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YEAR 3 INFORMATION EVENING INFORMATION EVENING FOR PARENTS WEDNESDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER 2016 “I WILL INSTRUCT YOU AND TEACH YOU IN THE WAY YOU SHOULD GO; I WILL COUNSEL YOU WITH MY EYE UPON YOU.” PSALM 32:8

WHOLE SCHOOL PRIORITIES 

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Key Priority 1: To further strengthen leadership, management and governance by; 

Developing the creative curriculum involving a wide range of subjects including the humanities, linguistic, technical. Physical and artistic areas

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Ensuring that robust systems are in place to improve outcomes for all pupils

Key Priority 2: To develop and improve the quality of teaching, learning and assessment by; 

Raising teachers expectations of most-able pupils and ensuring that work set across the curriculum provides an appropriate level of challenge and leads to all children developing, consolidating and deepening their knowledge, understanding and skills in a wide range of contexts

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Improving the deployment and effectiveness of teaching assistants

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Consistently applying school policy in terms of Teaching, Learning and Assessment, including marking and homework

Key Priority 3: Further improve teaching and learning in the early years by; 

Providing opportunities that engage children, especially the most able, in more sustained learning activities, both indoors and outdoors

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Ensuring that the organisation of learning in Reception is adapted as the year progresses to meet the needs of all children and ensure that they are prepared for Year 1

Key Priority 4: The personal development, behaviour and welfare of the children is outstanding and is characterised by 

Developing excellent attitudes to learning which have a positive impact on progress

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Improving levels of attendance

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Confident, respectful learners who are able to maintain healthy relationships and stay safe from bullying, abuse and exploitation

STAFF YOUR CHILD WILL TALK ABOUT

Mrs Lowe

Class Teacher

Mrs Phillips TA

Miss Barnes TA

Mrs Benachour HLTA

Mrs Copsey HLTA

MORNING ROUTINE 

8:45am Back door opens for children and parents.

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A morning activity will be displayed on the small whiteboard.

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Parents are welcome to stay and help their children with the morning task or speak to the class teacher.

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9:00am The bell rings for the start of morning school.

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We start the day with morning prayers followed by the register.

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9:05am Morning lessons begin.

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF YEAR? 8.45 – 9.00

9.00- 9.30

9.30 – 10.30

Guided Reading

Swimming

10.45 -11.45

11.45 – 12.15

1.00 – 2.30pm

2.40pm -3

Monday Swimming

Maths

Topic Prayer and Liturgy

Tuesday

Morning work / Fix it’ time (Parents)

R Guided Reading

English

Wednesday

U Maths (Mrs Benachour)

RE (Mrs Benachour)

Maths

RE

E Guided reading

English

Thursday English

Celebration Assembly

English

Friday

Prayer and Liturgy

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A Guided reading

Topic

PSHE/Topic (PPA Time – Mrs Copsey to teach)

Prayer and Liturgy

C Maths

Topic

Mental Maths

Guided reading

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PE

Topic

Prayer and Liturgy

H Topic

Independent learning

HOME LEARNING Home Learning Suggestions As part of your topic on ‘There’s no place like home’, you are required to complete 3 pieces of home learning. You can select any activities from the list below or come up with your own ideas to suggest to your teacher. You can complete more during your free time on Friday afternoon if you wish.

English

Maths

Topic

Working Together

Write a fact file about yourself including important information people might not know about you.

Write out three different times tables of your choice and their related division facts.

Using a thesaurus, make a list of alternative words that you could use for the following – said, scared, old, nice, big, walked. can you work out which is the largest room in your house?

Can you prove it?

Research the life of an older family member/friend and write a biography for them.

Write a poem or description about a place that you really like near where you live.

Find out the price of 5 of your favourite toys or foods. Find the total cost and find the change from £100.

Create a junk model using 3D boxes. Take a photo of the model, write a list of the 3D shapes you use and list their properties.

Make a model or paint/draw a picture of your favourite place in Lancaster. Take a photo of it or bring it into school.

Choose three places in Lancaster and find out when they were built. Which is the oldest? (you might want to use, The Cathedral, The Ashton Memorial, The Priory or The Town Hall) Play a board game with your family. Take a photo and stick in your project book.

Make a fact file about a building or place in Lancaster or Morecambe. How long has it been there? Who made it?

Has it changed use over the years?

Interview an older family member/friend and make comparisons between their life and yours e.g. where they lived holidays, food, toys, leisure time etc.

Go to Mass as a family on Sunday and write a recount of the Gospel message.

Visit a local museum to find out about Lancaster in the past.

Take photos or draw pictures and record what you have learnt.

Visit a local place that you like with your family. Write a description of it and why you like it. Take photos if possible.

Listen to your child read Read to and with your child Encourage wider reading

Practise phonics, spellings, tables, number bonds Talk about books.

Ask questions Ensure work done at home is of a good standard

CHILDREN MAKE THE MOST PROGRESS WHEN PARENTS SUPPORT THE WORK OF A SCHOOL

MATHS ď ľ

The children will study calculation skills, fractions, shape, measure, data handling and statistics.

