Year 3 Presentation to parents 2019-2020
Please could we ask you to complete a question sheet.
Welcome to Year 3 Avon Class Teacher Mrs C Vernall ( PPA Thursday-Mrs J Whittall) Teaching Assistants: Mrs S Carluke, Miss C Davies. Chelt Class Teacher Mr C Gotobed (PPA- Mrs J Smith) Teaching Assistants : Mrs G Tambling.
Communication • Class Dojo -is the means by which we shall communicate any messages or reminders. This is also the best way to contact us. Please ensure that you are signed up to Class Dojo. • Reporting absence - please contact the office by phone and leave a message or visit reception. Please don’t report absence through DOJO. • School newsletters are sent via email and can be accessed on the school website. Letters will be sent home for trips/ clubs etc • Please update your contact details with the school office if they change during the course of the year.
Snacks/ Lunchtime • Snacks – children can bring healthy snacks of fruit or vegetables to eat at break time. • Water bottles- children are encouraged to drink water and can bring their own drink bottles into the classroom. • Lunch – hot dinners are available and the new menus have been sent home this week. You should also have received your information about Parent Pay.
Expectations • We expect children to actively listen in class and to engage in their learning in order to achieve the very best that they can. In general, we expect all children to use the Gems that they have been introduced to. • We celebrate their achievements, behaviour and gem power in weekly assemblies and reward them accordingly. • We vary our teaching and activities to include: whole class, small group, paired and individual tasks and encourage the children to work with a range of their peers.
Gem Power!
Curriculum The 3 main topics covered over the year are : • Ancient Egyptians-History focus • A study of the local area- based on local history and geography. • The Rain Forest – Science and Geography focus.
Science Geography We will be identifying that ICT English animals, including humans, We will be locating continents , the In ICT we will be creating We will be studying the book Equator, the tropics, the hemispheres need the right types and amount PowerPoints and inserting ‘The Happy Prince’ and our and Egypt. We will be studying the of nutrition, and that they images and sound files River Nile, creating a map of Egypt focus is on using effective cannot make their own food; We will then research Ancient and locating important landmarks sentences in a fairy tale. they get nutrition from what like the pyramids. Egypt with minimal adult input We will then investigate non- they eat. Multi-Cultural week-learning about and share our learning with fiction and explanation texts Also, identifying that humans Holland. others. We will then go on to based on ‘The Robot Dog’. and some other animals have answer questions about the skeletons and muscles for topic. P.S.H.C.E support, protection and (Personal, Social, Health and movement. Citizenship Education) We will then investigate Mathematics New Beginnings different types of rocks. We will be focussing on the Mindfulness- Focused for learning understanding of number including Relationships – friendships Ancient Egyptians Place Value of hundreds, tens and ones in numbers to 1,000. Autumn Term MFL - French We will then move on to addition and (Modern Foreign Languages) subtraction including mental methods We will be learning numbers to 10, common Year 3 as well as formal written methods. We greetings and classroom instructions . We will will revise the multiplication tables x2 Key Question: What was it like to begin to ask for and give our name. We will spend x5 x10 live in Ancient Egypt? some time at Christmas looking at how the French celebrate Christmas. History During European Week-we will learn about In History, we will do an in depth study of the Holland. Art Ancient Egyptians. We will learn about who built the pyramids and the discovery of Music We will begin with colour mixing using paint. Tutankhamen’s tomb. We will then look at the We will look at the works of artists for We will be learning songs for Young inspiration and look at how the Egyptians' achievements of the earliest civilizations gaining Voices. painted their tombs. We will paint an an overview of where and when the first We also learn some songs based on Egyptian wall painting based on the story of civilizations appeared. ‘The Blue Hippo’. our topic of Ancient Egypt. R.E DT P.E We will be thinking about what In DT we will study Levers and Linkages and Christians learn from the creation story. This term in PE we will be doing investigate different objects that use a lever We will them move on to think about football. We will then learn a Dance and pivot. We will investigate how a shaduf what is it like for someone to follow based on the Egyptians! works and design and create a miniature God. working shaduf.
English An explanation text – How a robot dog works. Non-chronological report A recount- A walk in the woods
Maths Maths Mastery Maths is taught daily within the class. The children work with a ‘Talking Partner’ for the first part of the lesson while the teacher models and demonstrates the learning objective. Independently ,the children work on ‘Do It’ , ‘Twist it’ and ‘Prove it’ , questions.
Support • Differentiated work • Reading- Read, Write Inc • Groups and Interventions • Mrs Cross
P.E P.E Kit • House coloured T shirt • Dark plain shorts • Daps or trainers • Tracksuit bottoms/ Joggers/ leggings and a hoodie/ sweatshirt. • P.E will be on Monday( Hall) and Tuesday( Games outdoors) • P.E over the year will consist of Football, Tennis, Dance, Gym, Athletics, outdoor/Forest School activities.
PSHE • Mindfulness techniques/ dealing with emotions • Relaxation and calming techniques- recognise importance of Mental Health. • The 5 Ways to Well Being are linked to Positive Playtimes.
Homework Reading • We encourage all children to read daily at home as well as complete guided reading group activities daily in school. • We ask that children record their reading on the Reading Record card. Please could parents sign this to confirm their reading. They can read alone or with an adult. • Children are guided to choose books from school that are appropriate for their reading skills. • Children should change their reading books at least once a week but can do so as often as possible.
Reading Children are rewarded for reading. Each ‘read’ could be 10 minutes reading , a number of pages or a chapter of a book. Certificates are rewarded for the number of reads achieved. 10, 20, 30, 40, 50. Then 75, 100, 125, 150 etc. Any reading that your child does (reading book, library book, books from home) can be recorded on the reading record and count for the reading challenge.
Homework Times Tables • The National Curriculum states that children should know times tables facts by the end of Y4. • Through the use of Times Tables Rockstars we encourage children to practise and learn multiplication and division facts on a regular basis. They are rewarded with certificates. • Children are also able to achieve their times tables badge and then division badge. • Please ask if you think that your child does not have a TTR login.
Homework Spelling • Children are given spelling lists on Mondays that we ask them to practise at home as well as daily in school. This they can do in their homework books. • A list of ways to practise spellings is included in the homework book. • Spellings will be tested in class the following Monday. Topic grid of activities • In addition, we provide a grid of activities that are linked to our class topic. • These are entirely optional but are usually a fun way for parents to talk to their children about what they are learning at school.
Trip A trip is planned for the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford on Friday 22 nd November. The children will take part in a workshop ‘ Egypt Detectives’. Further information will follow shortly.
Trips/Clubs/Events • A clubs letter will follow in the coming week. • Drop in Thursday morning between 8.40 and 8.55- parents are welcome to pop in early and look at the work the children have been doing that week. • This term the whole school will be preparing to take part in ‘Young Voices’ in January.
Parent Helpers • If you would like to help please let your class teacher know.
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