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Welcome to P3

Welcome to P3. A Guide for Parents. Class Behaviour Code. Work quietly Listen to the teacher Always do your best work Keep my desk area tidy Keep my cloakroom area tidy Do not run in the classroom or school Always put your hand up to ask a question Have good manners.

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Welcome to P3

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  1. Welcome to P3 A Guide for Parents

  2. Class Behaviour Code • Work quietly • Listen to the teacher • Always do your best work • Keep my desk area tidy • Keep my cloakroom area tidy • Do not run in the classroom or school • Always put your hand up to ask a question • Have good manners

  3. Positive Discipline & Rewards • Points system • Traffic lights • Star awards in assembly • Monthly principal certificates • High expectation of excellent behaviour from all pupils

  4. Communication with Parents • 2 parental interviews per year • Written report in June • Meetings can be arranged with your child’s teacher • Please contact the school secretary to arrange a time

  5. General Routines • Breakfast Club – available every morning from 8 – 8.45am (doors shut 8.30.) Cost £1 each day • SWAP - available every day for P1 – P3 pupils from 2 – 2.55pm. Cost £2.50 per day – form and money must be returned by the Friday of the previous week. Bookings later than Friday will not be accepted. • Break Monday – Thursday Children are encouraged to bring or buy a healthy snack for break Friday– Treat Day Break trolley - 40p for fruit, yoghurt or healthy bun

  6. General Routines • Pupils come into school unaccompanied through the front door. • Please ensure there is an adult at the front door on time at 2pm to collect your child • Pupils bring “zippys/book bags”, break, pencil case and a water bottle into the classroom • All dinner money mustbe sent in on Monday in a named envelope (cost is £2.60 per day) • Money envelopes can be purchased from the office at a cost of £2 • Please send a note after an absence to enable us to select the correct code for our online registration.

  7. Maths Concentrate on 100 square Mental maths (+/_) Fractions ½,1/3,1/4 Time ( 4 major times) Measurement- using paces, cubes and spans leading to introduction of metre. Reading and constructing different types of graphs. Number stories/facts Place value Basic tens and units Early multiplication –grouping and sharing Literacy Capital letters/full stops Of/off our/are to/too/two Answering in sentences 5W approach to story writing. Question words Extension of sight vocabulary Development of listening skills-1 stage to 3 stage P3 CurriculumThe children experience a well rounded curriculum

  8. World Around Us School’s Cool & George’s Marvellous Medicine Let’s Celebrate Italy Romans Pirates Music/Art/PE/PDMU Catching Throwing Dance Football Portraits Famous Artists Collage Singing Composition P3 Curriculum

  9. Assessment • Continual assessment takes place in the classroom throughout the year. • This includes: • Teacher observations • Baseline assessments • End of topic tests • Spelling and reading assessments • Progress in Maths • Progress in Literacy

  10. P.E. Information • P.E. is on a Wednesday and football is on a Tuesday • Children should come to school in P.E. kit on those days: • School polo shirt, navy shorts/tracksuit bottoms, black P.E. shoes or trainers • Due to Health and Safety it is recommended that earrings and jewellery should not be worn on P.E. days

  11. Homework • Spellings/tables Monday – Wednesday. These should be copied correctly into blue books and learned thoroughly for a test on Thursday. Blue books will be collected on Thursdays. • 1 English/Topic and 1 Maths sheet per week. • Homework file must be handed in on Friday. • Homework must be of the highest standard. • Unacceptable homework will be returned to be redone with an accompanying note. • All homework must be signed.

  12. Reading • Reading books are introduced to some groups on Monday and some groups on Tuesday and then prepared in class throughout the week. A new book will not be given unless the old book is returned. They need their book in school each day. • Please write the book title, pages read (e.g. 1-8) and sign the reading record each time you hear the reading book. • We also encourage the children to read for pleasure and would ask that a book of their choice (and at their reading level) be kept in their zippy folders. 2/9 In The Garden 1- 8 EM 3/9 9- 16 EM 4/9 17-24 EM

  13. How can I help my child? • Listen to your child reading every day. • Go over spellings/tables each night. • Insist on your child’s best work when completing homework. • Keep in close contact with teacher. • Make sure your child has the following items every day: • HB Pencils • Twistables • Gluestick • Rubber • Whiteboard pen • Book bag/zippy

  14. Thank you for coming today and we hope you found it useful!

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