1. Year 3 Year Ahead Meeting
Miss Bannan
Miss Chappell
Miss Greenwood

2. Who is in Year 3 ? Phase Leader/ Assistant Principal – Miss Greenwood
Year 3 Lime Teacher – Miss Bannan
Year 3 Lime Teaching Assistants – Miss Carroll and Miss Unsworth
Year 3 Scarlet Teacher – Miss Chappell
Year 3 Scarlet Teaching Assistants – Mr Reece
PPA Cover/ Computing teacher – Mr Warren
Staffing

3. What will the children be learning about?
Curriculum overview
Special events in the year

6. We are really looking forward to teaching Year 3 this year and we have some very engaging and exciting topics that we will be exploring, including:
Autumn Term - Who first lived in Britain? (Stone Age- History)
Spring Term - Why do so many people go to France on their holidays? (Geography)
Summer Term - What makes the Earth Angry? (Volcanoes- Geography )
Summer Term - Why were the Romans so powerful and what did we learn from them? (Romans – History)
In Science we will also have the opportunity to investigate topics such as:
Autumn Term - Rocks and Soils
Autumn Term - Keeping my body healthy
Spring Term - Light and Shadow
Summer Term - Magnets and Forces
Summer Term - Plants

7. What trips and visitors will the children be having?
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2
Year 3
Topic
Stone Age (History)
Body (Science)
Rocks and Soils (Science)
France (Geog)
Magnets and Forces (science)
Light / Shadow (Science)
Romans (History)
Volcanoes and Earthquakes (Geog) Plants (Science)
Trip
Stone Age Visitor
10th and 11th September
Make your own fossil planned by teachers
Teachers to arrange rocks exploration day – Making cakes / chocolate to represents different rocks
Teachers to arrange a French day / cafe– Block MFL lessons / food tasting / parent workshop
Shadow puppet work shop
9th and 10th March
 Roman Visitor
15th
April 2020
Teachers to arrange volcanic explosions

8. How can you help you child?
One of the best ways to help your child with their learning is to read with your child every night, we will look at this in more detail later on in the presentation.
Times tables are going to be nationally tested at the end of year 4 , so in year 3 it is vital to practise times tables with your child every night
By the end of year 2 children must know their 2, 5 and 10 times tables
By the end of Year 3 children must know their 3, 4 and 8 times tables
By the end of Year 4 children must know their 6, 7 and 9 times tables
Sitting with your children each week to complete their homework is also a great way to help your child.
Attending our ‘Sharing Our Success’ afternoons will help to keep you up to date with what your child is learning
Attending parent evenings is a great way to get a personalised and more detailed update of your child's learning.

9. Homework
Timetables
Timetables practice sheets get sent home every Friday – tested the following Friday
The timetable practice sheets need to be returned the following Friday or any day before
Children will be tested on their timetables every Friday afternoon
Spellings
Spellings test work on the same basis
Spelling books will be handed out every Friday with the spelling lists stapled in
Children will be tested the following Friday on their spellings

10. Home reading
Each child has their own reading journal, children will bring reading books home every night. Family members should read with their children every night and then leave a comment and a signature in the book
Children then need to bring the reading book and the reading journal back into school every day so we can then also read with them
Children are given a certain coloured book to read
Each child has been told what colour book band they are on however if your child cant remember their colour , please speak to your class teacher to find out what book your child should be reading
If your child comes home with the wrong colour book or your feel the book your child has come home with is too easy or too hard please speak to the class teacher who will happily speak to you about this
Reading journals
New reward system for reading
How parents can help

11. Home reading Children are rewarded for reading at home
If you read with your child once a week they will receive a bronze certificate
If you read with your child three or more times a week they will receive a silver certificate
If you read with your child five or more times a week they will receive a gold certificate
Once children have read their books, they will complete a reading raffle ticket which will then go into a prize draw and winners from the raffle will be selected at the end of each term.
Reading journals
New reward system for reading
How parents can help

12. Homework
The school has bought each child their own spelling and reading journal therefore you can understand that if books are lost we cannot replace them

13. Topic Homework
Topic homework gets sent home at the beginning of each term and needs to be completed and sent back at the end of the term
Topic homework is based on the topics we are studying in History or Geography
Three throughout the year one for each term – Autumn , Spring and Summer
On the back is a knowledge mat that gives you all the information you will need to help you child successfully complete their topic homework and further aid their learning in topic lessons.

