Welcome to the Year 3�Parent Information Evening �2022

Mrs Serena O’Brien and Mrs Murphy

Our Goals for the Year

• To help your child to become an independent, responsible and organised learner.
• To develop within your child a sense of community and a love of learning.
• To assist your child to take risks and learn to accept that mistakes are a valuable part of learning.

Class Expectations

• We both believe in positive reinforcement and have set the classroom up around this.
• Students know what is expected within the class and have developed a set of class expectations to guide them.
• Students will be supported to take responsibility for their learning and their own behaviour.
• We create a supportive space for the children to reflect on the impact of their behaviour on others.

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Gathering Time

• Doors will open at 8:30 am. If they are not open at this time it may be that we are in a meeting. Please remind your child not to open the door. This is a chance for your child to be preparing themselves for the day.
• We are encouraging students to be independent learners and this begins with preparing themselves for the day.
• The bell to start classes will be rung at 8:40am. If your child arrives late, please get them to sign into the front office.

Independent Learners

• We are working to help your child become an independent learner, this helps to build confidence and resilience within your child.
• Learning Intentions and Success Criteria will be displayed during our lessons so the students have clarity on how to be successful and on how to challenge themselves to keep improving.
• These are displayed so that the students know what is being learnt and an example of what the learning/activity should look like.

The Classroom Space

• Our Year 3 classrooms look a little different to the standard set up.
• 1. Both classrooms offer a safe and comfortable learning environment.
• 2. We are respectful of one another's educational programs and we ensure that our Literacy and Numeracy blocks are aligned.  This is to maximise the learning opportunities for the children.

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3H Timetable Semester 1 2022

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Communication

• Please feel free to email either of us at serena.obrien@cewa.edu.au or paula.murphy@cewa.edu.au with any questions or to let us know anything that is important.
• Phone call meetings can be arranged via email.
• Thank you for respecting the challenging Covid times and if you need to tell or ask us anything we can to chat outside of the classroom.
• After school is a preference for meetings, preferably not before school as we are often finalising preparations for the day.

Communication

https://3holc.blogspot.com

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• Blogs –updated weekly. This will include reminders for the coming week, information about our learning in class and the homework that has been assigned for that week.
• We will send you an email or text message to let you know when the blog has been updated.

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Keeping Safe Curriculum

• Within the Keeping Safe Program the children in class will explore two themes of:

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- Theme 1: We all have the right to be safe

- Theme 2: We can help ourselves to be safe by talking to people we trust

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• Within each of these themes there are four focus areas which will teach your child about:

• (We all have) The right to be safe

• (Building positive) Relationships

• (When they may be) Recognising and reporting abuse

• (Developing) Protective strategies

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Reconciliation

• Reconciliation Parent-Child Workshop Tuesday July 26^th 2021

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• Reconciliation will be in Term 3 on Saturday 10^th September

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• Please come and see us if for any reason your child will not be taking part in or may not have completed all of the necessary preparation.

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All candidates and prayer buddies are expected to attend the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

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NAPLAN

• Week 3/4 of Term 2 2022.
• If you have any questions or concerns about this, please let us know.
• We will keep this process very low key.
• We will be giving kids exposure to past tests – not to teach to the test but to help familiarise them with the kinds of questions and to help build confidence.

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Homework

• OLC has now got a new homework policy. This policy has taken into account a teacher survey, current literature around homework and discussions with CEWA consultants.
• As from week 4 of this term the only two focuses for homework will be Reading and Times Tables.
• The students in Year 3 will be asked to read and log their reading every night for 15-20 minutes.
• There will be a selection of times tables to work on with the support of technology as digital practice will be encouraged.
• Every week the blog for each class will highlight the homework and the classroom teacher will be checking on the students progress fortnightly.

Absentee Notes

• For legal reasons, we require an absentee note if your child misses a half day or more of school. Absentee notes must be sent to the school on the returning day.

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• If you are arriving late or picking up your child early from class for an appointment, administration is to be informed and a “PASS” is required to be given to the class teacher.

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• Emails are permitted if they include:

- Parent and Child’s full names, reason for absence, class roll group (3H), dates absent & name of the parent at the bottom of the email

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• Medication at School- Administration is to be informed and medication handed to the office.

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Thank you for taking your time to read through this information. We look forward to getting to know you and your child better in the coming weeks.

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If you have any questions or concerns, please get in contact .

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