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Year 3 Curriculum Sharing Evening

Explore the Year 3 curriculum focused on independence and responsibility. Your child will develop key literacy, maths, and language skills through engaging topics like Rainforests, Egyptians, and more. The curriculum includes swimming and PE, PSHCE lessons, rewards, homework guidance, and exciting trips. Stay connected with us through parent consultations, newsletters, and online updates.

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Year 3 Curriculum Sharing Evening

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  1. Year 3 Curriculum Sharing Evening Mr Poole and Mr Foley

  2. Year 3 and Key Stage 2 Independence & Responsibility Your child will be expected to take responsibility for his or her own belongings. Children will be in charge of: changing their reading book, handing in letters, homework, planners and bringing in their swimming/PE kits.

  3. Literacy • Spelling/Guided Reading – every morning. 1 week GR, 1 week Spelling. • Writing covers a wider variety of genres than KS1, we focus on the purpose of the writing and developing their sentences by up-levelling and editing. • Big Write every other week. • Grammar is built into Literacy lessons to help with writing. • Reading skills will be taught in GR (small groups) and as a whole class. • Book bands from last year continue.

  4. Year 3/4 Spelling List

  5. Maths • Taught by class teacher • Regular use of ‘Five a Day’ challenge based on arithmetic skills. • Times Table Rockstars set as homework aims to help children secure their tables by the statutory Year 4 tables test. • KS2 Calculation policy is on the school website.

  6. Topics ∙Rainforests Winter Traditions Egyptians The Stone Age The UK

  7. French • Madame Baillie to teach both classes. • Greetings and goodbyes, colours, food, alphabet, body, weather, adjectives.

  8. PSHCE • Mental health and emotional wellbeing: strengths and challenges • Drug, alcohol and tobacco education: Tobacco is a drug • Careers, financial capability and economic wellbeing: saving, spending and budgeting • Keeping safe and managing risk: Bullying - see it, say it, stop it • Identity, society and equality: celebrating difference • Physical health and wellbeing: What helps me choose?

  9. PE/Games • Swimming every other Tuesday (alternating classes) • PE on a Wednesday and alternating Tuesdays. • Gymnastics • Dance • Hockey • Netball • Football • Rugby • Basketball • Tennis • Rounders • Cricket

  10. Swimming • Year 3 swim every Tuesday at school swimming pool – alternating classes. • Your kit should include: costume, towel and swimming hat. Goggles require permission – speak to office. • Swimming teachers to collect children and set children according to ability. Extra sessions are available once a week – speak to the office for more information.

  11. Rewards and Sanctions • Team points • Star of the week • Value bands - truth, polite, respect, try your best and kindness – they restart in KS2. • Golden Ticket • Codes system • Orange – 10 minutes of break time • Blue – whole of break

  12. Homework • Given out on Thursday and collected in the following Thursday • Spelling Shed = 5 sessions using this week’s spelling words (e.g. suffix –ed words). • Times Table Rockstars = 5 sessions in the ‘Garage’ on Auto Training Mode. • 4 times reading a week = 1 TP, 7 times = 3 TP. Signed off in planners • Challenge homework set on topic

  13. Trips and Visits • Visit from Virtual Space Reality • Plant Talk • Zoo Lab • Egyptian Day • Stone Age Day – Hill End • Science Oxford Trip • Pitt Rivers Museum – TBA

  14. Playtime • No playtime in the afternoon. Snacks are therefore very important. • Healthy snacks – fruit and veg for morning break.

  15. Parent Consultations • Thursday 5thDecember 4.30pm-8pm • Friday 6thDecember 8.00am-1:00pm

  16. Contact Us • Notes in planners – only checked on Thursdays • On the playground after school • Email office for more formal meetings

  17. How we contact you • letters for trips, payments required, whole school information comes from the School Office via ParentMail. • School website updated regularly with updates on learning and reminders about important dates etc. Emails are sent out at 8PM if any changes have been made ONLY if you have signed up to receive email updates: http://sonningcommonprimary.co.uk/parents/email-updates/

  18. Questions

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