Year 3 Meet the Teacher by Schudio

CHURCHTOWN PRIMARY SCHOOL

PARENTS’ INFORMATION MEETING

YEAR 3

WELCOME TO YEAR 3

CLASS TEACHER

OAK – MISS SUFFELL (YEAR GROUP LEAD) & MRS LAKER

(STUDENT TEACHER)

FIR – MISS EVERITT

ELM – MISS STAPLES

TEACHING ASSISTANTS

MRS STRAW

KEY SENIOR STAFF:

Mrs Payne Headteacher

Mr Dowd Assistant Headteacher EYFS &KS1

Mr Miller

Interim Deputy Headteacher

Mr Bowen

Interim Assistant Headteacher (Year 3/4/5)

FAMILY SUPPORT & PASTORAL CARE

SENDCO

Miss Haury Pastoral Team leader.

Mrs Welsh Attendance Officer.

Mr Bateman Pastoral & Behaviour Manager. Mrs Sutton Assistant to SENDCO

Mrs Tudor

Our corevaluesare currently being revampedafter consultation with ELT, staff, pupils and parents.

YEAR 3 CURRICULUM

OUR TOPIC TITLES:

AUTUMN – GEOGRAPHY WHY DO PEOPLE LIVE NEAR

VOLCANOES?

HISTORY THE ROMANS

SPRING – GEOGRAPHY WHO LIVES IN ANTARCTICA?

HISTORY ANGLO SAXONS

SUMMER – GEOGRAPHY ARE ALL SETTLEMENTS THE SAME?

HISTORY 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.

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.

Year 3 Half-term: Autumn 1

Why do people live near volcanoes?

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

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

Geography: In geography we will be learning about the layers of the Earth and tectonic plates. We will also consider why people chose to live near volcanoes.

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.

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

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

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.

HANDWRITING

PRESENTATION INCLUDING HOMEWORK

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.

UNIFORM

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

Day Class

Fir

PE kit (only to be worn on PE Days): No branded kit. • Plain navy joggers/leggings

Navy shorts • White t-shirt • Navy sweatshirt • Dark trainers

READING

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

In addition to weekly reading, homework is set at the start of each half-term, where children are given a selection of activities to complete. There will be around 9 activities available on the ‘menu’ with children expected to complete one per week during the half term. Homework will then all be collected in at the end of the half term and celebrated in class by the children and their peers.

You will find the homework overview on the ‘Year 3’ page of the school website.

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.