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The children will be expected to present work neatly and clearly, carry out independent maths investigations, use written and mental methods of calculation and know the 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 & 10 x tables.

READING 

Children will read a variety of different texts types, independently and as shared texts.

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Children should be able to read aloud or to themselves fluently.

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They should be able to draw key points from what they have read and be able to discuss them.

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Children will take part in a guided reading session once a week.

WRITING 

They will develop their knowledge of grammar and spelling rules and strategies.

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Children will learn to write for a variety of audiences and in a range of styles.

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Children willl be able to write at length with increasing independence, presenting their work clearly and neatly using a variety of text types and structures.

HANDWRITING 

Handwriting should be neat and cursive, following the school handwriting scheme.

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Children will have the opportunity for regular handwriting practice.

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In Year 3 the children start writing in pencil. When their handwriting is consistently neat and cursive they will achieve their handwriting key and be given a pen.

SPELLING 

The children will be given the spellings for the following week on a Friday.

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Spellings will follow a theme or a spelling rule and will be taken from the National Curriculum Statutory Spellings.

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The children will not have formal spelling tests, but will be given written tasks where they can demonstrate their spelling knowledge.

TOPIC 

The class topic will change each half term and most of the subjects that are taught in class will link to this topic.

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Home learning and independent learning tasks will be linked to the class topic.

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Each topic has lead subjects and additional subjects and these vary each half term.

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Topic work should be presented as neatly and clearly as any other written work.

SCIENCE 

In science, the children will be taught a variety of skills to enable them to work scientifically.

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Children will be encouraged to ask questions and develop their own investigations about the world around them.

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Science links to topic work wherever this is possible but is taught as a stand alone topic when it is not.

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As it is a core subject, science is taught every half term.

PE 

PE takes place on Monday and Thursday.

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The children need correct kit including footwear in school at all times.

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If a child does not have kit for PE they will be asked to go and work in another class.

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Earrings must not be worn for PE. If your child cannot remove their own earrings, please ensure they come without them in on PE days.

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Hair below shoulder length must be tied back.

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Children who have inhalers must have them for PE.

CLUBS AUTUMN 1

AUTUMN 2

SPRING 1

SPRING 2

Reception & Key Stage 2 Key Stage 2 Key Key Stage Singing Club Singing Club Two One Story Club Club

SUMMER

Stage Y3 / Y4 Rounders Club Art

Key Stage Christmas Key Stage Key Stage Key Stage Two Cricket Two Board Crafts (Cost: Two Dance One Singing Games £10) Festival Club Key Stage Two Tag Rugby

Reception & Key Stage One Little Builders

Key Stage One Art Club

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Clubs open to Year 3 are:

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Singing

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Art

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Rounders

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Board games

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Christmas craft (£10)

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Dance

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Cricket

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Tag Rugby

REWARDS AND CONSEQUENCES 

Each class collects stars and house points for whole school rewards.

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In class, children receive raffle tickets for home learning and house points for class activities.

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All children are working to earn their keys.

If a child does not complete work in class they will be asked to complete it during playtimes.

READING Dark blue

HANDWRITING ATTENDANCE COMMUNITY Light Blue green LINKS

INDEPENDENCE NUMBER Dark Pink Baby pink

DISCIPLESHIP PERSONAL CHURCH CONFIDENCE Red ACHIEVEMENT COMMITMENT IN Purple White PERFORMANCE orange

RECEPTION

Share 20 stories with an adult

Hold pencil correctly

Change for PE

Read, say, write, order to 20.

YEAR1

Read 40 phoneme s

Form all letters including capitals

Work independently (Fri PM)

+ / - 20

Awarded the ‘Discipleship Award’ in assembly (1 per class, per week)

YEAR 2

Read aloud fluently

Join handwriting

0X, 1X, 2X, 5X, 10X

YEAR 3

20 books

Pen licence / quality & legibility of work

Completing an independent homework task to a high standard

YEAR 4

20 books + 5 nonfiction

YEAR 5

20books + 5 Non fiction + 5 novels

YEAR 6

15 books + 5 Non fiction + 5 novels+ reviews

97% attendance

Representing the school eg CAFOD group Reading in church, Sports events Open evening Supporting PTA

0X, 1X, 2X, 5X, 10X, 3X, 4X, 8X

Award from external group eg cubs / swimming / sport

Attendance at Participation in 3 of the Nativity following: production Start of year Harvest Carol Service End of year

Participation in Easter Reflection

Up to 12X12

Pen licence / Consistently high standards of presentation.

x/÷ multiples of .01, 10, 100 Common factors / multiples to 100.

Squares & Primes to 200

Participation in end of year production

UNIFORM 

The Department for Education strongly encourages schools to have a uniform as it can play a valuable role in contributing to the ethos of a school and setting an appropriate tone.

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We expect all children to wear school uniform. The majority of our uniform is available for you to order from the Uniform and Leirsurewear Company, Common Garden Street, Lancaster. The tartan school skirt is only available from the school office.

