1. Cake and Curriculum
Year 3

2. Miss. Parish Miss. Dean Miss. Brown Miss. Vaughn
Our Year 3 Team
Miss. Parish Miss. Dean Miss. Brown Miss. Vaughn
Welcome to our Year 3 curriculum.
I am …
Explain a bit about yourself.

3. ROOTS and Values!
Firstly, we will look at our values and ROOTS.

4. It is what we use to support behaviour in our school
It is what we use to support behaviour in our school. It consists of a tree, a yellow and red lead and 4 golden birds.

5. Our Roots Respect all people, animals and our environment
Overcome challenges and never give up
Open our minds to creativity and curiosity
Take care of our bodies and minds to grow healthily
Speak kindly and listen to others
These are displayed at the bottom of our tree. We believe that these roots help to grow a well rounded child.
(Read roots)

6. Consequence Ladder
These are displayed at the bottom of our tree. We believe that these roots help to grow a well rounded child.
(Read roots)

7. Yellow leaf – This is our warning leaf
Yellow leaf – This is our warning leaf. It helps children to see that the choices they are currently making need reflecting upon. Children who fall to the yellow leaf are normally in learning zone 2 or 1 which do not show our optimal learning behaviours.

8. Red leaf – This is an indication that reflection time is necessary as continued wrong choices are being demonstrated. Once moved to the red leaf, children will have a minimum of 5 minutes reflection time at our designated zone in the classroom. Children are invited to think about the choices they have made, the root they have not followed and what they can do to restore good behaviour.

9. The Golden Birds
These are our values: aspire, thrive, achieve and enjoy!
We use these to reward positive behaviours and to show recognition to those children who are always following the roots.
If they get onto an ‘enjoy’ bird – it usually means they have shown enjoyment in their learning, or as teachers, we have seen something that has made us enjoy teaching them. i.e, helping a friend, being happy and enthusiastic about their learning.
If they get onto an ‘achieve’ bird – it usually means that they have faced a challenge, usually really personal to themselves and they have overcome a challenge and therefore achieved a goal or personal target.
If they get onto a ‘thrive’ bird – it means that they have pushed themselves and succeeded in a task or have really taken pride and care in their work.
If they get onto an ‘aspire’ bird – it means they have completely gone above and beyond in a particular area of their learning. They havent given up, been independent and have pushed themselves as far as they possibly can to improve and be the best. It’s also for those children that are consistently in learning zones 4/5 and never fall off the tree.

10. Our Expectations
Come to school each day to achieve a 97% attendance rate or higher
Come to school in the correct uniform
Come to school prepared
Reading journal in school each day and signed by an adult at home to say that your child has read
PE and forest school kit in school on the correct days
Drop off and pick up – 3LD classroom, 3SP on playground. Please understand that we have a line system that we will follow to ensure a safe handover at the end of the day.

11. Rewards As a school: House points Aspire trophy
Aspire certificate – once a week
Golden leaf – once a week
ABB stickers

12. Communication Reading Journal Parent Mail
Member of staff in the playground in the morning
Call the office to make an appointment to have a parent/teacher meeting.

13. Staying safe
In our school we liked to call ourselves a family and want all children to feel safe and apart of our family. We also want you as parents to feel confident in us that we will keep your children safe and want you to feel safe and apart of our family also. During the school day we have a couple of things that the children are aware of to make them feel safer.

14. Protective hands Every child has a protective hand.
We all have the right to feel safe. Nothing is so awful that you can’t talk to someone about it.
This is what the children design at the beginning of the year. We ask them to write 5 people who they feel most confident to go to with a problem or a worry that have. We encourage them to speak to any one on their hand whenever they need to.

15. Worry box
Every classroom has a worry box that the children are able to use at any time.
The worry box is there for the children who are’nt confident enough to speak aloud about a worry they have. They are encouraged to write anything, even if it is a small thing, so that we can re-assure them and resolve any issues.

16. Safeguarding
Miss. Lovelock is the designated leader for safeguarding in our family.

17. Bullying
If you feel your child is being bullied, please make an appointment with your class teacher to voice your concerns. All worries will be taken seriously and investigated.
We take all of your concerns very seriously, and want the best for you and your child. We will work in partnership with you to resolve any issues that you have to make you feel confident in us and your children safe.

18. School uniform
These are the main colours we allow for uniform. Including black/blue trousers, navy blue sweaters (no hoods), white socks and black shoes!

