To Hiltingbury Junior School

and Year 3

Year 3 Team

2016-2017

Mrs Pollock (Head of Year) – teaches 3P

Mrs Oldham – teaches 3O

Mrs Preston and Mrs Nurdin – teach 3PN

Miss Dyer, Mrs Derrick, Mrs Harvey and Mrs Howe – supporting

children from our Speech and Language unit

Mrs Raja – our teaching assistant across the year group

Mrs Lee, Mrs Bidgood, Mrs Tombleson, Mrs Flack and Mrs Fowler

– working with children across the year group

And our school pet, Sheldon!

All the children will get the chance to

take care of Sheldon during the school

year: feeding, weighing and bathing him

On Tuesday 6th September 2016, the year three teachers will meet you and your child in

the small playground, outside the main entrance, and we will then take the children into

their new classrooms.

The children will need to bring the following items with them on their first day:

their PE kit in a named bag

a painting apron/shirt (a plastic/nylon apron or an old shirt)

a reading book

personal headphones (cheap ones to keep in school all year)

a bag

water bottle

At the end of the first day, we will release the children from the classroom, where they

can then meet up with you outside on the path or playground (personal choice).

And

Each child will be allocated a personal locker, in which

they can keep their bag, lunch box, art apron and coat.

Children will also have their own tray, within their

classroom, and somewhere to store their water

bottles during the day.

PE = indoor

Games = outdoor

PE and games days are currently on: Tuesday and

Thursday.

This may change but we will ensure the children know what

day it changes to, if it does.

Indoor PE is dance or gym.

Games in Year 3 includes orienteering, netball, hockey,

athletics and rounders.

The children in year three will have a

slightly early lunch for the first few days, so

that we can share the routine for that part

of the day and help them to get settled,

before the rest of the school come in to

have their lunch.

Children may choose from a meat or

vegetarian option. During the summer term, there will be a school packed lunch

also offered. If children prefer, they may bring in sandwiches from home.

Children do not need to pre-book their lunch choices in advance: a choice is made

at registration every morning. Many have a mix of school dinners and sandwiches

from home, during the week.

Breaks

Before school (arrival from) 8.40am – 8.55am

Morning break from 10.30 – 10.45am

Lunch from 12.00 – 1.00pm

After the first shorter

week, the children will go

straight onto the

playground before school

and then come in to class

in the same way as the

rest of the school: a whistle

will be blown for all the children to stand still and stop talking. Year group cards

are then held up by the teachers on duty. Children walk into school with the rest

of their year group. If there are any issues, please see your child’s class teacher, as

we can always work around teething problems during the first few weeks – for

example, we can find early morning jobs to help your child feel settled in the

mornings.

Buddy System

For our children new to the Hiltingbury schools, each

teacher will organise a Hiltingbury buddy from

within their class. The buddy will help the new child

to settle in to the school and to make new friends.

Giving our children a voice is something that we are passionate about at

Hiltingbury Junior School. Currently there are the following opportunities for the

children:

Hiltingbury Learner – chosen by the class teacher

Pupil Forum – after a small presentation by those who would like to be

considered, a boy and girl are chosen by the pupils from each class

Environment

Anti-bullying

Charity

Digital Leaders

Newspaper committee – chosen by the class

teacher

Timetable

All the lessons are taught within home classes. We do

not organise children into ability groups, with the

exception of some guided reading sessions.

The morning session is 8.55 – 12.00pm.

The afternoon session is 1pm – 3.30pm.

Learning Wherever possible, there is a thematic approach to our

learning: history, geography and science drives the

curriculum.

In Year 3 we learn the following:

Autumn:

In science we learn about light and rocks and soils

In geography we learn about our local place

In history we learn about the Stone Age

Spring:

In science our topics are Healthy Me and Forces and magnets.

In geography we learn about France

Summer:

In science our topic for the term is plants

In history we learn about the Romans

Other foundation lessons = RE, music, art, design technology, PDL (Personal

Development Learning), computing and French

The children have at least one computing lesson a week and

are taught in our ICT suite, where the children have their own

logon name and work at their own computer. We also have

chrome books for classroom use. In order to use the chrome

books, every child will require a google apps login.

Reading During the first two weeks of term the children will be given a

reading test to give us some idea of their current reading ability.

Each child will then be given a reading book suitable for their

reading ability – some from our school resource library and some

from own class book corner or the main school library. Every

child will also be given a READING RECORD. They will keep these

themselves and we ask you to hear your child read regularly (at least 3 – 4 times

per week) and write in these books. These records can include home books as well.

They will read regularly in class and the class teacher will keep their own reading

records and so may not always write in your children’s records. We have guided

reading lessons every day where the children read a range of texts where we teach

the skills of comprehension.

More detailed information about the curriculum can be accessed from either the

main school or Year 3 website.

