Year ahead meeting 2013 2014
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Year Ahead Meeting Welcome to Year 3!
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Year 3 Year ahead meeting 2013 2014
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Year Ahead Meeting
Welcome to Year 3!
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
Curriculum and learning
PYP (UoI)English and Maths
Science/Social Studies
Design & Technology
Art/ Music/ Drama
ICT
Stand AloneMaths
English
Chinese
PE
Music
ExtrasSchool based events
Cultural celebrations
Sex & Relationship Education
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
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
Units of Inquiry
How we organise ourselves– current unitC.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
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
Timetable in Diaries3D
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
13:30-14:15P.E.3D/
Library 3R
Special maths book
home
14:15 -15:00P.E.3R/
Library 3DChinese
Jacob/ Bertie home
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
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.
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
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