19. PE KIT!
It is very important that your child wears the correct P.E kit. It is very unhygienic for them to be running around/sweaty and then have to carry on in their clothes for the rest of the day. I prefer them to wear navy blue top/bottoms and trainers or pumps if possible, but black is fine. It promotes us as a school, especially when we go to events as we look smarter like most other schools in MK.

20. Year 3 end of year expectations

21. Projects for Year 3 Exciting News!
Autumn 1
2nd week –
5th Sep-21st Oct
50th birthday of Great Linford Primary School
Autumn 2
1st Nov – 16th Dec
Spring 1
4th Jan-10th Feb
Spring 2
20 Feb-31st Mar
Summer 1
18 April – 26nd May
Summer 2
5th June – 21nd July
Volcanoes
Key driver –Geography
Follow my leader-
the race to the Pole Key driver- science and geography
Ancient Egypt
Key driver history
Ancient Farmers- Farming in the stone age
Healthy body, Healthy mind –link with ROOTS
Exciting News!
Year 3 will be going on an overnight residential stay to Caldecotte in the Summer Term! We will be giving more information about this soon.
Pupil premium – 50% off (including everything else such as clubs)
Read through terms. Explain that home learning will be based on each project!
We are also looking to do a year 3 overnight residential stay to Cosgrove.

22. Thrive Enjoy Achieve Aspire
Home learning
Spellings – test each Monday
KIRFs – Every half term
Home learning
Every half term and this is project based
Children present home learning to the class
Verbal feedback from class teacher and peers
Participation certificates
Winner is not necessarily the best
Home learning challenges – one every half term, based on project. Winners are not always the children that have produced the best piece of work, but someone who has clearly put in time and effort.
KIRF – once every half term, based on knowledge of the child – not every child will have the same one so personalised.
Spellings are weekly, handed out on a Monday, returned on a Monday for spelling test.
Thrive Enjoy Achieve Aspire

23. Your Child’s Progress
We will feedback to you about your child’s progress at parents evening. This is a chance for us to celebrate their progress, think about their next steps and talk about how they have settled into Year Three.
Parents evenings are only short slots, so if you have any concerns, please do book a meeting through the office.
Parents evenings Autumn term, 11th and 13th of October and in Spring term.
In the second summer term written reports will be issued to parents.

24. Caldecotte Experience!
Some images from last year!
Spare letters available in the office!
Home learning challenges – one every half term, based on project. Winners are not always the children that have produced the best piece of work, but someone who has clearly put in time and effort.
KIRF – once every half term, based on knowledge of the child – not every child will have the same one so personalised.
Spellings are weekly, handed out on a Monday, returned on a Monday for spelling test.
Thrive Enjoy Achieve Aspire

25. 50% off of school trips See online portal for more information
Pupil Premium
50% off of school trips
See online portal for more information

26. SEN
Alex Kerrigan- SENCO

27. Respect all Overcome challenges Open our minds Take care Speak kindly
Special Educational
Needs Growing together
At Great Linford it is the belief that all children have an equal right to a full and rounded education which will enable them to achieve their full potential.
Respect all Overcome challenges Open our minds Take care Speak kindly

28. Aims To introduce the SAFS team
To know our assessment cycle and interventions
To understand how we communicate with families
To know where to locate our local offer on our website

29. The SAFs Team: Schools and Families
Nurture Specialist:
Miss Sarah Vaughan
ASD Specialist:
Mrs Helen Baker
Speech and Language Specialists:
Shirley
Alicia
EAL Specialist:
Thooura Shahid
Inclusion Manager:
Miss Alex Kerrigan
Family Champion:
Mrs Carol Mallett
Trauma & Attachment
Specialist &
School counsellor:
Tracey Walker
Bereavement Councillor:
Mrs Sandy Eaglen
Nurture Manager:
Mrs Sue Regan
Psychotherapist:
Mrs Cathy Roos
Dyslexia Specialist:
Steph Brown

30. Our Assessment Cycle

31. Interventions

32. Family Communication Parent meetings – Week 3

34. Our Local Offer http://www. milton-keynes. gov

35. “The seed of learning must. be very, very carefully sown
“The seed of learning must...be very, very carefully sown. We must not confuse the trunk of the tree with the branches. We must certainly not expect good branches to grow on a dead tree. Many people reduce learning to certain feats of memory, we are constructing a tree with branches attached. In doing so, we have only created an illusion. It is not a tree. It will bear no fruit. It will give no life or joy, only suffering. Instead if we plant the seed carefully, we can watch the little plant take firm root, sprout leaves, and grow strong branches with pleasure.” Creative Development in the Child – Maria Montessori

36. Questions!