1. VICTORY HEIGHTS PRIMARY SCHOOL 2015-2016 NURTURE-CHALLENGE - EXCEL

2. Welcome to Year 3! Ms Susie Ms Ruth Ms Ashley Ms Julia Ms Catherine

3. Specialists Ms Amal, Ms Fadia, Ms Abir and Mr Salam Mr Simmonds, Mr Mo, Mr Dan and Ms Alice Ms Christina Ms Nicki Mr Rothwell Ms Anna

5. The rocket and how it works…

6. Chris Quigley and the New Curriculum - Child led learning. Jungle Fever, Amazing Aztecs, Dangerous Planet, To Infinity and Beyond, Groovy Greeks, Outstanding Olympics. Topics

7. Writing End of Year expectations – 3c Alan Peat

8. Maths Maths Whizz Mathletics… coming soon Setting from Yr 2 to 6 Mental strategies first.

9. ARABIC AND ISLAMIC Fadia Daas-Blue/Abir Tayfour-Yellow/ Salam Abdul- Red/Amal/ Al mekawy Green / Joumana AA Arooj Nisar ISB & Muhamed Hussan. AA,AB,ISA&ISB information has been sent to parents via the Welcome letter. We expect each student to spend 20 minutes weekly working on Arabic & Islamic homework.

10. Collaborative Learning! Differentiating, challenging and extending… Streaming (where applicable to year group) Learning Enhancement… English as an Additional Language… Supporting learning and how we work…

11. SCHOOL COMMUNICATOR IS BEING PHASED OUT- INFO ON MOBILE APP AND WEBSITE REPORTS AND ASSESSMENTS (NUMBER PER YEAR - X2 REPORTS AND X4 ASSESSMENTS) HOMEWORK - HOW MUCH, WHAT, WHEN, ONLINE ACTIVITIES, GIVEN ON THURS, BACK IN WEDS. READING BOOKS – CHANGED SUN AND WEDS PARENT SKILLS - TOPICS CLASS REP Communication

12. Questioning Engaging students through effective questioning Our focus this year at VHPS with regard to improving student learning is questioning techniques. Blooms taxonomy of questions is a widely-accepted framework that many teachers use to guide their students through the learning process. Though not necessarily sequential, the hierarchy of bloom’s taxonomy is often depicted as a pyramid, with simple knowledge-based recall questions at the base. Questions higher on the pyramid are more complex and demand higher cognitive skills from the children.

13. NURTURE – CHALLENGE - EXCEL ‘PARENTS AS PARTNERS’