welcome to year three. meet the team mrs saunders mrs brown mrs beeby miss murray
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Welcome to Year Three
Meet the team Mrs Saunders
Mrs Brown Mrs Beeby
Miss Murray
Meet the teamMrs Kings Mrs Crute- Morris
Mrs Gessey Mr Wilson
Mrs GalePicture to follow
Miss Davis
Uniform• Grey or black skirt/dress/trousers;• White shirt/polo top;• Burgundy sweatshirt/jumper/cardigan
– with school logo;• Black sensible shoes, white or grey
socks/tights;• Suitable winter coat or school fleece;• An old shirt to be used as a painting
apron (to be kept in school).• ALL NAMED PLEASE!
Snacks and break time• Morning playtime is 10:30-10:45am
• KS2 children can go to the studio to buy drinks and healthy snacks/toast (20p per slice).
• Every child should bring a named bottle of water to school every day. New bottles/tops available from school office.
• Children should not take food from lunchboxes at playtimes.
• Equipment is provided in all playgrounds for children to play with.
• The climbing wall, tyre park and assault course are used on a rota- Year Three are Thursdays.
• Your child may bring in an activity book for wet playtimes.
The New CurriculumCore Subjects
Year 3 Curriculum Overview for 2014 - 2015
Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2 Visits
English Stories with familiar settings Instructions
Shapes poems and calligrams Play scripts
Reports Myths Dialogue
LettersAuthors Library Dewey system
Poems to perform Adventures Recount
Mysteries Information texts Language play
Library Dewey System
Maths Abacus Scheme
Science Plants. Healthy Eating
Rocks/Magnets & Forces
Magnets &Forces/Rocks
Skeletons & Muscles
Skeletons & Muscles
Light & Shadows
Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1
Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2 Visits
Focus Stone Age, Bronze Age Iron age
Settlements Ancient Egypt Development of Transport
Local History Study
Sarehole Mill
History Skills
Timelines,development of tools and other important factors. Make a stone age tool out of raw materials.
How settlements have developed over time. Make a roundhouse out of clay, lollypop sticks and straw.
Timelines, farming, mummification, significant people (Tutankhamen)
Cause and consequence in bicycle designHistory of the bike
Moor PoolSocial historyand history of John Nettlefold, house types-architecture
Timelines,development of tools and other important factors.
Coventry Transport Museum
Library (local history)
Geography Skills
Farming methods Worldcomparisons Landmarks and land bridge
Compare and contrast new & old:OS Symbols and make own maps
Map work looking at continents and capitals- how to find these on maps.
The river Nile- uses and features; locating river on map and understanding how essential it is to daily life.
How roads and maps have changed with the development of transport: old & new maps.
Local map work, including four fig. grid references.Route planning
Moor Pool Estate
Winterbourne Gardens
Art and design
Collage
Cave paintingColour mixing and dyes
Make a Christmas decoration- sewing.Diwali related items
Make papyrus paper.Make Basa
Make a mummy out of mud rock.Make an egg cosy- sewing.
Poster art-form and layoutMake a moving vehicle.
Monet’s water lilies.
Design and technology
Textiles.
Food technology linked to Diwali
Food related to the Egyptians.
Textiles Pneumatics
Computing Presenters Bug Fixers Network Engineers
Opinion Pollsters Communicators
Programmers
Languages See French scheme
Monet
R.E BA Syllabus
Diwali
Music Three Little Birds- Reggae
Ho, Ho, Ho Glockenspiel Stage 2
Benjamin Britten- There was a Monkey
Let your Spirits Fly
Reflect, Rewind and Replay
Reading• All children bring book bags in every
day;• Two books: Reading Book and Choice
Book;• Red Reading Diary – 1 or 2 comments
about your child’s reading at home should be recorded every week please;
• Please do not put water bottles in book bags; they often leak!
• Reading Pamphlets will be given to parents in Reception and Year 3 with more guidance for supporting reading.
Weekly homework• Reading (books to be
brought to school daily)• Spellings (tested on
Fridays)• Spelling sentences due
in on Wednesday.• Mathematics due in on
Wednesday
Occasional homework
• Recipe book (Autumn Term linked to food topic & instructional writing)
• Book review• Additional tasks
related to class work
P.E.
• Please name all kit.• Your child’s P.E. kit should be kept in
school during term times.• Kit will be sent home half-termly to wash
or replace if out-grown.• Long hair must be tied back.• No jewellery.
3S 3B 3M
Monday & Tuesday
Tuesday & Wednesday
Monday &Thursday
Swimming
• Each class will have 16 weeks of swimming lessons.
• Each lesson is 45 minutes long.• Jen Yates, a Swimming Instructor,
and the Class Teacher teach 3 ability groups.
Swimming Kit• Kit: swimming hat, costume or trunks
(not baggy shorts), goggles, if needed, and a towel. Boys shorts must finish well above the knee;
• No jewellery; • Snacks can be brought in for after
swimming;• More details will be provided in the
Spring Term, just before Y3 start swimming.
Parent Helpers please……• Swimming (letters to follow);• Educational visits;• Sewing activities;• DBS checks through school are
needed; please see office• All helpers or visitors should enter
via main School Office and be signed in officially.
• Sarehole Mill trip:– Friday 25th September- 3M– Thursday 1st October- 3B– Friday 2nd October- 3S
• 8th October- Y3 Breakfast with Dads. • Diwali Assembly 17th, 19th and 20th November; • Monday 5th October INSET school closed to pupils;• Half term week beginning 26th October;• School photographer 10th November;• Autumn Parents’ evenings 10th and 12th November;• Theatre visit 14th December:
– Gangsta Granny
Later in the year……..
• Mid term report in January/February with targets;
• Parents’ Evenings in February;• End of year report in July;• Optional Parents’ Evening after final
report.
Key Events Year 3Autumn Spring Summer
Diwali cookery and
Assembly
Swimming starts
Sports day
Theatre trip Pancake decoration
Coventry TransportMuseum
Sarehole Mill Egg competition
Visits to Moor Pool
and Winterbourne
Christmas Party
