Year 3 - Mrs Dundon 2024 - 2025

Welcome to Mrs Dundon's Class page!

Twitter - @PlantDundon

Here you'll find all the information you need about our class activities, schedules, and special events. Whether you're looking for homework assignments, fun educational games, or updates on what's happening in class, you're in the right place!

Feel free to explore and let us know if you have any questions.

Our Year 3 Team

Mrs Dundon - Class Teacher

Miss Doherty - Class Teacher

Mr Crawford - HLTA

Mrs Parry - Learning Support Assistant

Ms Aspinal - Learning Support Assistant

Snacks and Water Bottles

Please ensure your child comes to school with a water bottle labeled with their name. Also, if your child wishes to have a snack during break times, it must be one of the following items:

Toast
Fruit
Plain biscuit

Plantation Planners

Please ensure your child brings their planner to and from school every day.

They will need it to record reading and to access usernames and passwords for educational websites.

An adult in our team will check planners every Friday. We will be looking to see if your child has recorded at least four reading entries throughout the week and for a parent/carer signature.

If you write a message in your child's planner, please remind them to show it to one of the class team of adults.

Homework

Reading Books

Children will be using a reading scheme called ‘Accelerated Reader’. This scheme will identify a score for your child (which will be written in their school planner) and recommend suitable books based on that score. You may feel that the books being recommended to your child are ‘easy’, but this scheme has been designed to test your child on their understanding of the content of the book, not the fluency of their reading. Once your child completes their book, they need to bring the book back into school and complete a short test on an iPad in school. They will receive a percentage score and the scheme will then recommend a new book for them to read.

Library Books

Children will also be provided with a library book to promote reading for enjoyment. We are passionate about encouraging children to read for pleasure, therefore your child will be able to choose a library book from our reading area, which can be changed on Tuesdays only. Your child is welcome to keep their library book for longer than a week if they prefer to. Please be advised that these books are not necessarily matched to your child’s reading level, since the idea is to allow your child to choose their own book; promoting reading for pleasure.

When reading with your child you could:

· Get them to tell you what is happening in the story.

· Ask them questions about the story.

· Talk about the characters.

· Make a prediction about what could happen next.

· Ask them to retell you the key parts of the story.

Spellings

Each week your child will be given a list of spellings to practice at home. These will be words that the children will have learnt in class and we would like your child to continue practising reading and spellings these words at home.

Timetable and PE sessions

Please see the attached copy of our general class timetable at the end of this page. Our indoor PE session is on a Monday and our outdoor PE session is on a Wednesday.

On days where your child has a PE lesson, they should attend school in their kit for the full day. The correct PE kit MUST be worn. If the person leading the PE lesson deems that your child’s kit is not appropriate, they will be asked to sit out and may miss some or all of the session.

PE kit is:

Plain white t-shirt or polo shirt

Plain black shorts

Black tracksuit top and bottoms, black leggings may also be worn

Trainers or pumps

Other sports kits, such as football strips, are not appropriate and must not be worn.

Watches and jewelry must be removed for PE. Long hair must be tied back.

Parents/carers will be notified via the School Planner should they not be in kit regularly (twice in succession).