, self-worth and happiness
Celebrates the whole child and their achievements beyond academic success

9. Our eight steps to Awesomeness are Appreciation, Courage, Exercise, Goals, Kindness, Participation, Positivity and Service.
These steps are designed to encourage children to challenge themselves, reflect on their lifestyles and character traits whilst making a difference to the school, local and wider community.

10. Undertaken by
Every child and mainly student-led
Year 3 = bronze award
Goals, reflections and achievements towards each step are recorded in a booklet and signed off by teachers
Children are awarded stickers for completing each step and a sew on badge when all 8 steps are completed

11. Homework and DB Primary
All homework is sent out via DB Primary on a Friday afternoon.
Children who have no access to a computer can collect a paper copy from their teacher instead.
All children have been issued with a username and password which has been stuck in the back of their Reading Diaries.
Further paper copies of homework can be obtained from the Homework tray in class.
Completed homework may be returned at any point during the week to a Homework in-tray in the classroom or via DB Primary.
Homework will only be given back to children if there are numerous corrections to be made. They will then get a chance to correct their mistakes in class (with help from an adult if needed).
Homework projects will be returned after they have been shared with the class.

12. Reading Diary
As part of the homework that is set on DB Primary, we encourage the children to read at least three times a week to an adult.
Keep record of their reading in their reading diary by logging the date, name of the book and pages read inside the diary. Brief thoughts and reflections about their reading can be written here too.
The number of books read gets recorded at the back on the reading challenge sheet.

13. Year 3 Recommended Reading List

14. Reading Challenges
These will now be done in guided reading sessions at school in a “Reading Reflections” Book/Journal.
Aim: to develop a greater depth of understanding of quality texts and improving comprehension and inference skills, in line with age related expectations of the National Curriculum.
There will only be one challenge sheet to work through for each year group.
The children will receive a badge when they have completed all the tasks to a good standard, showing evidence of their understanding in each of the following areas…

15. Reading Diary and Reading Challenges

16. Clubs, Sports and Music Music Brass – Monday Woodwind – Monday
Violin – Tuesday
Cello – Tuesday
Keyboard – Thursday
Percussion – Thursday
Guitar – Friday
Recorders – Wednesday Lunch
Choir – Thursday
Clubs
Computer Xplorers - Monday
Science & Forest School - Monday
French – Monday
Sports
SCL Football – Wednesday
Gymnastics – Wednesday
Judo – Thursday morning
Hockey - Thursday
Rounders – Summer Term

17. What to do if you have any questions…
See us at the school gate at the end of the day, although some teachers will not be at the gate on certain days due to club responsibilities.
the school office with your question and the name of your child’s class teacher. We will get back to you as soon as possible, either by , phone, or finding you at the gate.
If you would like a meeting with your child’s teacher, the school office with your availability and we will do our best to arrange a meeting as soon as possible.
There are lots of opportunities for parents to come in to school and speak with their child’s teacher, including Parents’ Evening (early November), Moment to Share events, and end of learning adventure outcomes.