Welcome to Year 3.Miss Gravenell & Mrs Kirkham

Rowan

Aims of the Meeting

To outline expectations of the curriculum.

To provide a guide of what the school year will be like for Year 3

To refresh on the behaviour, homework and uniform policy.

To answer any questions or concerns you may have.

If I make the choice to …Be honest

Speak politely to all adults

Look after property

Listen carefully

Be kind and behave in a

friendly way

Work to the best of my ability

WELL DONE!I will receive positive praise

I might share my learning with

a member of SLT

I might have my behaviour

recognised in Celebration

Assembly

I might receive a privilege

If I make the choice to…

• Leave my seat unnecessarily…

• Call out…

• Distract others…

• Not listen to my teacher, TA or other

children…

• Argue with other children…

• Be unkind to others…

I will receive an ‘in class

consequence’:

• I might be given a gentle reminder

about Green Behaviours

• I might be told to change my seat or

table

• I might have a 5 minute time out in

class

• I might spend 5 minutes of my

playtime with my teacher completing

missed learning

If I make the choice to…

•Continue to show disruptive

behaviour after an ‘in class

consequence’…

•Refuse to follow the instructions of

an adult…

•Throw, misuse or break

equipment…

•Be rude to an adult or answer

back…

I will receive an ‘out of class

consequence’ and my parents will

be informed by my teacher:

• I might be sent to a member of

SLT for 15 minutes to continue

with learning

• I might lose half of my lunchtime

with a member of SLT

If I make the choice to…

• Continue to show disruptive behaviour after

an ‘out of class consequence’…

• Intentionally fight with or injure another

pupil…

• Refuse a member of SLT …

• Deliberately damage school property

• Endanger myself or others with my

behaviour…

• Swear or use racist or abusive language

• Speak aggressively to staff…

• Physically hurt a member of staff…

• Leave school premises without permission…

I will be sent to the Headteacher or

Deputy Headteacher and they will inform

my parents…

• I might lose all of my lunchtime with the

Deputy or Headteacher

• I might lose a privilege

• I might be internally isolated in the

Headteacher’s office for a morning or

afternoon

• I might be internally isolated in the

Headteacher’s office for a whole day

• I might be excluded from school for a

fixed period

• Other reward systems that will be used in Rowan class include:• Raffle tickets• Golden Time• Star of the Week

• Golden Term – all children will start the week with 20 minutes Golden Time. Golden Time might be lost for poor behaviour and non completion of homework and home reading.

• Star of the Week – As when I taught Year 4 each week, one pupil will be picked to take home Bertie – our class bear. You are invited to take photos of your child’s adventures with Bertie and write about it in Bertie’s book of adventures.

School Values

Independence: We think for ourselves

Collaboration: We share ideas and support our peers Curiosity : We explore and experiment

Reflection: We reflect on our learning

Innovation: We create and innovate

Resilience: We take risks

Children are not permitted to wear jewellery or nail varnish. If any child comes into class with either they will be asked to remove it. (Nail varnish remover will be provided).

If your child has pierced ears they may wear one pair of small, plain studs.

Make-up should not be worn, even on non-school uniform days.

During the hotter months, children may bring a roll on deodorant, if they need to.

School shirts and shoes should be changed for PE. If your child does not have suitable footwear or kit then they will not be able to join in with the lesson and will have to go to another class with some classwork.

Please name all uniform and kit. In secondary school your child will be expected to look after numerous items!

School uniform

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This year the staff have been hard at work redesigning the curriculum to make it more relevant and engaging for the children. You might notice that some of our topics have changed and it is now called ENQUIRY. We believe that the children will benefit from

this type of learning by having more ownership, posing their own questions and

leading explorations.

On the school website, you will find a copy of the Year 3 Long Term Planning and I will also have copies available for you to take home with you if you would like one.

