Welcome to Giraffes 2020

Welcome to Year 3 Giraffes Class Teacher: Miss Rankin Teaching Assistant: Mrs Nolan Associate Teacher: Mr Hadjigeorgiou

PE •

Children will need their PE kits on Mondays & Wednesdays.

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This half-term, our unit is Gymnastics.

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Monday’s PE Lesson will be with Miss Rankin.

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Wednesday’s lesson will be with a specialist sports coach.

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If your child wears earrings, please ensure that they are taken out before they come to school or that you provide plasters for the child to tape over them with.

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If your child is unable to take part in PE lessons, parents must provide a note or speak to school; otherwise they will be expected to join in with the rest of the class.

Break Time - Toast • Children are able to have toast at break time.

• Please send your child in with £1 to cover the week.

Reading Books • For now, children are not being sent home with reading books.

• However, we still recommend that your children access Bug Club each night while they are at home.

• We will be using Bug Club to monitor your child’s home reading.

• If your child has forgotten their log-in details, please contact school and we will provide them.

Homework • Homework will be in the form of spellings this year. The children will be given spelling sheets/activities to bring home but these are not to be returned to school.

• Spellings will be given out on a Monday and I expect children to practice and complete their activities in preparation for their spelling test which will be on Fridays.

• I will also ensure that spellings are updated weekly on our class page on the website.

• Your children should also be accessing Times Tables Rockstars at least twice a week at home, as part of their homework.

Water Bottles • We are encouraging children to bring in their own water bottle as our water fountains are currently not in use.

• They are kept at the back of the classroom and if they need a drink they simply ask and they can use their bottle.

• Our school policy is that children have only water in their bottles.

Curriculum Themes

Any Questions? • If you ever have any concerns or questions, please do not hesitate to catch me at the gate or contact the school office.

Thank You!