Welcome to Class 3 Meet the Teacher Teacher Mrs Payne Teaching Assistants: Ms Jones & Mrs Drewett Things to remember to help your child in class 3.
Maths • Maths lessons in year 3 are differentiated according to ability. • Maths is monitored on regular basis by both the class teachers and by the Maths co-ordinator. • Movement between the groups is on-going throughout the year. • Children who are secure in their tables tend to be able to complete all numeric tasks quickly, allowing them to progress at a greater rate.
Guided Reading • All children are put into reading groups according to their current reading ability. • Guided reading sessions are to support decoding and comprehension skills. • Children who are on the reading scheme are expected to have a free reading book to encourage a love of reading.
Behaviour • I have high expectations of behaviour from all my pupils and will inform you regularly of any incidences of poor behaviour via your child’s contact book or blue slips if necessary. • Please make sure you discuss any issues with your child then please acknowledge - by signature and return the reply slip asap, as these are held on class records.
Play times • Play times are for socialising and playing with friends, if a child chooses to take this time during lessons however, instead of completing their learning, they will miss the official break time to catch up; this is non negotiable. However, a note from me will appear in your child’s contact book so that you are informed; again please take the opportunity to discuss the importance of appropriate behaviour.
Duty Room • For more serious incidences children will spend time in the duty room. • Additionally children who do not complete any home learning will go to the duty room during lunch time in line with the school’s home learning policy and home school agreement. The duty room is supervised but tasks will be expected to be completed independently it is not a home learning club.
Home Contact Books • All children now have a home contact book. The book should be in school every day. The book is a vital link between home and school and enables information relevant to your child to be passed on quickly. • Children in key stage 2 are responsible for alerting the teacher to any messages from home and will be expected to hand them to me after registration. • If there is a need for me to contact you more urgently to discuss any concerns, I will contact you by telephone, so please ensure the office has your up to date contact numbers.
Home Learning Logs • As part of the home school agreement, all children at High Firs are required to complete a weekly home learning log. • The tasks set are important and provide opportunities for the preparation and consolidation of learning at school. • These are set on Thursday and need to be handed in the following Wednesday. Copies of the tasks are available weekly on the class 3 page of the school website. • To support maths I have supplied a log in details for every child so that they can all access any tasks set on the my maths website, these have been stuck into your child’s first learning log book. • In-line with the school home learning policy those children who do not hand in learning logs will be asked to complete them in their own time.
Home learning • New spellings will be sent home on Tuesday written into the front of the spelling book, these need to be learnt ready for the test the following Tuesday. The best way to learn these is to use look, cover, write, check. • The test will sometimes be in the form of a short dictation which will include some of the words from the spelling list. These words are the focus for the marking , not all words in the dictation will be corrected, however the children will not know which words will come up so it is important for them to practise all spellings given. • Learning Logs are sent home every Thursday and need to be returned the following Wednesday to allow for feedback. Children may of course bring in learning logs sooner if they are completed and this allows staff extra marking time which is very helpful. Tasks will include English, reading, maths (set appropriate) and links to other curriculum areas; which slightly more than they have been used to in key stage 1. Red challenge tasks are optional and are intended for those children who are keen to extend their learning. • If your child does not understand any task they should speak to me or one of the class TAs about this before the hand in day, so that additional explanations / support can be given. If your child is still struggling to complete a task please sign to this affect, so that we are aware that some attempt has been made.
Supporting Reading • Your child’s reading book plus the reading record / contact book needs to be in school every day. • Even though your child maybe a fluent reader and beyond the reading scheme it is still vital to listen to them read regularly and to ask them questions about the text to ensure the text they are selecting is understood. • Encourage your child to read both fiction and non-fiction text. • Reading ages given at parent’s evening will be chronological and against reading comprehension. Most able readers tend to have a comprehension age 18mnths – 2 years above their chronological age.
Supporting Reading at Home Ideally children should read for about 10-20 minutes every evening, followed by a short discussion about the book they have read. • This will support your child in being able to: • argue, with evidence, for a literary preference • recognise the differences between author, narrator and character in a story • identify how characters are developed in the text • identify how the setting and the plot are developed • make suitable inferences and deductions • look for meaning beyond the literal. • Please ask me for a sheet of example questions if you need support with ideas to improve the quality of your home reading sessions.
Supporting Writing • When supporting children at home children should be encouraged to check: • Vocabulary • Handwriting • Conjunctions • Openers • Punctuation • Spelling • Please encourage your child to check that they have used all elements when completing any home learning log writing tasks and also to check that their writing makes sense!!
P.E Indoor P.E. kit needs to be in school at all times (White shirt, Black shorts plus plimsolls). Additionally, your child may bring in a track suit & trainers for when it is particularly cold outside. All items must be named please!!! P.E. is on a Monday and Thursday, however kit needs to be in school everyday as sessions can change and other opportunities offered periodically. Hair should be tied back for P.E and all jewellery removed. If your child wears earrings they will need to be able to remove them independently before the lesson for health and safety reasons. If they need to cover their ears with tape this should also be sent in.
Assessments • Much of the assessment will be carried out termly; pupil progress being based upon teacher assessment. • In addition to literacy & numeracy children will sit verbal and non-verbal reasoning test throughout the year. • Assessments are based upon age related expectations for the new national curriculum programmes of study for each year group and are expressed as: emerging, expected and exceeding. • Comments on the end of year reports will reflect these new assessments. Classes working under the new national curriculum – Assessment guide Year Expected Level 1 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 2 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 3 Step 10 Step 11 Step 12 4 Step 13 Step 14 Step 15 5 Step 16 Step 17 Step 18 6 Step 19 Step 20 Step 21
Finally, Please remember: Name all items of clothing, water bottles, sun hats etc. and any money sent into school - including raffle money etc. Please check school bags regularly for notes and letters. If you need to see me as a matter of urgency I am generally in school from around 8.00am. However, I am usually busy preparing for the day, so if it is a more general enquiry / concern, would you please make an appointment for after school as this will enable me to offer you more time for discussion. Please note Thursday evenings all staff are required to attend a meeting at 3.30pm and I run a club on Monday evening until 4.00pm.
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