y3 parent evening ppt

We would like to share the details of what your child will experience and how they will grow, achieve and develop in Year 3. We are a team of teachers who work together.

Welcome to

Year 3

Life in Year 3Your child needs:-• hat and water bottle• book bag• a pencil case (sensible size)• glue stick• HB pencil• coloured pencils• eraser• ruler (30cm clear plastic)• whiteboard marker• highlighter pen• 4B/2B pencils for drawing• Pencil sharpener• 1 GB memory stick• recorder/music folder

Classroom OrganisationDeveloping Independence

• Essential Agreement • Uniform, hats, hair and

jewelry!• Snack & Lunch – Healthy!• Diaries• 3 way conferences (10th

October)• Contact the office – sickness,

changes to going home arrangements

• Spelling Journal/Reading books

Our Year 3 Curriculum • Inquiry– includes English, Maths,

Science, History, Geography, PSHE, Art, and Design Technology, Physical Education

• English – reading, writing, spelling,

speaking and listening • Mathematics • ICT • Mandarin• Music

Making balanced choices may contribute to a healthy lifestyle

-The choices we can make (Responsibility)

- Why it is important to make good choices (Causation)

- How we can improve our health (Reflection)

Sharing the Planet

Where We are in Place and Time

How We Express Ourselves

People can establish practices in order to sustain the Earth’s resources.

Place can be represented in different ways to help us know where we are and what is around us. (mapping) Unit

under review.

An appreciation of visual arts can inspire people to express their feelings and ideas.

How We Organise Ourselves

How the World Works

Inquiry Units in Year 3

Interconnected systems are needed to get food to people.

The properties of air allow us to use it in many different ways.

Library and Home Learning• Library – children will have the opportunity during the week to change their library books during break times. Each class will also have a weekly session in the library.

• Home Learning – will be given out once a fortnight. On a Friday it will be glued into home learning books and a copy placed on the Learning Gateway. There will be set tasks which must be completed as well as a selection of optional activities.

•Home learning will be returned to school after two weekends on the Monday. This will allow for the learning to be shared and viewed in class.

The Home Learning Grids The Home Learning Grids Will…Will…

• Be differentiated;

• Contain elements of choice and tasks that must be completed;

• Be expected to be completed over a period of time that includes a number of school days and at least one weekend;

• As much as possible be linked to learning being undertaken at school and at home;

• Include Chinese language and sometimes other specialist subjects.

Parents - we need you!•Trips•Expertise•Support You can also follow us

on Twitter•Search for @cwbsy3•Year 3 will try and update

during the week

Thank you for taking the time to come along to our Year 3

information evening.

We hope you have gained some understanding of how the year group will aim to

operate.