Welcome to Year 3 Teachers Miss Yiu Miss

Welcome to Year 3 Teachers – Miss Yiu, Miss Lennon Support Staff – Mr Marsh and Mrs Morrissey

How to get in touch: • Speak to your child’s teacher or TA on the Year 3/4 door • Send a note in with your child requesting an appointment • Arrange an appointment via the office • Parents evening on Monday 20 th, Tuesday 21 st and Wednesday 22 nd November

Weekly Timetable SC Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 08. 50 -09. 10 Morning work Morning work 09. 10 - 09. 30 Assembly Assembly Numeracy Numeracy 10. 30 -10. 4512. 15 Break Literacy Break Literacy – Guided Reading 12. 15 -13. 25 Lunch Lunch 09. 30 -10. 30 13. 2515. 30 Topic Outdoor Games Science Dance/ Gym ICT PPA (French/ Drumming) Handwriting PSHE/RE - rota Golden Time

Behaviour Expectations: • • 6 Golden Expectations Traffic Light systems Golden certificates Team points/ golden book

ICT/E - Safety • We take this issue very seriously at Brookburn Primary. • Internet and social media safety is taught to all year groups at the beginning of the school year. We have school-wide safety features, but if anything gets past the filters, students are taught to switch off the screen and report to a member of staff immediately. • Our digital code – Zip it, Block it, Flag it. • We value your support in keeping children safe online by urging you to supervise your child’s on line presence at home and to regularly check your privacy settings on social media sites For more info see the IT section of our website under the curriculum tab.

Attendance and Punctuality • School doors open from 8. 50 am and close promptly at 9 am. • Once the door is locked all children must enter school via the main entrance to be recorded as late. • Doors open to dismiss children at 3. 30 pm and are locked at 3. 40 pm. Any children not collected will be sent to the office where their parents will be contacted.

• Persistently late/poor attendance- a record is kept in the class register and parents are contacted. Learning sessions not attended significantly impact on children’s learning and are recorded as unauthorised absence in the register. • Please be aware that the Local Authority monitor unauthorised absences and, where appropriate, will issue penalty notices or consider prosecution in the magistrates court. If your child is experiencing any problems that may be affecting their attendance or punctuality, then please contact their

Curriculum for the year Ø English/ Maths each morning Ø PE - Monday / Wednesday Ø Topics for the year – Ø Ancient Egypt, Entertainment in the 20 th Century, Changes to Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age Ø Land Use, The UK.

Curriculum for the year • Science – Plants, Rocks, Light, Human Body, Magnets and Forces. • Proposed trips – Theatre, Museum • Visitors – Stone Age workshop/ Music through the ages workshop

• We are introducing a programme called No Nonsense Spelling • The focus of the programme is on the teaching of spelling, which embraces knowledge of spell- ing conventions – patterns and rules; but integral to the teaching is the opportunity to promote the learning of spellings, including statutory words, common exceptions and personal spellings. • Tips for learning spellings at home • Learning at home needs to be an extension of the practice in school. We will send a short list of words home each week for children to learn. • Look at the spelling pattern and use the suggested strategies to support your child to learn them. • We will assess the spellings in context, for example: learning spellings in a given sentence, generating sentences for each word, assessing through unseen dictated sentences. • We will focus on ensuring that your child then applies the correct spelling in his/her writing.

Assessment Fortnight Over 2 weeks each term, teachers will assess and discuss the progress of targets with each child. These will be followed by Parents’ Evenings so that we can share children’s individual targets with parents.

Key areas that we will be working on in Year 3: Ø Learn to recall multiplication facts for the 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10 multiplication times tables. Ø Recall multiplication facts in a random order with speed (count 5 seconds between each question). Ø Written methods for the 4 main operations. Ø Using various sentence structures Ø Use full stops, capital letters, question marks, exclamation marks and speech marks. Ø Spelling/handwriting See draft calculation policy on website for more support.

How can you help? Ø Homework – every Friday to be returned by the following Wednesday. Comprises English, Maths, Spellings and Times Tables or occasionally special projects. Ø Reading books changed every Wednesday. Daily reading at home – 15 minutes. Ø We ask for your help in supporting children with this work and ensure that books are returned to school promptly (£ 5 cost for lost books).

Reminders Ø PE bags – bring in on Monday and stay in school Ø Labelling – please label with children’s full name Ø Lost property – encourage children to be responsible for their possessions Ø Jewellery – watches and stud earrings only (must be removed for PE) Ø PE Kit - black or navy shorts/jogging bottoms/leggings and a white t-shirt – trainers for outside. ØDen day (Monday) – Children to have a change of shoes, trousers and coat. Ø Medical – inhalers to be kept in school.

http: //brookburnprimary. net/ Ø The website provides information about the new assessment policy which was introduced last year. Ø Sign up for the Weekly Newsletter Ø Year 3 Blog Access our class blogs to see what we have been up to and to find links to play games that will help with your child’s learning: Miss Yiu: 3 b 2017. brookburnprmary. net Miss Lennon: 3 a 2017. brookburnprmary. net

An Appeal In order to minimise mess during art activities, please could we ask you to donate any old shirts/tshirts/aprons? Thank you!