Welcome to Hiltingbury Junior School –Year 3

HSPTA: Who are we?

Helen Beeken(Chair)

Yr4 and Yr6

Other members of the committee:

Nina Silson (YrR/Yr4), Clare Home (Yr3/Yr6), Millie Lockely-Boyd (Yr3/Yr6), Rob Gair (Yr5), Dominic Hagyard (Yr1), Erin Newcombe (YrR/Yr2), Hanette Watson (Yr2)

Presidents and teacher reps:

Miss Philip (Junior School Head), Mr Clark (Junior School Deputy Head), Mrs Moden (Infant School Head), Mrs Ford (Infant School Yr2 teacher)

Nicky Wood

(Vice Chair)

Yr2 and Yr6

Sangit Sandu

(Co-Secretary)

Yr2 and Yr6

Carol Jones

(Treasurer)

Yr5

Juliette Baker

(Co-Secretary)

Yr5

What do we do and why get involved?

HSPTA has funded or help fund:

• improvements to the book corners in the infant school.

• improvements in both schools.• the junior school IT suite

refurbishment.• Chrome books for the junior

school.• outdoor space improvements at

the infant school.• class Christmas Presents, such as

dressing up clothes, lego blocks and much needed dictionaries.

HSPTA PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FOR OUR CHILDREN

HSPTA PROVIDES EXPERIENCES FOR OUR CHILDREN AND SCHOOL COMMUNITY

• Christmas Fair• Spooks and Sparks Fireworks

Display• Easter egg Hunt• Summer Fair• Disco’s• Car Boot Sales• Second Hand Uniform Sales• Christmas Card scheme• Golden Draw

• Be directly involved in helping to raise much needed funds for the schools.

• Meet new people.• Learn new skills or use old

ones you don’t remember having!

• Be part of a great team of volunteers who are wanting to support the schools.

WHY JOIN THE HSPTA?

The HSPTA Needs You!• Come along and support the events

• Be part of an event organising team

• Help out at an event - just 1 hour helps!

• Help in the run up to an event

• Help “behind the scenes”

• Join the committee -

• We will need a Yr3 representative 2019/2020

• Chair, Vice Chair and Treasurer roles for 2019/2020 needed!!

• Sign up to the Golden Draw

• Use “The Giving Machine”(www.thegivingmachine.co.uk) or register with Amazon Smile when purchasing online

Get in touch via info@hspta.co.uk, or visit our website www.pta-events.co.uk/hspta or join our Facebook group facebook.com/groups/hspta.

Year 3 Team

3P

Mrs Pollock

(Head of Year 3)

Year 3 Team

3CR

Mrs Cheshire

Mrs Richardson

Year 3 Team

3DN

Mrs Deacon

Mrs Nurdin

Year 3 Team

Year 3 teaching assistant

Mrs Raja

Year 3 Team

SLCN

Mrs Hall (manager)

Transition

✓Story swap

✓Shared playtimes

✓Tours

✓Year 2 detectives

✓Rainbow Rendezvous

✓Transfer afternoon

✓Buddy for children joining from new schools

Hiltingbury Learner

School Trips and Visitors✓Aesop’s Fables: English

✓Hiltingbury Rec Geography and English

✓Stonehenge: History = Stone Age

✓St Boniface Church: RE = Christian Rituals

✓Art Gallery: Art

✓Warburtons: Science = Healthy Me

✓Paultons : Science = Forces

✓Sir Harold Hillier Gardens: Science = Plants

✓Play-in-a-day: History = Romans

Home Learning

•Reading (Link and Hiltingbury Junior 100)

•Spellings (Friday to Thursday)

•Maths – Number bonds and tables

• Inspirational person project

•Public speech

•See Homework booklet for more information

Reading

• During first few weeks = assessment of current reading level

• Reading books provided – suitable to reading age (from structured reading library or class book corner or library)

• Books from home

• Reading record

• Visiting the school library (3 books for 3 weeks) – open daily, with late opening on Fridays!

• Hiltingbury Junior 100 Reading Challenge

• Year 3 Link Reading

Year 3 online

School pet – Meet Sheldon

• Whole school involved in taking care of him

• Opportunity to take Sheldon home for weekends and holidays!

