WELCOME TO YEAR 3 (2024–25)
THE TEAM
Teachers:
3MB Mrs Djoeke Blake & Mrs Laura Middleton
3T Mr Scott Thomson
Teaching Assistants:
Mrs Silvana Ispani
Miss Stella Martin (Graduate Trainee Teacher)
THE SCHOOL DAY
Drop Off – 8.00–8.25am
Children may be dropped off from 8.00am and play outside until the bell is rung (supervised by the members of staff on duty). The children then line up in front of the swimming pool at 8.25am in their year groups, where they are met by their teachers.
Pick Up – 4.00pm
Children are dismissed from the Morris House entrance of Upper School at 4.00pm unless they are attending aftercare or an after-school club.
WRAPAROUND CARE
Breakfast Club (bookable and chargeable) – 7.30–8.00am
Located in the dining hall (code needed to access site will be provided upon booking).
Upper School Aftercare (bookable and chargeable) – 4.00–6.00pm*
Children make their way to the Upper School library (tea is served in the dining hall at 5.00pm).
7.30–8.00am Breakfast club (charge)
8.00–8.25am Morning care – pupils supervised in the playground or dining hall (if wet)
8.25am Bell is rung to line up outside for registration
4.00pm End of school
4.00–6.00pm* Co-curricular clubs (charges may be applicable) and Upper School aftercare (charge)
* Aftercare ends at 5.00pm on a Friday
UNIFORM, BELONGINGS & SNACKS
UNIFORM CHANGES
There are some changes to the uniform in Year 3. Girls in Year 3 wear a tartan kilt and white openneck blouse in the winter instead of a grey tunic.
Full uniform lists can be found at the end of the Parent Handbook
GAMES KIT
From Year 3 onwards, children should come into school in their games and PE kits on days they have these lessons (see the table below). Boot bags should be dropped into the changing rooms before they line up for morning registration. Please do not go into the changing rooms with your child.
TO WEAR
Monday PE kit PE kit
Tuesday Games kit Games kit
Wednesday Uniform Uniform
Thursday Games kit Games kit
Friday Uniform Uniform
STATIONERY
Children in Upper School need to bring in a pencil case, which should contain HB pencils, coloured pencils, a pencil sharpener, an eraser, a glue stick and a 15-cm ruler.
SNACKS
Children may have fruit and vegetables, a small sandwich or fruit loaf, cereal bars, flapjacks (these must not contain chocolate), plain bread sticks, rice cakes or crackers, plain popcorn, smoothies. Please remember we are a nut-free school, so no nuts or sesame. They also need to bring in a named water bottle each day.
Please remember to name everything!
WHAT
3MB 3T
HOMEWORK & REPORTING
SEESAW
Homework will be recorded in the Upper School Diary and made available on Seesaw. To record and communicate with us about reading, please use the Upper School Diary. There is an option on Seesaw to comment directly for specific pieces of work, or you can use the Upper School Diary. We check both Seesaw and the Upper School Diary regularly. The following homework is set each week:
• Reading aloud (10 minutes) daily – please record this in the Upper School Diary
• Spelling/Handwriting (5 minutes) daily
• Times tables (5 minutes) daily
• Maths – one activity a week (15 minutes)
• English – one activity a week (15 minutes)
REPORTING
There are Parents’ Evenings and formal written feedback in the autumn and spring terms. A full report is prepared at the end of the summer term.
HOME/SCHOOL COMMUNICATION
IN PERSON/BY EMAIL
Please do email the Year 3 team if you have any concerns about your child. We are very happy to have a brief chat at drop off, but if you would like to talk for longer, we can arrange a convenient time to meet.
Our email addresses are: dblake@chinthurstschool.co.uk lmiddleton@chinthurstschool.co.uk sthomson@chinthurstschool.co.uk office@chinthurstschool.co.uk
YEAR 3 TOPICS & TRIPS
We have exciting cross-curricular topics each term:
AUTUMN:
SPRING:
SUMMER:
The Aztecs (history); The Americas (geography)
Vikings and Anglo-Saxons (history); American Issues, e.g. deforestation (geography)
The Stone Age (history); Child-led Learning (geography)
TRIPS – Science Trip (tbc) (autumn); History Workshop (spring); Juniper Hall (summer)
WHERE TO FIND INFORMATION
PARENT HANDBOOK – Contains detailed information on all aspects of school life.
SPORTS HANDBOOK – Further information about PE, games and swimming at Chinthurst.
WEEK AHEAD – Contains information about the children’s learning for the following week. These are issued by class teachers via Seesaw on a Friday.
THE CHRONICLE – Includes a message from the Head, a round-up of school news from the previous week and school notices. This is issued each week during term time.
SOCIAL MEDIA – Follow the school’s Instagram and Facebook accounts to see lots of the fun activities that take place on a day-to-day basis.
PRINTED CALENDAR – Issued at the start of each term.
CLASSLIST – We encourage parents to register with www.classlist.com to connect with other parents in their own class, year group or the whole school.
SPORTS WEBSITE Contains details of sports fixtures.
SCHOOLSBUDDY APP
Has details and takes bookings for:
• Wraparound care
• Co-curricular clubs
• Trips
New parents receive a log-in before the beginning of term.
EVENTS
We hope to see you at our family events throughout the year. These include:
• Grandparents’ Morning
• Sports Day
• Swimming Gala
• Church Assemblies
• Year 3 Production
Year 3 also take part in Harvest, Easter and Christmas Services.
Please keep an eye on the Chronicle and Classlist for more information about CPA events.
