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A comprehensive guide for parents on school routines, codes of behavior, curriculum, and assessment criteria for P3 students. Stay informed, support your child's learning, and foster a positive educational experience.
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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
Positive Discipline & Rewards • Points system • Traffic lights • Star awards in assembly • Monthly principal certificates • High expectation of excellent behaviour from all pupils
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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