2. About Mrs Smith

3. Time table

4. Behaviour, Expectations and Rewards
The whole school approach is continued in Year 3.
Class rules
Special mentions
Class pet
Times tables reward certificates
House points
Traffic light system for behaviour
Class stickers – whole class reward
Individual stickers
Head teacher sticker
Develop independence in learning through: ‘3 Before Me’ and the ‘Help Desk’
Use of the English and Maths working wall to support learning
‘WOW work’ or ‘WAGOLL’ to be displayed within the classroom
PE kit in school all week as PE sessions may change days depending on weather. Remember separate kit for after school sport clubs
Refer to posters in the classroom

5. Topics Science: PE: Rocks Forces and magnets Light
Animals including Humans
Plants
PE:
Gymnastics
Tag Rugby
Dance
Football
Swimming (Starts January)
Handball/Lacrosse
Tennis
Athletics
English and Maths will follow the statutory national curriculum. Genres and topics will be outlined on the terms newsletter and through homework.
The topics we are specifically focussing on in Year 3 are…. Rock Investigators, Stone Age and Ancient Civilisations

6. RE: Computing: Languages: Topics Art and DT: Music: PSHCE:
Columns/ Mosaics Line and tone
 Artist Study: Augustus Pugin
Painting – still life
Artist Study: Claude Monet
Painting / Collage
Artist Study: Gustav Klimt
DT – Structures, Food Technology and Mechanical Systems
Music:
OUR COMMUNITY (Performance)
SOLAR SYSTEM (Listening)
AT THE MOVIES (Composition)
LIFE CYCLES (Structure)
KEEPING HEALTHY (Beat)
CELEBRATION (Performance)
PSHCE:
Money matters
Relationships and their difficulties
Bullying
Alcohol
The skin
Preparing for puberty
Computing:
The Railway Children (how computers work)
Scratch (programming)
Michael Morpurgo (data & information)
Online photos / Digital citizenship / What is spam? (e-safety)
Greek mythology (programming
King Arthur (programming)
RE:
Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism and Islam
Languages:
Weather forecasts, body parts, colours, buying objects - money

7. Spelling
Analysis of school data leads us to focus on the teaching and learning of Spellings.
Our aim is to improve Spellings in independent writing. Learning Spellings should be a purposeful and meaning exercise that children can then become independent in applying spelling rules. Children will be supported in their learning of word spellings by their patterns and frequency.
Our new system for Spellings this year will be reviewed each term. Up dates and changes will be notified.
Rationale:
Spelling remains the most relentlessly tested of all the literacy skills, but it is the least taught. Sending a list of words home one week to then be tested the following week is not teaching effective strategies for learning.

8. Spelling How to help your child:
Use the curriculum newsletter to look at spelling patterns given and encourage your child to include words with the patterns in their home work.
They could think of words with that spelling rule in and using the meaning of the word correctly write the word in a sentence.
Investigating words supports retention of spelling rules and helps your child to apply the rule to other words.
Useful websites:
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9. Year 3 Visits and Trips Residential at Burwaldsley (Topic) Autumn
Walled Gardens (Nature Project)
Thursaston, Wirral Country Park ? (Topic)
Spring
Fun Food Chef (DT)
Visit from a 10,000BC archaeologist (Topic)
Summer
Residential at Burwaldsley (Topic)

10. Year 3 Residential - 10th & 11th May 2018

11. Homework
Curriculum/English Home work will be given out on a Monday. Dates can be found on the Newsletter. One way to support your child will be to use the newsletter to see the grammar, punctuation and spelling we are focusing on during the term and try to encourage your child to use them in their work. This will support learning being embedded – moving from the short term memory into the long term memory.
Maths Home work is weekly, given out on a Friday and due in the following Wednesday.
Times tables will be done throughout the week. Children will also be given opportunities in the morning time to practise these. Statutory spellings will also be practised in the morning time along with additional learning of the weeks spelling pattern.
Reading at home should be carried out 4 times a week and reading records signed. House points will be awarded for reading each week and this is monitored in school.

12. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have.