Welcome to Year Three

A big welcome back from Mrs Bradshaw your class teacher and a warm welcome from Mrs Hussain our class teaching assistant; we are so excited to be teaching your child this year. Mr. Ferguson will take the children for PE.  If at any time you have any queries or concerns and would like to speak to me, I am always happy to try and help you as soon as possible.

l.bradshaw@st-peter-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk

As I am teaching the class, emails will usually be responded to at the end of the school day and only during working hours. If your concern/query cannot be answered by email and needs to be discussed in depth I can arrange to call you at a convenient time. If you need to speak to me urgently, please ring the office 01254 884522 and staff will pass a message on for me to ring you when I am out of class. I hope that you always feel that you can approach me with any problems or concerns, however if you are ever not satisfied with something in school and you feel that you cannot speak to me directly you can speak to Mrs Chandler who is our Key Stage Two Leader, in the same ways as outlined above. Mrs Chandler’s email is:

a.chandler@st-peter-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk

School Holiday Dates 2025-2026

https://www.st-peter-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/term-dates-annual-overview/

Please do not book holidays in term time as absences cannot be authorised and it means children will have 2 unauthorised absences per day as registration takes place in the morning and afternoon. Penalty notices may apply if the threshold is met.

Uniform - Please remember to label all items of clothing clearly to make it easier to return any lost items. We need to be able to read the names easily if we are to get them back to you.

School Bags - Please do not bring any bags other than the red school reading book bag which can be easily stored in class.

Waterproof Pants and Wellingtons - We encourage all children to have a pair of waterproof pants and wellingtons (with a small bag to put them in) to keep in school. The children will often take part in outdoor learning activities and wet playtimes.

Earrings – It is better if children do not wear earrings for school but if they choose to please make sure they are plain small studs. These need to be removed (at home) on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for PE as they cannot be covered over. Please also note that earrings should not be worn for swimming, children will not be permitted into the pool, if they are wearing earrings.

Water Bottles - Please send in a water bottle with a sports top rather than a lid that unscrews. As we are a Healthy School, children are only allowed to drink plain water during lesson time (juice or flavoured water are only allowed in lunch boxes). Water bottles will be sent home each day so that they can be washed out and refilled.

School Lunches

https://www.st-peter-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/school-lunches/

The cost of school dinners is currently £2.90 per day which should be paid on School Money at the time of booking so that meal choices can also be made.

Snack

Children are only allowed to bring a piece of fruit for morning snack

Reading Books – Please ensure these are in bags on the days we change which are Mondays and Fridays. It is very important that children practice their reading skills at home by reading to an adult on a regular basis. This should include asking children about what they have read to develop their comprehension skills. Ideally, this needs to be for a few minutes each day. Please sign reading records to show that your child has read and when the book has been finished and is ready for changing.

Homework – Homework booklets are given out at the start at each half term and are also available on the website under our class section. It includes a weekly spelling challenge which will identify a particular spelling pattern/skill to learn each week. This will be introduced to the children in class on a Monday. It also includes a short Maths activity that fits in with what we have been doing in class that week.

Mobile phones - Children are not allowed phones in school unless parents have filled in a form requesting that they need one because they walk home on their own.

Our PE days are Tuesdays and Wednesdays – Pupils will need a full PE kit in school at all times. Children will bring home kits at the end of each month to be washed. It is important that these are returned to school or children will be unable to take part in the lesson.

Class Trip

We will be planning to take the children out of school later in the year and will provide information on this. We will set up payment on the online system in advance in case you want to pay instalments.

Swimming Lessons

We will be taking the Year 3 children swimming, and this will hopefully be in January 2026. Swimming usually takes place on a Thursday morning. We ask that all children are in school by 8:45am, ready to leave promptly at 8:55 am.

Website

Please see our class section of the website for photos and more information on our learning. We also have a Facebook page which provides lots of information about life at school.

Superstar Celebration This will take place every Friday morning and parents are welcome to attend. A Superstar certificate is awarded to one child from each class and children can bring in certificates and awards from meaningful activities completed out of school hours. Each month a ‘megastar’ certificate is awarded in each class to someone who consistently goes above and beyond.

Breakfast Club and After School Club

A new registration form will be sent out to all users of the clubs, and we ask that you please read the terms and conditions carefully. The after-school club needs to close promptly at 5.45pm and children must be collected by this time to avoid having to pay a late collection charge. All bookings need to be made in advance using the online payment system and unfortunately, due to numbers having increased significantly, there is a chance your child may not have a place if they are not booked in as we have to ensure we have the appropriate staffing in place.

Behaviour and Positive Recognition

In school, we encourage everybody to behave in ‘The St Peter and St Paul’s Way’, with our school code of conduct being firmly based on our core Christian values. Full details of our behaviour systems and projects can be found in the above welcome letter and on the website.

We look forward to working with you and your family this year!

Mrs Bradshaw & Mrs Hussain.