14. What activities have you completed?
Can you create a stone age outfit ? Remember captions and labels !
Can you write a diary entry of a Stone Age person ?
Can you tell me about the 2 periods that came after the Stone Age era ?
The Stone age boy has collected 234 berries for his stone age family. He has drawn a picture below to represent that number . Is he correct ? Explain your answer .
Who First Lived in Britain ?
Can you tell me about the 3 periods that occurred during Stone Age era ?
Clue- One of them is the Neolithic Period
What activities have you completed?
Visited the Cinema
Been to the Park
Been to the Library
Watched a film
Played with friends
Read a book
Gone swimming
Played a board game
Listened to the radio
Done something for charity
Visited family
Visited a museum
Been to a farm
Been to an art gallery
Been on a bus, tram or train
Visited a different town
Visited a city
Rolled down a grass hill
Been to a zoo
Carried out a good deed
Can you draw a portrait of a Stone Age Settlement / house ? Remember to use labels
You could visit your local library and search for some Stone Age themed books. They could be fiction or non-fiction. Take a picture for our reading corner!

15. Stone Age KS2 Knowledge Mat
Subject Specific Vocabulary
Exciting Books
archaeologists
People who work out our history by looking at artefacts that have been found.
artefact
An object made by human beings, usually with historical or cultural interest.
Neolithic
Is the later part of the stone age and follows the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic age.
B.C.
Before Christ. A date like 250BC means 250 years before Christ was born.
chronology
The ordering of events, for example the stone, bronze and iron age.
Sticky Knowledge about the Stone-age period
tribal
Groups of people who live together.
The stone-age period is said to have started just over 3000 year ago when humans started to live in Europe.
Important
hunter-gatherers
People who mainly live by hunting, fishing and gathering wild fruit.
The stone-age was followed by the bronze –age period. This is when humans started to use metal.
Skara Brae
Is an archaeological site found on the Orkney Islands in Scotland. It is a stone age village that has been well preserved.
shelter
A house where stone age people would have lived.
The bronze-age was followed by the iron-age when tools and weapons became more advanced and were used for farming.
civilization
A group that lived during a period of time long ago.
settlement
A place where there were several stone age shelters, like a small village.
During the Palaeolithic Age (old stone age), man gathered food by hunting wild animals and birds, fishing, and collecting fruits and nuts.
Stonehenge
Is a famous stone age monument in Wiltshire.
Prey
An animal that is hunted for its food.
During the Neolithic Age (towards end of the stone-age), the humans formed settled communities, and domesticated plants and animals for the first time in history.

16. Why is France so Special?
Can you sketch an image of the Eiffel Tower?
Can you research and write a fact file about one famous French Landmark ?
Alex knows the River Seine is 777 KM long.
He has represented that number below … Has he represented it correctly ? Yes or No ? Explain why .
Can you name the 7 continents and then tell me which one France is in?
Why is France so Special?
Can you name 3 rivers in France ?
Can you name two neighboring countries to France?
Visit your local supermarket – Can you find any traditional French food?