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The only jewellery allowed in school is a digital / analogue wrist watch. Key Stage Two children may wear a PAIR of small, plain studs.

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Please ensure that your child's hair style / colour is appropriate for school. Bright colours, shaven patterns or gelled styles are no suitable for school. Hair past shoulder-length should be tied back.

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Black shoes with either velcro, buckle or laces. (If your child comes to school in trainers, they will be asked to wear pumps whilst in the building.

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Please label all clothing clearly. Thank you

For the 2016 / 2017 Academic year, children may wear any item from the old or new uniform list with a view to the transfer to the new uniform being complete for September 2017. The items of clothing that can be worn are listed below. Any child wearing an item not specified on the list will be considered to be noncompliant. 

grey skirt / trousers / pinafore (grey / white socks / tights) - please note: playsuits / cullottes are not part of the school uniform

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tartan skirt (black socks / tights)

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black trousers

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white polo shirt (Key Stage One)

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White shirt & school tie (All classes)

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school sweater / jumper / cardigan with logo

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blue or black shorts for PE

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Maroon or white t-shirt for PE

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black tracksuit bottoms for PE

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black school pumps

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PE hoodie (optional)

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School 'book bag'

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Yellow gingham summer dress (optional, seasonal)

Pupil non-compliance 

Teachers can discipline pupils for breaching the school’s rules on appearance or uniform. This should be carried out in accordance with the school’s published behaviour policy.

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A head teacher, or a person authorised by the head teacher, may ask a pupil to go home briefly to remedy a breach of the school’s rules on appearance or uniform. This is not an exclusion but an authorised absence.

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Until October half term, should a child be wearing non-compliant uniform, we will send home regular reminders. After half term, we will introduce the policy of calling parents to collect their child and change them into the correct uniform.

WALKING HOME ď ľ

Children are allowed to walk home alone from Year 5.

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Written permission must be sent from home at the start of each school year.

MORE INFORMATION 

PARENT MAIL – NEWSLETTERS ETC – These will be sent electronically unless parents request a paper copy.

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CLASS NEWSLETTER – These will be sent out at the start of each half term and will contain information about that half term’s topic.

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PARENTS EVENING – These will take place in October and May

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REPORTS – INCLUDING INTERIM – Interim grades will be sent home at the end of each term. A full written report will be sent home at the end of the Summer term.

STATUTORY ASSESSMENT Year Group

Statutory Assessments

Reception

Baseline Assessment EYFS Profile Assessments

Year 1

Phonics Screening

Year 2

Reading, GPS, Mathematics Marked in school to inform Teacher Assessment

Year 6

Reading, GPS, Mathematics Marked Externally Writing Evidence gathered over time to inform Teacher Assessment

‘Tests’

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2016 new tests at KS1 (Y2) and KS2 (Y6)

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Attainment will be measured by a scaled score, where 100 represents the national standard.

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The exact standard of each test will not be available until after the first tests have taken place in summer 2016

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No extension papers (eg. Level 6) but range of challenge will be included in all papers.

Key Stage one • May 2017, marked by class teachers and forming part of the statutory teacher assessment.

• KS1 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling - 2 papers – Spelling (about 13 mins) - Grammar, Punctuation and Vocabulary (20 mins) 

KS1 Reading: 2 papers

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KS1 Maths: 2 papers – Arithmetic (20mins) - Reasoning and Problem Solving (35 mins)

Key Stage 2 Tests • May 2017 • KS2 Reading: 1 paper (60 mins) • KS2 GPS (45 mins) • KS2 Spelling (15mins) • KS2 Maths: 3 papers - Arithmetic (30mins) - 2 Reasoning papers (40 mins) • KS2 Writing – Teacher assessed

ATTENDANCE 

Whole school target of 97%

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PA – 95%

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Half termly updates

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Must be in school before 9.00

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No holidays authorised

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Proof of medical – if in doubt, send them in; we can always call if they are ill

ParentPay 

School is still owed £6000 for lunches, Breakfast Club and After School Club

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Must register online to activate account even if not using online service – can be done in school by Miss Hannah / Miss Abbott

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Can still send cash / cheques into school to pay

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Lunches / Breakfast / After school payment must be kept up to date – ideally paid in advance

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Trips and paid clubs can be paid over the year but must be paid by the end of July

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Can use to pre-book lunches & breakfast /ASC

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No need to sign a permission slip for trips if paid for before the trip goes ahead

WEBSITE 

WWW.CATHEDRAL.LANCS.SCH.UK

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The website is updated regularly and contains news, dates and information.

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The class page contains details of the curriculum and home learning and other information that you may need about activities in class

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There is a parents section on the website with details of diary dates, lunch menus etc

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The school blogs are regularly updated and each class has its own blog.

ANY QUESTIONS? 

If you need to contact Mrs Lowe:

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Drop in before school in the morning or at the end of the day if it is a short query.

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If you need more time to talk, please make an appointment with the school office.

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You can email me at flowe@cathedral.lancs.sch.uk this email is checked most days.