•Before school (from 8.40am)

•Morning break (10.30 – 10.45am)

•Lunch (12.00 – 1.00pm) – we will take the children earlier for the first week

•Play equipment + Play Leaders

•Sensory garden

•Field (early autumn and summer terms)

Children may bring in a snack from home, if they prefer.

A school tuckshop is offered every morning break (green and yellow choices). This will be on the small playground when dry and in the school hall during wet playtimes.

• Typical items sold:

• Rice Cakes, • Popcorn, • Yogo Fruit Paws

• 50p is recommended amount to bring in.

Houses

•Children awarded house points as individuals

•Whole school total

•Termly House certificates

•Termly House treat (for the winning House)

• Inter-house events

Community Events

Typically this has included:

•Forest walks

•Theatre trips

•Bedtime stories

•Orchestra day

•Family picnic

Extra-curricular and Music Lessons• Sports – multi skills, netball,

athletics, football (paid for by parents)

• Lunchtime activities – e.g. choir

• Recorder lessons – children will have already been invited to participate

• From Year 4, additional music lessons are offered - Please note that music tuition normally takes place in the morning so children are likely to miss part of an English or Maths lesson.

✓ Children and staff may wear non-school uniform on their birthday.

✓If their birthday falls on a Saturday, they may wear non-school uniform on the Friday before.

✓If their birthday falls on a Sunday, they may wear non-school uniform on the Monday after.

✓Similar arrangements are made for those celebrating their birthday during school holidays!

Partnership between home and school

Welcoming parents into school:

✓If you would like to help in the classroom, help with photocopying, hear readers or join us on school trips, please see your class teacher

✓DBS checks – see Year 3 booklet

✓Parent forum

✓HSPTA

✓Information evenings – e.g. e-safety

Site security

✓We have made recent changes to keep the site more secure during the school day.

✓Children who are monitors, must enter the building from the blue doors from the main playground.

✓Classroom doors will be opened at 8.55am.

✓If you wish to talk to your class teacher before or after school, please check with the office and sign if the teacher is available.

The School Office

We are here to help.

•Office opening hours are:•8.30 – 4.30 Monday – Thursday

•8.30 – 4.00 Friday

Mrs Penny

Mrs Batten

School Uniform – do we need this slide?

• School uniform

• PE kit

• School bag

• House water bottles

•As and when any problems or concerns arise, please let your child’s teacher know.

• It is far better to nip something in the bud!

Admin

✓Any forms / letters handed to class teacher in the morning (passed to office)

✓3.30 club in hall/outside - no need to pre-book

✓Letters home via parent mail or paper copies sent home with your child

✓Weekly newsletter

Personal Circumstances

• If your personal circumstances change – It is important to notify us. e.g. contact details

• Change of family circumstances – It is important to notify us so that we can support your child.

• Financial circumstances – If you are struggling financially then please check if you are eligible for Free School Meals.

- Link on school website so that you can check if you are eligible.

- Important as your child could receive additional educational support

- The school is given the finance (£1320) to be able to pay for this.

- Even if you don’t qualify, always come and talk to us.

• We will always be discrete.

•Cost = £2.40•Can pay via Scopay, cash (in named envelope), or

cheque•Year 3 children will have a slightly early lunch for the

first few days•After the first week, the children will rotate their

lunch slot with the rest of the school •Children may choose from a meat or vegetarian

option in the morning•Children can have a mix of school dinners and

sandwiches over the week•No need to pre-book lunch choices in advance

What to bring on the first day

• Bag

• Named PE kit (including trainers) in a named bag

• Packed lunch or dinner money

• Snack or money for the tuck shop

• Painting shirt (school one or old shirt)

• Reading book

• Personal headphones (cheap ones to keep in school all year)

• Labelled drinks bottle (water)

• Extreme reading challenge photograph!

First Day

✓We will meet the children on the small playground (if wet, go straight to classroom)

✓Please collect your son/daughter from their classroom door (unless 3.30 club)

Routine after the first two days:

The children will go straight onto the playground before school - coming in to class with the rest of the school:

• A whistle will be blown for all the children to stand still and stop talking

• Year group cards are then held up by the teachers on duty

• Children walk into school with the rest of their year group

• If there are any issues, please see your child’s class teacher -we can always work around teething problems during the first few weeks

Structure

•More structured than used to!

•Children may be tired in the first term