1. Welcome To Year 3 Autumn Term 2015

2. Inclusive Coaching  Tuesday morning  Winter kit includes, sweatshirt, jogging bottoms and trainers (not plimsolls)  Extra socks  Everything named

3. Reading  Books should be brought in every day  Expectation to read a minimum of five times a week (between 5 and 10 minutes)  Parent to record reading and sign off finished book  Reading five times a week = name on Reading Challenge  Parent helpers are very important  Teaching Assistants monitor weekly reading  Guided Reading enables teacher input and assessment  Bookmarks

4. Homework (Year Three 45 minutes excluding Reading)  Achievable  Structured  Promotes independence  Support  Spelling rules Y3 New National Curriculum (Linked to phonics phases)  Maths linked to what we are learning in class, My Maths  Remember Reading is Homework!  Topic Mini Projects (Occasional)  Homework will be given out on a Thursday and is due in on the following Tuesday  Please cover Homework books and Reading Records with sticky back plastic

5. Topic – Italy  Geography – Atlas Skills, Locating Continents, Oceans, Individual Countries and Key Cities  Topic – Italian Culture  History – The Romans in Britain  English – Pinocchio – Retelling stories and creating our own  Maths – Place Value, addition, subtraction, 2D shapes, Time, Length and Fractions  Science – Magnets and Forces

6. Trips and Workshops  Pinocchio Theatre Workshop  Amore  Cooking – Italian Cooking  History Workshop

7. E- Safety  E – Safety evening (Mr Schofield)  Photographs and Information about others on Social Media

8. Other Items  Parent Reps  Parent helpers – Invaluable support with reading, Times tables and class administrative tasks  Safeguarding - DBS  Urgent! working party needed