Term 1 – Prehistoric Britain (Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age), including Rocks and Soils (History and Science)Term 2 – The Romans (history)Term 3 – Natural Disasters (science and geography based)Term 4 – Holidays (geography)Term 5- Life on Planet Earth (science)Term 6 – Forces and Light (science)

This academic year, we are introducing ‘Big Questions’ to our curriculum and learning. Each topic that Rowan class will learn about is based around a ‘big question’ which we will endeavour to try and answer as a class by the end of the topic.The ‘big questions’ Rowan Class will consider are…Term 1 – Do prehistoric people look like Fred Flintstone?Term 2 – What did the Romans do for us?Term 3 - Why does an earthquake make the earth shake? Why are there volcanoes in the sea?Term 4 - Where is the best/most important/most interesting country/continent to visit?' Term 5 – Would you rather a cactus in the desert or a penguin in Antarctica? Term 6 – Is it a kind of magic?

Important information For Term 1, PE lessons will take place on Monday and

Thursday afternoons: this will change throughout the year so please ensure that your child has a PE kit in school every day.

In Term 5, Rowan Class will have Forest School. You will receive more information on this nearer the time.

• In Year 3, your children will learn about a range of mathematical concepts and build on their existing learning from previous year groups.

• The long term maths plan on your tables details the topics from the national curriculum that Year 3 will be learning and in which order.

• It is very important that pupils learn their times table facts up to 12x12 ahead of their multiplication test in Year 4.

• TT Rockstars is a fantastic resource that allows children to learn their times table facts in a fun and engaging way. Children will be rewarded for regular use of TT Rockstars at weekends and out of school hours.

• We will be doing a range of multiplication activities throughout the year in class to support this further.

Maths in Year 3

• All English lessons are linked to the enquiry of the term

• In Year 3, the children will be supported in increasing the length and quality of their written work. We will be focusing on developing and broadening vocabulary and their use of punctuation.

• We will also be continuing to develop their editing and proof reading skills using purple polishing pens.

• We have a lesson dedicated to Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar three times a week as well as short daily coverage of key Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar skills needed to compose their own work.

• We will be looking at a range of texts from a variety of genres, including Roman mythology, information texts, Stig of the Dump, explanation texts and poetry.

• We have lessons solely on Guided Reading 2-3 times a week. This is an opportunity to delve deeper into a text, focusing on inference, prediction and searching for evidence. The children are invited to have their own discussions around a text and share their opinions, providing reasons for this where possible.

English in Year 3

• PE will be taught twice a week by Miss Gravenell. • We will be covering the following areas:• Term 1 – gymnastics and hockey• Term 2 – rock and roll movement to music and

netball• Term 3 – gymnastics and team building/OAA

(outdoor adventurous activity)• Term 4 – movement to music and tennis• Term 5 – striking/fielding (cricket) and football • Term 6 – athletics and handball

Take away homework is given out termly and will look like this:

The expectation is that children will complete the tasks in their own order andreturn by Thursday each week for rewards. All tasks need to be completed by theend of term or children will be kept in at lunchtime to finish. A copy of the takeaway homework will be available on the school website should your child losetheirs.

Home Learning

Develop a love of

reading

(CURIOSITY)

Examples of Weekly

Class Homework Tasks

(COLLABORATION)

Ongoing Independent

Tasks

(INNOVATION)

Timestables

Expectation for Year

Group

(INDEPENDENCE)

Daily Reading –20mins

x 5

Ensure a variety of

texts can be accessed:

poetry, non-fiction,

diaries, newspapers,

blogs, graphic novels,

short stories.

Projects based on the

class enquiry.

Maths Revision

workbooks

Grammar Revision

workbooks

IXL maths website

consolidation.

Spelling log books.

Multiplication and

division facts up to 12 x

12.

Home Learning

Assessment

• Once per term, the children will be given informal assessments in class during assessment week to analyse their knowledge and address any gaps they may have.

• Children’s progress is continually monitored via speaking and listening activities, daily marking and intervention groups.

• The children will have a spelling test once a week as well as regular times table activities and challenges as previously mentioned.

-Come and talk to us straight away. My door is always open after school.

-If your issue is urgent and you cannot see me after school, please speak to Mrs Baksh or Mrs Palmer, who are on the door every morning. The message is passed straight to me during registration.

If you have any concerns…

Dates for your diary

10th September – Rock Day – Year 3 are having a special visitor next week. We will have a whole day workship around rocks (including fossils and soils) which will be informative and fun.

Thank you for your time.

Any questions?

0300 065 8430

http://www.senacre-wood.kent.sch.uk/