Term 5 Letter to Parents

Term 5 Letter to Parents

Welcome back after the Easter school break. It’s been great to see that all of the children have come back refreshed and enthusiastic. Everybody has settled back in well and we have been enjoying the increased space in our classroom and our new interactive whiteboard.

Until the end of the academic year we will be learning about what plants need to grow and be healthy. We will also learn about the Roman Empire, Roman customs and innovations and complete our topic by learning about volcanoes, particularly in the context of Pompeii. We hope that this will be a very exciting topic! In PE we will be doing athletics, cricket and rounders.

We would like to let you know a little about our weekly afternoon routine for your and your child’s information.

Monday: Topic- Pompei- the Roman Empire and volcanoes (geography and history)

Tuesday: RE with MrsBostock (Holi and charitable giving), followed by PE with Mr Gannon (athletics, rounders and cricket)

Wednesday: - Science- plants (how they grow and what they need to be healthy)

Thursday: PE (athletics, rounders and cricket) and Personal, Health, Social and Emotional education (friendships and relationships)

Friday: Spanish (school life), Music (choral and solo singing) and Computing (programming)

Ideally, PE kits should be brought into school on a Monday and go home on a Friday in case we need to rearrange our schedule or add extra activities.

Homework will be handed out on Fridays. Please ensure that it is returned, completed or not, by Wednesday. This gives us the opportunity to identify children who may be struggling and require additional support. In Year 3 we expect children to be reading at home on a daily basis. The reading record is effectively a communication tool by which we can monitor the children’s choice of reading matter and identify potential concerns.

At the start of this new term, we would like to remind you of the importance of regular attendance at school. Our target is 95% because it has been proven that children who attend less than this can suffer damage to their education. 95% attendance is still the equivalent of 2 weeks’ missed learning over the year. Children who attend fewer than 90% of sessions can find this having a serious impact on their learning, because that is the equivalent, over a year, of 4 weeks’ missed learning, or 100 missed lessons.

Thank you for your support. The positive message that your child receives from you and other adults at home towards school and education hugely supports our ability to do the best for your child.

Kindest regards,

Class 3 staff