17. France Year 3 Knowledge Mat
Subject Specific Vocabulary
Exciting Books
Continent
A continent is a large solid area of land. Earth has seven continents. In order from largest to smallest, they are Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.
Capital City
The capital city is a city where the central government of a country is based. The leaders work in the capital city.
Equator
An imaginary east-west line encircling the Earth midway between the North and South poles.
Hemisphere
A hemisphere is half of a sphere. People use the word to describe one half of Earth. Geographers, or people who study Earth, have divided the planet into two hemispheres. These are the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
Sticky Knowledge about France
Know that the currency in France is Euros
Major English cities
Know what the French flag looks like
Paris
Climate
Climate is the average measurements of temperature, wind, humidity, snow, and rain in a place over the course of years. Climate is like the weather, but over a long time.
Know all 7 continents (Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, North America, South America, and Antarctica)
Know that France is in Europe
Urban
Characteristic of a city or city life
Know that Paris is the Capital City of France
Know that Paris is an urban area where people live and work close together
Euro
A coin or note (money) used by many countries of the European Union
Name other countries in Europe and their capital cities e.g. Spain (Madrid) , Germany (Berlin) Italy (Rome)
Attractions of London
Currency
Something (such as coins or notes) used to buy goods , services and to pay people for their work. Currency changes in different countries.
Name the seas and oceans around the UK -
Know what the Equator is and know that the world is split into a Norther and Southern hemisphere
Eiffel Tower
Arc De Triomphe
The Louvre Museum
The Alps
Mount Blanc
Human Feature
Human features are things that are built or man made and are not naturally on Earth.
Know that France is in the Norther Hemisphere
Know that countries closer to the equator are warmer
Physical Feature
Physical features are natural objects such as mountains and rivers. They are naturally on Earth .
Know that countries further away from the Equator are colder
Know that France is closer to the Equator than England and therefore the climate is warmer
Mountain Range
A mountain range is a series of mountains that are connected together generally to form a long line of mountains.
Know that in France they speak French
Know that the population of France is 68Million years ago and is larger then England which is around 56 million

18. Who are the Romans? What mark did they make ?
Write the Roman numerals 1-12.
What is 50 and 100 in Roman Numerals ?
Design a poster showing all the things the Romans changed in Britain e.g. roads , calendars and coins.
Research and write an information text about Julius Caesar or Boudicca.
Name 3 reasons the Romans invaded Britian
Who are the Romans? What mark did they make ?
Name 3 counties that the Romans invaded
Why not … Visit Castleshaw and walk to the Roman Fort?

19. The Romans KS2 Knowledge Mat
Subject Specific Vocabulary
Exciting Books
centurion
A commander of a group of 100 Roman soldiers.
emperor
The Roman emperor was the ruler of the Roman Empire during the imperial period.
aqueduct
A large system for carrying water from one place to another is called an aqueduct.
gladiator
A gladiator was an armed combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic.
Sticky Knowledge about the Romans
Julius Caesar was probably the best known Roman leader. He extended the empire through invading other lands.
Londinium
This was the Roman name for London.
conquer
To overcome and take control of people or land using military force.
Boudicca was a queen of the British Celtic Iceni tribe who led an uprising against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire.
invade
Enter a place or land with the intention of occupying it.
Rome was created by two brothers, Romulus and Remus who were abandoned after they were born.
Important Places
Romanisation
When the countries that the Romans conquered became very much like Rome.
Romans used to eat food like dormice dipped in honey.
Colosseum
An oval amphitheatre in the centre of Rome which held up to 50,000 people.
Hadrian’s Wall
A long wall built by the romans across the north of England. It was to keep out the Scots. It is now one of Britain’s most famous tourist attraction.
senate
Similar to the Roman version of our parliament
Roman baths
A number of complex of rooms designed for bathing, relaxing, and socializing, as used in ancient Rome.
When the Romans came to Britain they helped us by creating roads; a written language (which was Latin); introduced coins and even introduced rabbits to our country.

20. Sports
PE will be every Tuesday
Children must bring their PE kit to school every week
This includes a white polo shirt
Black or blue shorts or jogging pants
A jacket – weather permitted

21. After School Club
After school clubs are led by one adult therefore limited places are available
If your child didn’t get to attend the club they wanted to this term they will be given a chance next term
We have drama and football clubs available so far this term
If parents are interested in their child attending a club please speak to your child's teacher

22. How you can contact the teachers?
Year 3 class teachers or classroom assistants will be available to speak to at the classroom doors before and after school
We will also be available to speak to on ‘Sharing our Success Days’ and Parents Evening
If you feel you need to meet the teacher for a more formal or private issue meetings can be arrange directly with the class teacher
If you feel you need to speak to an assistant principal then Miss Greenwood will be available in the mornings and after school in the year 3 classes

23. Thank you for all your help and support so far Any questions?