Year 3 Meet the Teachers presentation 2017-18

1. Welcome Parents!
Year 3

2. Staff in this year…
• Class teachers are Mr Boden and Miss Barnsley.
• English is split into three smaller groups with Mrs Upton, MrBoden and Miss Barnsley.
• Maths is also split into three smaller groups with Mrs Upton, Mr Boden and Miss Barnsley.

3. Classroom
Schedule
This is what a typical day in our
classroom looks like.
8:55– 9:05 SODAandregistration.
9:05– 9:35 GuidedReading
9:35– 10:35 Literacy
10:35– 10:50 Assembly
10:50– 11:05 BreakTime
11:05– 12:05 Numeracy
12:05– 12:35 Handwriting/MentalMaths/SPAG
12:35– 1:30 Lunch
1:30– 3:20 Topic/Science/ICT/P.E./R.E.
3:30 Schoolisdismissed

4. Topics covered this year are…
Creative Curriculum
Autumn: Tudors
Ancient Egypt
Spring: China
ExtremeSurvival
Summer: Transport
Meet the Flintstones
Science Topics
Habitats, Exploring Everyday Materials, Growth and Survival, Super Scientist, SecretWorld of Plants
and Growing Plants.

5. Homework…
Power Projects! These will begiven outand the children canchoose from the given section
which task tocomplete.
Spellings –these will begiven outeveryFriday and tested the following Friday.
Mathletics –the children will bere-issued with a login for an online Numeracy resource.
Homework will be set each Friday and is tobecompleted by the following Friday.
Bug Club – the children have beenre-issued with a login for an online reading resource.
Letter Join –an online handwriting scheme.

6. Maths Challenges…
To improvespeed and accuracyof multiplication
facts, children will complete maths challenges
weekly.
When they scorefull marks on two occasions on a
challenge level, they progress onto the following
level.

7. Reading Comments…
• Yourchild will be listened to read byan adult at least oncea weekduring theirguided reading
session. It is still really important for you to listen to your child read at least twice a week if
possible.
• Children can change their books on a Wednesday and Friday and we request that you
completeand sign their Reading Record.
• Reading Records are a good opportunity to leave comments for the class teacher should you
have any concerns about your child’s progress in reading.

8. Home Reading…
Weencourage the children to read as much as possible and they canalso choosea book from
home to read orto access “Bug Club” for extra reading resources.
Ourclass author this year is Enid Blyton.

9. Bug Club…
Log into Bug Club from ActiveLearn (can beaccessedthrough google).
Username: First4 letters of first name, followed by first 4 letters of
surname.
Password: 3jb / 3gb
School Code: 3969

11. Handwriting – Letter join
• To encourage the children to use joined up, cursive writing, we are now using a
new handwriting scheme called Letter Join.
• Children will be able to access letter join in school on iPads as well as in
handwriting books.
• You can now also access this at home using the log-in:
• Username: ak7182
• Password: home
• Swipe code: Capital L

12. Timetable…
Wednesday –
Children willrequire theiroutdoor P.E. kits.
3JB swimmingkits/3GB swimmingkits after halfterm.
Friday–
Children willrequire theirindoor P.E. kits.
Power Projects, maths and spelling activity given out/duein.

13. Behaviour
At Wylde Greenwearetrying to improve children’s learning behaviour by changing the
vocabulary that we use with them and oursystems for monitoring behaviour.
Children are asked to make the right ‘choice’with their behaviour and understand that the
consequences are as follows:
Warning.
Move down the ladder ONCE.
Move down again. Oncethey have moved 3 times, they will beissued a Yellow Card and will
spend the next morning break.
Red cards areissued for serious offences such as fighting (including play fighting), damaging
property and serious disrespect.

14. Educational Visits
• During the year we will be visiting a number of places to enhance the children’s
learning and understanding.
• These include:
• A trip to the Selly Manor
• A trip to the theatre to watch Awful Auntie
• A trip to Coventry Transport Museum
We will also be performing the Christmas Carol Concert
at Emmanuel Church in December 2017 (date TBC).
We will be singing a variety of classic songs, with
speaking parts also available.

15. Questions?