Expectations higher
 Children have more responsibility
 KS2 Break Time - snacks
 Pencil cases
 Growth Mind-set
 More fun!
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Pen licence/handwriting
 Spellings (Friday – High Frequency, RWI)
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Poetry
 Fables
 Plays
 Instructions
 Explanations
 Reports
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Group reading weekly
 Various reading tasks
 Library visits
 Reading at home and
recording in reading
record every night
 Children are responsible
for taking home their book
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Reading books can be
changed when they
have finished the book.
Assessed every 6/7
weeks.
Written in reading
record.
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Times Tables (Friday)
Big Maths
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Number bonds
Mental + and –, x and ÷
Place value
Measurements
Time
Shapes
Fractions, ratio and proportion
Daily worship
 Meditation
 First Holy Communion
for many of the children
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The Christian Family
Mary, Mother of God
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Celebrating the Mass
Celebrating Easter and Pentecost
Being a Christian
Light
 Forces
 Plants
 The World Around Us
 Animals Including Humans
 Rocks and Soils
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Taught by Mrs Dunlop Thursday
afternoons
History/Geography
 Art/Design/Tech
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Rock through the Ages (Stone to Iron Age)
Farm to Fork
Active Earth
Street Detectives
Veni, Vidi, Vici (Roman Invasion)
Robots
Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age
 Understanding timelines
 Celtic stories and poetry
 Cave painting
 Telling stories through art
 Ryanna’s story; a child’s life
during the pre-historic era
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Charlotte’s Web
 How farming has changed over time
 Artwork to represent farming
 How crops and animals are farmed
 Understanding where our food comes
from
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Volcanoes
 Earthquakes
 The power of nature
 Rocks and soils
 Building a volcano
 Colour mix painting
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The geography of Ware
 Investigating our school’s location
 Emil and the Detectives
 Easter Play
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The Roman invasions of Britian
 Boudicca and the Celts
 What the Romans did for us
 Hadrian’s Wall
 The Roman Army
 Roman myths and
legends
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Building robots
 Understanding how robots are used in
manufacturing
 Improving designs and working to a
design brief
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Mrs Kee will be teaching music,
specialising in learning the recorder.
 Easter Play
 Choir
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Mondays and Thursdays (Fridays)
 Correct P.E. kit
 Tracksuit
 Note in homework diary if your child is
not doing P.E. that day please
 Hair tied back,
no jewellery
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Programming
 Bug Fixing
 Presenting
 Network Engineering
 Communicators
 Opinion Polling
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French used in cross curricular lessons, as
well as the register.
 PSHE across lessons as well as dedicated
sessions and circle time discussions
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Fun!
Recap and securing knowledge from in class
It should not take longer than an hour
It should not be onerous
Learning Log/Maths
 4 days to complete the work; set on Friday and
collected on Thursday
Spellings/Times Tables
 Given out on Friday, tested on the following Friday
Formative; daily lesson assessments, groupings based
on assessment of progress
 Summative; half-termly teacher assessments
completed in class
 Self-assessment; learning logs, traffic lights
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Changes in the 2014 curriculum that will particularly
affect this Year 3 – higher expectations
Age related expectations dramatically rose last year
This is the first year your child will be on the ‘new’ 2014
curriculum
The curriculum is more challenging but we will get
there!
Class behaviour contract
 I have high expectations for behaviour
and learning attitude
 Behaviour codes
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Reports and 1 parent’s evening
 Updates on the website page
 Marvellous Me
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Any concerns?
 Notes in homework diary
 Make an appointment through school
office
Red Jumper or Cardigan
 Blue Trousers or Skirt
 Blue Dress
 White shirt with a tie
 White polo shirt
 Black shoes
 White socks
 Long hair to be tied back
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Celtic Harmony Stone Age Day
– 5th October 2014
- Volunteers?
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Colchester Castle
 TESCO Farm2Fork
 Ware Museum
 Library
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I hope you and your child enjoy
Year 3 as much as I will.
Any questions?
Please take a curriculum letter.