Our Team

Badgers

Teacher: Mr Jackson 

Owls

Teachers: Miss Appleby and Mrs Annia

If you would like to contact your child's class teacher please email them at: 

Mr Jackson:

ajackson@greenwoodprimary.org.uk     

Miss Appleby:

aappleby@greenwoodprimary.org.uk

Mrs Annia:

hannia@greenwoodprimary.org.uk          

Our Enquiry this term is - What does it mean to 'Survive or Thrive'?

Through our history lessons we will be learning about chronology and language we use to talk about the past. We will be using primary and secondary sources to explore how life changed between the Stone, Bronze and Iron ages. We will consider the skills that would have been needed to survive or even thrive during the pre-historic times. 

In English we will be writing a letter of thanks for our visit to Mansfield Museum, a narrative based on the book 'Stone Age Boy' and we will also be creating an explanation text about life in the Stone Age. 

This term in Science, we are looking at Rocks & Soils and Light  - please click below to view our Science Knowledge Mat. Please help your child to become familiar with the key vocabulary and enhance their learning through some of the suggestions. 

PE DAYS

Our PE day is WEDNESDAY! 

Please make sure your child comes to school on this day in their PE kit. No jewellery should be worn.

We try to offer a wide range of activities during their PE lessons and this means that your child will need the following items during the year:

P.E. Indoor Kit:                                               P.E. Outdoor Kit:

T-shirt: Plain white                                          Sweatshirt or Greenwood Hoodies  

Shorts: Black or navy                                      Tracksuit bottoms

Girls may wear a leotard if they wish                Trainers

Plimsolls

Homework

In Year 3, homework will be set every WEDNESDAY. Please support and encourage your child to access this earlier on in the week, in case there are any problems we can help with, such as; logging in, technical problems or not understanding what is expected of the homework. Homework needs to be completed by the following TUESDAY. 

Alongside the homework, children will be given Year group spellings to practise which are assessed at the beginning of every half term.

Children will also be given access to Times Table Rock Stars which is an interactive way of supporting times table learning ahead of the Year 4 Multiplication Table Checks. Please encourage them to use this to support their knowledge. They will receive regular 'heat maps' from school which will highlight questions they need to practise. You could choose a few questions and randomly quiz your child as they are walking to school, watching TV or are out and about. 

Finally, READING is a key skill for a child through their time at school. We will encourage children to read for pleasure in school and have a selection of books in our class library. Your child will bring home a book that is appropriate for their reading age. We would appreciate it if you could listen to your children read their book regularly to support with their comprehension skills and develop a love for reading! We will also be reading in school with your child to ensure they are able to reach their full potential.  

Value Superstars and Star Reader certificates

Every Friday we are going to award one child from each class a "Value certificate".

These values are part of the Flying High Trust. They are:

Aspiration

Confidence

Creativity

Respect

Kindness

Perseverance

Pride

Responsibility

Miss Tucker will host an assembly every Friday in school, where children will be awarded their certificates.

Alongside this, we will be looking out for those Star readers who have been working hard to develop their reading skills both in school and at home.

Good Luck Year 3!

Behaviour

At Greenwood we support children with their behaviour principles of emotional coaching and restorative approaches.

The five essential steps of Emotion Coaching:

• Be aware of a child’s emotion
• Recognise a child’s expression of emotion as a perfect moment for support and teaching
• Listen with empathy and validate a child’s feelings
• Help a child learn to label their emotions with words
• Helping a child to solve problems or deal with upsetting situations appropriately

"Helping children and young people to understand the different emotions they experience, why they occur and how to handle them."   (Gottman 1996)

Restorative approaches enable those who have been harmed to convey the impact of the harm to those responsible, and for those responsible to acknowledge this impact and take steps to put it right. Restorative approaches refer to a range of methods and strategies which can be used both to prevent relationship-damaging incidents from happening and to resolve them if they do happen. Restorative approaches are built on values which separate the person from the behaviour. They promote accountability and seek to repair any harm caused in a situation

‘Bringing out the best……in everyone!’

For more information about how we celebrate positive achievements, how the behaviour charts in the classroom are used, further support or exclusion information please look on the ‘Parents’ tab of the website and view the full policy.