We have a wonderful school library which we

encourage the children to use. This is open daily from

10.00 – 2.00pm. Children may borrow up to three books at a time.

Each book may be kept for up to three weeks.

Music Lessons

During Year 3, children will have already been invited

to participate in recorder lessons.

From Year 4, additional music lessons are offered.

Please note that music tuition normally takes place in

the morning so children are likely to miss part of an English or Maths lesson.

Weekly reading, spelling and maths (either number bonds or

times tables). In the spring term we have an extended project on France.

A detailed letter regarding homework will be sent home at the beginning of the

term.

Each child will have an orange homework book in which we communicate the

homework that has been set.

We ask for your help to ensure children complete their homework. The children

are given their spellings on a Monday and tested the following Monday, classes can

decide differently to this and so this will be clarified by your class teacher

Trips and Residentials

The following trips and residentials are offered in

Year 3:

Autumn:

Aesop’s Fables – a theatre company visits the school

Stonehenge – a trip to Stonehenge to support our history unit on the Stone Age

Spring:

Southampton Art Gallery – to support our work in art

Paultons Park – to bring our work in science on forces and magnets alive

Summer:

Play in a Day – a drama workshop experience in school, run by a theatre group,

in which the children will take part in their own play about the Romans

Year 3 sleepover – we offer a one night, Roman themed, sleepover in the school

hall

Assessment –

Learning Ladders

Full details will follow. The headlines for now:

Learning ladders – replace levels and provide

targets in reading, writing and maths

Paper ladders for children in class (reading, writing

and maths)

Online ladder for parents to access, provides termly updates

End of year report – which will detail end of year attainment against the

ladders for reading, writing and maths

Reporting to parents

Autumn: Parent Evening in October

Spring: Parent Evening in February

Summer: End of year report

School Websites

Main school website: http://www.hiltingbury-jun.hants.sch.uk/

Year group websites

Please dip in to the Year 3

website during the year, to find

out what is going on in school.

This is a website designed to

support the children and the

parents:

https://sites.google.com/a/hiltingburyjuniorschool.co.uk/year3/

House System

Aquamarine ~ Emerald ~ Ruby ~ Topaz

Every child and teacher in the school belongs to one of our four houses

Children are awarded house points as individuals

Within each classroom there is a class tally of House points that have been

awarded during the week

The weekly totals for each House are announced in our Friday Celebration

Assembly

Each House has two Year 6 House Captains

The winning House for each term is given a special House treat

Each term, teachers award a House certificate for one child from each of the

Houses, in recognition of effort and achievement for the whole term

Hiltingbury Learner: We Care

The Hiltingbury Learner is a phrase

which is understood by all the teachers

and children in our school.

It describes the learners we want at our school.

The Hiltingbury Learner shows us all what a good learner is like and helps us

know what we need to do to improve.

There are six different skills that a Hiltingbury Learner needs: Working

together, Enthusiasm, Creativity, Ambition, Reflection and Enquiring

These skills can be applied in any subject and our teachers make us think

about how to use them in each lesson.

There’s always a reason that we could use all of them!

Learning skills can be part of the success criteria in our lessons.

We evaluate our learning and reflect on if we have used the skills.

When they mark our books, the teachers use WE CARE stickers.

Our Hiltingbury WE CARE skills are reported on our end of year report.

Each week, a child’s learning is celebrated in our Friday Celebration

Assembly and are awarded with a WE CARE certificate and badge.

Watch this space for WE CARE learning ladders, so we know the next steps

in using the skills.

Whole school Assemblies

Class Assemblies

Singing Assemblies

Celebration on a Friday (once a term, this includes House certificates and

trophies – Hiltingbury Learner Star, Smart Presentation. Most Improved

Handwriting, Endeavour, Hiltingbury Citizenship, Risk Taker, Lower School

Star and Upper School Star)

Special assemblies happen at Easter and Christmas, which parents are

invited to attend.

Once a year each child will participate in a class sharing assembly, to which

parents are invited

As and when any problems or concerns arise,

please come in to see your child’s teacher,

either before or after school. It is far better

to nip something in the bud, rather than let

it grow into something bigger!

Extra-Curricular Activities

These will vary according to which Year group a child is in, per term and even per

academic year, according to the skill set of the staff!

Currently Year 3’s will have the opportunity to go to:

Choir – run by Mrs Nurdin on a Thursday lunchtime

Board games – lunchtimes

Before and After School Club

Breakfast Club, which is held at the infant

school, and 3:30 club will both be running. There

are always spaces, so bookings are not required.

Breakfast club opens at 8:00am - £3 per session

3:30 club runs until 6:00pm – £2 per half hour

3:30 club telephone number 07852 920263 available 3:30 – close

You can find further information at: http://www.hiltingbury-jun.hants.sch.uk/wp-

content/uploads/2014/05/Tree-House-Club-Booklet-June-2013.pdf

After School Activities

These vary from term to term but typically there will be at

least two different sports clubs and a street dance club per year

group. The sports clubs, run by R&R sports, include:

Football, rugby, cricket, athletics, netball and tennis

Letters with full information will be sent home each term.

