Parent Information Afternoon Year 3

CHURCHTOWN PRIMARY SCHOOL

PARENTS’ INFORMATION MEETING

YEAR 3

WELCOME TO YEAR 3 CLASS TEACHER

OAK – MISS SUFFELL (YEAR GROUP LEAD)

ASH – MRS BOWERS (MRS CARROLL - FRIDAY)

FIR – MRS THORNLEY & MRS WILLIAMS

ELM – MISS STAPLES

TEACHING ASSISTANTS

MRS LAMB MISS SAVINI

MRS BARBE

KEY SENIOR STAFF:

Mrs Adams Executive Headteacher Mrs Payne Headteacher Mrs Standeven Assistant Headteacher Mr Miller Assistant Headteacher Mr Swindells Deputy Headteacher

FAMILY SUPPORT & PASTORAL CARE

Miss Haury Pastoral Team leader. Mrs Welsh Attendance Officer. Mr Bateman Pastoral & Behaviour Manager. Mrs Sutton Assistant to SENDCO Mrs Tudor

SENDCO

CHURCHTOWN PRIMARY SCHOOL VISION & VALUES

YEAR 3 CURRICULUM

AUTUMN – HISTORY – THE ROMANS

SPRING – GEOGRAPHY – CONTINENTS / COUNTRIES IN EUROPE

SUMMER – HISTORY – INVADERS (ANGLO SAXONS AND VIKINGS)

English: During this half term, our quality text will be 'Escape from Pompeii' by Christina Balit. Using this text, we will be writing setting descriptions focusing on using descriptive language. We will also be exploring narrative writing. To support our learning and develop our skills, throughout this unit we will be looking at features of language such as adjectives, powerful verbs, adverbs, prepositional phrases and similes and incorporating these into our independent writing.

Year 3

Half-term: Autumn 1

The Romans

Science: In our Science lessons we will complete our unit of work on Rocks and Soils. We will learn about different types of rock and how each one has been created.

Whole class reading: In our reading lessons we will be reading a range of fiction, non-fiction and poetry texts linked to our history and science topics. We will be focusing on retrieval and inference skills and building our knowledge of vocabulary.

Maths: In maths this half term we will be working on Place Value and Addition & Subtraction. The children will be working on identifying, representing and estimating numbers using different manipulatives. They will learn about each place and its value (H,T,O) and count in multiples of 4, 8, 50 and 100. They will find 1, 10 or 100 more than numbers also. In Addition & Subtraction we will work up from adding and subtracting 1, 10 and 100 up to 3-digit addition and subtraction questions.

PE: The children will be taking part in athletics lessons on the field and gymnastics.

Music: In our Music lessons with Mr. Pritchard, we are doing 2 things:

1 - Learning/ rehearsing for Harvest Festival at St Cuthbert's Church

2 - Star Wars on Djembe Drums - this includes introductions to reading music and rhythmic study.

Year 3

Half-term: Autumn 1

The Romans

Computing: This term we will be practising our keyboard and word processing skills through the BBC Dance Mat program.

Spanish: This half term in Y3 Spanish we will cover the following:

Greetings in Spanish / Los saludos en español:

Say ‘hello’ (formally and informally) in Spanish

• Say ‘my name is…’ in Spanish.

• Ask somebody in Spanish how they are feeling and give a reply.

• Say ‘goodbye’ and ‘see you soon’ in Spanish

History: In History we are continuing our learning about the Romans and the Roman Empire, thinking about they invaded Britain and how successful they were.

PSHE: In P.S.H.E, will are focusing on feelings and emotions and we will be examining healthy and unhealthy anger.

RE: In R.E we will be studying what Christians, Muslims and Hindus believe about God. We will learn about the similarities and differences between ideas about God.

Art: In our Art lessons, we will be studying the formal elements of art including shading and toning. We will work towards creating our own botanical inspired artwork.

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READING

HANDWRITING

PRESENTATION INCLUDING HOMEWORK

TIMES TABLES ROCK STARS

BEING PROUD OF THEIR WORK

PSHE

In our school, we follow the 1 decision scheme to teach our PSHE. Through PSHE, we see the children develop and grow – building positive relationships with their peers. Our school values are discussed often.

Children can wear summer uniform or winter uniform in September but Winter uniform starts officially after half term, please ensure that all white shirts are tucked in.

Winter uniform is listed below: Churchtown Primary School V-neck jumper or cardigan

Grey long trousers

Grey skirt or Grey pinafore dress

White, plain shirt suitable for school tie

Black, flat school shoes (No Boots)

Grey socks or grey tights

School bookbag with logo

Summer Uniform

Grey shorts with yellow, plain or logo polo shirts.

Yellow and white gingham dress or grey skirt with yellow, plain or logo polo shirts and white socks

UNIFORM

Day Class

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday All classes Gymnastics

Thursday All classes Athletics

Friday

PE kit (only to be worn on PE Days): No branded kit.

• Plain navy joggers/leggings

• Navy shorts

• White t-shirt

• Navy sweatshirt (not hoodies)

• Pumps or trainers

PE

READING & HOMEWORK

ONE OF OUR KEY PRIORITIES IS DEVELOPING READING.

WE STRONGLY BELIEVE READING UNDERPINS OUR CHILDRENS’ SUCCESSES

ACROSS THE CURRICULUM.

REQUIREMENT OF ALL CHILDREN TO READ AT LEAST THREE TIMES PER WEEK.

EACH CHILD WILL BE ISSUED WITH A READING RECORD FOR PARENTS TO RECORD THEIR CHILD’S READING EACH WEEK. THIS WILL BE CHECKED IN SCHOOL.

HOMEWORK IS SET WEEKLY – EACH FRIDAY AND HANDED IN ON THE

FOLLOWING TUESDAY.

REPORTING

Parents’ Evening 8th November – focus on the children’s engagement.

Parents’ Evening 13th March

Full Reports to Parents 5th July

Academic Judgement

Engagement Judgement

Class teacher Comments

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PROPOSED TRIPS AND VISITS –

AUTUMN TERM – DEVA ROMAN EXPERIENCE (CHESTER). IN ROMAN TIMES CHESTER WAS KNOWN AS CASTRA DEVA, MEANING “THE MILITARY CAMP ON THE RIVER DEE” AND WAS HOME TO THE 20TH LEGION FOR ABOUT 200 YEARS.

CHESTER'S GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION MADE IT ONE OF THE FINEST STRATEGIC OUTPOSTS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE.

CLASS ASSEMBLIES

24TH & 25TH JUNE