Year 3
Welcome to Year 3
Dear Parents/Carers,
The children have already made a great start to the year and we are extremely proud of how they have settled back in.
We very much look forward to working with you and your child over the rest of the year.
We hope that the following information will be helpful:
Hazel Class
Hazel Class
Elm Class
Staff:
- Miss Wallis (Hazel Class Teacher)
- Mrs Cameli (Hazel Class Teacher, Friday)
- Mrs Casey (Hazel Class PPA cover, Thursday pm)
- Mrs Kensill (1:1 Teaching Support)
- Mrs Ramaloo (1:1 Teaching Support)
- Mr Moses (Elm Class Teacher)
- Mrs Shepherd (1:1 Teaching Support)
- Mrs Finn (Elm Class PPA cover, Thursday pm)
Communication
We want to work in partnership with parents and you are welcome to email us on the email addresses below if you have any questions or concerns. Please also email to communicate any appointments and changes to collection arrangements etc. For anything urgent please contact the school office.
- Miss Wallis - claudia.wallis@firslower.org
- Mrs Cameli - maria.cameli@firslower.org
- Mr Moses - chris.moses@firslower.org
Reading
Your child’s reading will be assessed through our Accelerated Reader programme and your child’s level will be written in their fish book. Children are able to pick appropriate books from the area outside Y4 to read both in school and at home. When children have finished a book and are confident they have understood what they have read they will need to complete a quiz in school. We would like the children to aim to complete 1 quiz each week. We suggest that your child reads for 15-20 minutes, at least 3 times a week independently. Once a week, please read with them to practise expression and comprehension skills. Please could the children bring their communication book (Fish Book) and reading book into school everyday.
PE
PE lessons this year for each class are as follows:
- Hazel - Monday & Friday
- Elm - Monday & Tuesday
The children come to school dressed in their school PE kit on these days. Please ensure your child is dressed appropriately and is in the correct uniform and dressed for the weather as most PE sessions will be taking place outside. Could you please ensure that any long hair is tied back and earrings are removed or covered with tape.
Homework
Homework will be assigned weekly and will be stuck in their green Learning Logs and this is where your child should complete their work. Homework will be going home on a Tuesday and should be brought back into school the following Monday to be marked in time to go home again the following day. For every piece of homework your child completes, they will receive a Dojo point.
We also encourage the children to use TT Rockstars at least once a week to support their times tables knowledge. Their logins can be found in the front of their fish book.
Spelling
Your Child’s spelling knowledge has been assessed, and their relevant spellings will be uploaded to the Google Classroom weekly as well as a copy in their homework log. For the first week of spellings we will be sending home a paper copy of the spellings so you can see whether your child is in group 1, 2 or 3. The children can use their Green Learning Log to practise them in other ways such as writing them in a sentence or mini tests. As well as a weekly spelling test, your child will be tested on the whole set of the Common Exception Words once they have practised all of them. This will usually be at the end of each half term.
Art & DT
During Art and DT sessions the children will often engage in messy activities therefore could you please provide your child with an old named art shirt to be left in school for these occasions (an adult t-shirt would be fine).
Thank you for your support.
The Year 3 Team