Copies will also be placed on our website.

School Tuck Shop

A school tuckshop is offered every morning

break. This will be on the small playground

when dry and in the school hall during wet

playtimes.

Typical items sold: Rice Cakes, Cheese Strings, Yoyo Fruit Paws and raisins

Forms and Letters

Forms, replies to letters, or money that needs to go to the

office, etc. need to come in with the children. They can

then put them in the class register bag, which then gets

handed in to the office after registration.

Keeping Parents Informed

Weekly Newsletter every Friday (emailed to you)

Information evenings – these will vary year to year, but may include e-

safety, maths, information relating to specific residentials, etc. Look out for

information relating to these during the year.

Community Events

During the course of the academic year, we will offer a variety of community

events. These may typically be:

Forest walks

Theatre trips

Bedtime stories – spring and summer

Football match at Eastleigh stadium

Orchestra Day

Watch out for information about what will be offered this academic year

We do welcome parents in to school. If you

would like to help, for example with

photocopying, reading or playing maths

games, etc. then please indicate this on the

separate letter.

HSPTA

Getting involved in the HSPTA (Hiltingbury Schools Parent Teacher Association) is

a fantastic way to meet like-minded parents and give something back to the

school. The committee relies on volunteers. There are various ways you can get

involved, from donating an hour of your time at an event through to joining the

committee. The main events in a calendar year are:

Spooks and Sparks (fireworks night)

Christmas fair

Easter Egg hunt

Quiz nights (for parents)

Summer fair

Please refer to the Parent handbook or the HSPTA website for more information:

www.pta-events.co.uk/hspta

The School Office

The office and telephone line are open from

8:00am until 4:30pm Monday – Thursday

8:00am until 4:00pm on Friday

Children can to go to the office for advice, first aid or if they

are lost or don’t know their home time arrangements.

Message to children from the ladies in the office – “please don’t let

something upset you there is nothing we can’t sort!”

Children leaving school early must be collected by an adult and signed out.

Children cannot be sent out to meet you before the end of the school day.

For safety reasons children should be told that if they are

not collected they should return to their class or the office

rather than wait outside for an extended period. This

applies throughout their entire time with us.

Change of Home time arrangements: -

Please call the office, as early as possible, if you need to change your child’s home

time arrangements. Please note that this is for emergencies only and shouldn’t be

used for changes such as ‘please meet at Bay Leaves as I haven’t finished my

coffee!’ (This is a real example!)

Most items can be paid for via SCOPAY – www.scopay.com if you aren’t already

registered and would like to do so please contact the office for an access code. You can

also check your dinner and after school club balances. In addition to SCOPAY we also

accept cash or cheques and, for the after school club only, childcare vouchers.

We take absences very seriously, so please

call or email the school office by 9:30am

on the first day of every absence. You do

not need to call each day thereafter but we

would appreciate regular updates if your

child is off for more than a few days.

Please also notify the office of absences for medical, or any

other appointments if your child will not be present at

morning or afternoon registration.

If your child is going to arrive at school after morning

registration and would like a school lunch, please let us

know by 10am so that the kitchen can include them in

their numbers.

Contact 02380 261808 adminoffice@hiltingbury-jun.hants.sch.uk

Details

Girls and Boys

Painting Overall

PE and Games

• A pair of plimsolls/trainers (to be kept in a shoe bag or brought in on games days) for outdoor

activities

PE shorts – navy

T shirt – white (Plain white or with the school logo*) Children transferring from Hiltingbury

Infant School may continue to wear their pale blue T shirts.

Jogging Trousers – navy or plain black track suit (optional)

Please provide your child with a school bag, in which he or she can carry a lunch box, books, homework

and various other items between home and school. The bag should be about 30 cm wide, and must fit

in a locker. Large ‘holdall- type’ bags cannot be accommodated

Jewellery, Make Up and Nail Varnish

This is not appropriate in a primary school and we ask parents not to allow pupils to wear it. Children

with pierced ears may wear simple ear studs, but these must be removed for PE

Uniform

The children are expected to wear their uniform with pride. This includes having their

shirt tucked in.

*Available from Tesco Uniform Service or Schoolkit in Eastleigh

Girls

Knee length skirt or pinafore dress – navy

Trousers & shorts – navy or black

Polo Shirt* – white with school logo

Sweatshirt* – navy with school logo

Sweatshirt cardigan* – navy with school logo

Shoes – black or navy; suitable and sensible (not

trainers)

Summer Dress – blue and white

Boys

Trousers, short or long – grey or black

Polo Shirt* – white with school logo

Sweatshirt* – navy with school logo

Shoes – black or navy; suitable and sensible (not

trainers, please)