The Year 3 team are Miss Sibley, Miss Andrews and Mr Watson

Aim of our chat

We will talk about the following:

Spelling Reading English Maths Curriculum Sets, groupings and

intervention An example timetable - Autumn 2016 E-Safety Reminders Questions?

Welcome to Year 3

English

Units of work (fiction, non-fiction and poetry)

Emphasis on extended writing Regular handwriting (cursive script) Speaking and listening SPAG (Spelling, Punctuation and

Grammar) Reading

Spelling

New Curriculum focus on SPaG (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar)

Follow a spelling programme Three spelling lessons a week Editing, dictionary work Marking code -sp. Not weekly lists home

Reading

Banding Personal selection including texts

from home – variety of genres (FREE FRIDAY).

Reading records (at least 3 signatures from home per week)

Guided reading Reading with adults in school (parent

helpers welcome please!!)

Maths

New Curriculum – focus on fluency of Number, Problem Solving and Reasoning Skills.

Maths Investigations Oral and mental starters Mental maths tests and times tables Guided groups Calculation methods Real life examples at home Sumdog www.histonimpington-jun.cambs.sch.uk/

online games

International Primary Curriculum (IPC)

Subject links – Science, Geography, Art, DT, History, Music

Themes: Brainwave, Active Planet, Anglo Saxons, Bright Sparks, Rainforest, Living Together (local History study), Shaping Up.

Subjects outside IPC – RE, PE, PSHE, French, recorders, Computing

Sets, groupings and intervention

Ability groupings in all classes Year 3 intervention groups to help

with needs of children

E-Safety in Year 3PROGRAMME OVERVIEW

• Protect personal information.

• Know what online services are age appropriate for me.

• To know how to stay safe using popular online services.

• Use safety features of web sites and know how to report problems.

• Downloading files and games safely.

• Good choices about the amount of time I spend online.

• Posting positive comments online.

• Choose secure passwords.

• Protect personal information.

Links to ShareThese are great websites to check out for more information:

For parents/carers• kidsmart.org.uk/parents• thinkuknow.co.uk/parents• askaboutgames.com• ccc-esafety.org.uk/

For children• Lee and Kim video (thinkuknow)• Caught in the web (newsround) Yr5/6• The smart crew (childnet.com)

Reminders

Reading records Homework on Thursday PE kit labelled, including shoes Recorders Water bottles Size of bag Parents’ evening Labels

Questions?