This document provides information for parents about Year 3 at the school. It includes details about the curriculum, units of inquiry, timetable, home learning, reporting to parents, activities, routines and questions. The core subjects of English, maths, science, and Chinese are taught both within units of inquiry and as stand-alone subjects. Assessment includes pre-assessments in maths to group children, as well as spelling and number bonds tests on Fridays. Parents will receive online reports at set points and attend parent-teacher conferences. Various activities such as day camps and trips related to units of inquiry are planned. Classroom routines and the roles of class parents are also outlined.

1. Year Ahead Meeting
Welcome to Year 3!

2. Structure of the evening
 Curriculum and learning
 Timetable
 Home Learning
 Reporting to parents
 Other activities- day camp, learning journey
and routines
 Class Parent /classroom help – sign up
 Questions

3. Curriculum and learning
PYP (UoI)
English and Maths
Science/Social Studies
Design & Technology
Art/ Music/ Drama
ICT
Stand Alone
Maths
English
Chinese
PE
Music
Extras
School based events
Cultural celebrations
Sex & Relationship Education

4. Curriculum and learning
English
Some English is “stand-alone” and some is
taught within the units of inquiry, where there
are valid connections:
 Speaking and listening
 Writing including grammar and punctuation
 Spelling and handwriting
 Reading, in particular comprehension

5. Curriculum and learning
Mathematics
Some Maths is “stand-alone” and some is
taught within the units of inquiry, where there
are valid connections:
 Pre-assessment is a key to learning
 Groups are flexible –children are grouped
according to the pre-assessments

6. Units of Inquiry
 How we organise ourselves– current unit
C.I. Transportation systems can develop differently around the world
 Features of transportation systems
 Similarities and differences between transportation systems
 Transportation issues communities face
 How the world works
 Sharing the planet
 How we express ourselves
 Who we are
 Where we are in time and place

7. Specialist Lessons
 Chinese –- Mary Liu, Abbie Tsang
- in class groups
- 45 min daily sessions
 Music – Jane Englemann
- 1 x 45 min session per class +PYP
 SEN – Tess Alton; Helen Hattam-Individual Needs
 P.E. – Jamie Erwin
- 2 x 45 min session per class

8. Timetable in Diaries
3D
2011-2012 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
10.10 Assembly
10.45-11.00 Break Break Break Break Break
12:30-13:30 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
9.15 -10.00
Assembly Guided Reading Guided Reading Guided Reading
Guided Reading Music
8.30 - 9.15
10.00 - 10.45 P.E. Guided Reading
Mandarin Mandarin Mandarin Mandarin11.00 - 11.45
13:30-14:15
11:45-12:30
MandarinLibrary14:15 -15:00
P.E.
Y3 2013-14 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
8.30 - 9.15 ASSEMBLY
Chinese
No. bonds test
Spellings test
9.15 -10.00
New spellings and
Homework
collected in
P.E.3R/
Music 3D
10.00 - 10.45
New homework
given out
Music 3R/
P.E.3D
ASSEMBLY / Buddy groups
10.45-11.00 Break Break Break Break Break
11.00 - 11.45 Chinese Chinese Chinese
11:45-12:30
12:30-13:30 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
13:30-14:15
P.E.3D/
Library 3R
Special maths book
home
14:15 -15:00
P.E.3R/
Library 3D
Chinese
Jacob/ Bertie home

9. Home Learning
 Weekly Homework grid – see example
 Reading for at least 15 mins every day- not only
colour banded reading book
 Spelling and number bonds tests on Fridays - 5
minutes only
 Work given out on a Monday and handed in the
following Monday, signed by a parent.
 Planet Peak and Mathletics all children will have log-
ins and passwords in diaries asap
 Maths , English or Unit of Inquiry homework

10. Reporting to parents
 Parent consultations – You Tell Us
 04.09.13 8.20am -12.20pm
05.09.13 3.15pm -7.00pm
 3 way consultations ( target setting) October 2013
 (TBD) Learning Journey March 2014 w.b. 10. 3.14
 Parent Consultation March 2014
 Student Led Conference May 2014
 Online reports – Maths, English, Chinese and first two
UoI reports beginning of Term 2.
 End of year reports at end of Term 3.

11. Other activities
 Day camps - Venues and dates to be decided
 Two separate days probably during Term 2
but possibly at the beginning of Term 3
 Days will be longer than a normal school day
and may involve children meeting us at, say,
the GPO in Central and being picked up from
there.
 Various other trips associated with units of
inquiry as appropriate e.g. trip to Maritime
Museum and a walk to Peak Galleria for a
survey

12. Routines
 Classroom routines – Diary every day
 Snacks/ hats / art aprons/ named water bottles
 Play / lunch times
 Sickness
 Notifying PTA about bus changes
 Cakes/ cookies for birthdays
 Nut-free school
 Class parent/Classroom help – please sign up on the
sheet

13. Questions
 durbinj3@peakschool.net
 rowes@peakschool.net