1. Fern Hill Primary School. . .
Inspiration Collaboration Empathy Excellence

2. Welcome to Year 3 – The Year of Independence Beech, Elm, and Rowan

3. The Year 3 Team
Miss Day – Beech class Mrs Haughton (Wed-Fri) & Mrs Tipping (Mon-Tues) – Rowan class Miss Petty – Elm class Mrs Ash - HLTA Mrs Brock - intervention teacher Mrs Sisodia & Mrs Tuck – pupil support

4. School to home and back partnership… - we are in this together!
Beliefs and attitudes to learning…
Uniform, belongings etc…

5. The school day 08.40 Gates to KS2 playground open 08.45 Whistle
08.50 Register
11.05 Break – snack (healthy)
12.30 – Lunch
15.25 School ends

6. Housekeeping
Water bottles (named)
Full P.E. kits – named and always in school (Trainers in KS2)
Uniform - ties and jumpers (named)
Hair – appropriate decorations, tied up (especially on P.E. days)
Reading books and home school notebook – everyday!
Pencil cases NOT compulsory (We write in pencil although pen licences may be awarded.)
Check bags daily – children responsible for taking letters home

7. Let’s talk about DERIC…
…and how you can support at home.

8. Reading
Reading at home every day (varied diet of fiction, non-fiction, poetry)
Books home every night and back every morning
Children on the reading scheme will initially be supported to change their books (working towards independence)
Please do continue to hear your child read.
Crucially, talk about what they read, ask them questions about plot, characters and themes. Can they retrieve information in the text? (DERIC)
Story CDs can be helpful.

9. Spelling List for the term (let us know if you do not have one)
Spelling is taught the one week and tested the next
Practising spelling is an important part of the homework.
Please support learning by continuing to discuss meaning and application at home.
Tested weekly (some may be put into a sentence - dictation)
Normally Wednesdays for all three classes *

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11. Homework
Spelling, reading and times tables (incl. division facts) form part of the homework.
An additional piece of homework will be set once a week – usually alternating between English and Maths but can be something else.
To be completed in books – presentation is important. If it is a sheet, please fold and glue in neatly.
It will be set on a Friday for the following Friday.
Weekly newsletter with details will be on the school website
A brief word on marking homework…

12. The Fern Hill Notebook
Acts as reading record – for child/parent/teacher
We will sight and initial/stamp at least once a week
Messages to teachers – child must show us
If your child has been read with (individually) by a member of staff at school, this will be indicated.
Keep neat and tidy
Please support your child to remember to pack it in their bag everyday

13. Behaviour expectations
School is for learning - both academically and socially
Please support us in this at home too.

14. Trips and enrichment
Autumn term – Thames Young Mariners (12th Sept) for outdoor and adventurous activities (team building)
Spring term – The Natural History Museum trip (Thursday 24th January) for Geography topic on Rocks
Summer 1st half – Gatton Park trip (date tbc) for Science topic on Plants and Rainbow Theatre (in school) interactive drama workshop on Romans
Summer 2nd half – Chessington Zoo (date tbc) for Science topic on Animals

16. Celebrating success Team points Leaves
Diamond work (Effort - focus on child’s PB)
Diamond time (linked to behaviour)

17. Miscellaneous Picking up areas
Arranging meetings (teachers are available at the end of every school day for brief chats outside)
Parent Pay
Wider Opportunities – recorder lessons on Fridays (start date tbc)

18. Questions?