Welcome to Class 3

Mrs SutcliffeMiss Popple & Mrs Carder

Miss Pacey

Encourage more independence e.g. Changing own reading books, remembering homework, P.E. kit etc.

No playtime in the afternoon. Line up in different places. First sitting for lunch.

Key Stage 2

Number – number and place value, addition & subtraction, multiplication & division, fractions

Measurement Geometry – properties of shapes Data handling Statistics – bar charts, pictograms and

tables Using and applying

Maths Topics

Stories with familiar settings Information texts Play Scripts Instructions Science fiction/fantasy stories Discussion texts Poetry Explanations Mystery stories Non-chronological reports Folktales and fairytales Biographies

Literacy Topics

Britain at War- Term 1 Funny Bones - Term2 Mighty Mountains - Terms 3 Stone Age – Term 4 Jack and the Beanstalk – Term 5 Burghley House - Term 6

Topic

Change their reading books when they need to and library books at lunch time.

Spellings set Monday and tested Friday. Maths or Literacy set Thursday and in on

Wednesday. Reading for a short time each night -please

sign. Diaries checked on Friday.

Homework

Trips to enhance topic throughout the year

St. George’s Church Swimming Spring term Friday mornings

Trips

Support homework Help pupils learn times tables and spellings Reading and asking questions. Signing diaries PE kits needed for Thursday and Friday School website for additional information www.st-georges-stamford.lincs.sch.uk/ https://home.espresso.co.uk (see login on back of home-school diary).

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/education - click on England KS2

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/

How you can help

Autumn 1 Katie Morag books – Mairi Hedderwick Buried Alive – Jacqueline Wilson The Shrimp – Emily Smith School according to Humphrey – Betty G.

Birney Judy Moody – Megan McDonald A Villain’s Night Out – Margaret Mahy

Suggested further reading

Autumn 2 Pippi Longstocking – Astrid Lindgren Sabine - Tim Kennemore Matilda – Roald Dahl The Marble Crusher – Michael Morpurgo Stig of the Dump – Clive King

Suggested further reading

Parents Evening 6th and 9th October Photographs 16th October Christmas Play Trips to enhance our topic work.

What is happening this term