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Welcome to Year 3!

And welcome to Key Stage 2! If you are in City of Truro Class, your Class Teachers are Mrs Watling on a Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday morning and Mrs Walsh on Wednesday afternoon, Thursday and Friday. If you are in Duchess of Hamilton Class, your Class Teacher is Mrs Stirk. Year 3 Classes are supported by Mrs Harding and Mrs Strowbridge, our Teaching Assistants.

Key Information for Spring Term (when school is closed)

As you are aware, the school has been instructed by the government to ensure children are learning remotely. From today, work will be uploaded to Seesaw for them to complete each day.

Whilst the school is closed, work will be loaded each evening, giving your child work for the following day. Your child will see when he/she logs on to Seesaw the tasks set in their ‘Activities’ section on Seesaw (marked with a lightbulb). 

We ask that you encourage your child to work through the lesson there and then click ‘add’ to complete the tasks. Please share each day what your child does so that their teacher can see how they are getting along. 

Usually your child’s class teacher will have put tasks for your child to complete and your child can work through these on screen, recording their answers there. 

Once they have completed the task, they click the green tick to upload their work to the class teacher. 

Please note, they can work through their tasks over a number of sessions and do not have to complete all of them at once. They can do the work for one day then come back to it the next day to do some more. Just make sure that they click the green tick each time as they finish. When they come back to the task, rather than click the green button again, this time, they will need to press the three dots and ‘edit’ the post. 

In some instances, your child’s class teacher might have asked your child to respond without giving specific tasks to complete – for example if your child is to write a story. In these instances, please click the green + and your child can choose how to respond – it may be that they take a photo of their work, upload a document they have created or it may be that they write or type something on screen. They might even record a voice note of their learning. They will be shown a selection of ways to respond.

If you have any questions about this or about the work set, please contact your child’s class teacher via the class email address 

year1@hooleceprimary.cheshire.sch.uk

year2@hooleceprimary.cheshire.sch.uk

year3@hooleceprimary.cheshire.sch.uk

year4@hooleceprimary.cheshire.sch.uk

year5@hooleceprimary.cheshire.sch.uk

year6@hooleceprimary.cheshire.sch.uk 

Key Information for Spring Term (when school is open)

Whilst we will do our utmost to provide as safe an environment for pupils as we can, we remain in an unprecedented situation. We aim to be very clear and honest about what provision will look like to support families.

• Children should wear full uniform and black school shoes.
• Children should not need to bring bags, pencil cases, PE kits, lunch boxes or other personal items to school.
• Children should bring a water bottle with their name marked on it.
• Children will be in their class groups and will stay in their class groups for the day, including break and lunch times.
• Children will be provided with their own pens, pencil etc for use in school.
• Staff will encourage hand hygiene and positive hygiene practices throughout the day.

Homework

Each week children will receive Maths and English homework. It will normally be set on a Thursday and should be returned to school the following Tuesday to be marked. If your child is finding any part of it difficult, please ask their Class Teacher who will be happy to help.

Children in Year 3 should be reading at home for a short time every day. Regular practise really helps them to become confident readers. Children will be responsible for choosing their own books.

Useful Websites for Additional Learning

www.whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/

www.iseemaths.com/home-lessons/

www.mymaths.co.uk/

www.ttrockstars.com/

www.scratch.mit.edu/

PE

Children will have PE twice a week. Your child will need a full PE kit from the beginning of the academic year. The PE kit is normally kept in school on the children’s peg and sent home at the end of every half-term to be washed, however during the Spring Term, children are asked to wear their kit to school due to the measures we are taking to minimise the risk of coronavirus on the premises. Please see the timetable below to check when your child should wear their appropriate sport wear to school.

Year 2 – 6 children will have PE outdoors and therefore will need to wear their outdoor PE kit to school and bring their uniform with them in a carrier bag, to get changed into after their lesson (unless their lesson in the last session of the day). In warm weather, children can wear black/navy shorts and a plain white t-shirt. In cooler weather, children can wear grey/navy/black leggings/jogging or tracksuit bottoms, a warm top plus a waterproof coat (no football shirts or multi-coloured kits).

Year 3 children also have swimming lessons. A letter will be sent home to give details of when they start. They are usually over a period of 10-12 weeks. Your child will require an appropriate swimming costume, a swimming cap and googles if needed, and a towel.

Forest School

Children will have a series of Forest School sessions during the term. Your child will need suitable outdoor clothing such as a named waterproof coat, hat, gloves and wellington boots from the beginning of the academic year. Children are to wear appropriate outdoor clothes to school (not their uniform) for the whole day, bringing an additional pair of shoes to wear indoors.

Curriculum

Please download the curriculum overviews below to see what your child will be learning this term. For more information about the National Curriculum, simply speak with your child's Teacher or visit the National Curriculum website.