Welcome to 3S!
Teacher: Mr. Sidebottom and Mrs. Scott
Teaching Assistant: Mrs. Shaw
School Councillor: Amaya Ali
Attendance and punctuality: We would like to emphasise the importance of excellent attendance and hope that you and your child will make every effort to make sure that you are on time and ready for the school day. The children will line up in the playground when the bell goes at 08:45am, ready to start their morning task. The school day finishes at 3:15pm, exiting out on to the top playground.
Water Bottles and Snacks: To enable your child to have a drink of water we would encourage a named water bottle be brought into school. Try to ensure your child’s bottle is of the non-spill variety. Bottles should be taken home daily to be cleaned. We also encourage children to bring in healthy snacks during play times and lunch times.
Uniform: Please ensure that your child has the correct uniform (named so that it can be easily returned if lost), including black school shoes. If your child does not have suitable black school shoes, they will be given black pumps to wear throughout the day inside. Children can wear trainers at play times and lunch times but these must be changed back to school shoes ready for returning to lessons. Pupils are also required to wear a school tie with a white shirt or polo shirt. Children in Key Stage 2 should have a cardigan or jumper.
PE: Indoor PE: this takes place on a Wednesday morning. It is important that children have the correct, named kit for this: a white or blue plain t-shirt; black or blue shorts (tracksuit bottoms are also permitted) and black pumps.
Outdoor PE: this takes place on a Monday afternoon. It is important that children have the correct, named kit for this: a white or blue plain t-shirt; black or blue tracksuit bottoms; a plain black or blue sweatshirt and a pair of trainers.
PE kits should be brought into in a named pump bag that can be left in their cloakroom. This can then be taken home at the end of the week.
Homework: Homework will typically be set on a Friday, to be returned completed by the following Friday. The homework provided is given to support and consolidate pupils’ learning from that week or a previous week. It is used to check understanding of topics covered and helps us identify areas of learning that need further development. Homework will include: half termly Key Instant Recall Facts (KIRFs) in Mathematics, a weekly reading comprehension, a weekly spelling list and home reading (whenever possible).
Spellings: Spellings will be set on a Friday and tested the following Friday. These spellings will cover the Year 3 spelling curriculum. It is important that pupils are learning their spellings and we ask that you support your child with this.
Home Reading: In Year 3, children are typically given daily opportunities to change their reading books and we encourage them to start being independent in doing this. It is essential that your child reads as frequently as possible to build their stamina for reading and we are looking for children to read at least three times a week at home – this should be recorded in their home reading record. Every time your child reads and records this in their reading diary, they will receive a house point and this will be recorded on their home reading chart. We understand that parents/carers/guardians live busy lives but any time you can spare to listen to your child really would be extremely beneficial.
Key Instant Recall Facts (KIRFs)