Author: year3

Congratulations to our Star of the Week, Mia, for always being focused and ready to learn.

Value Award: ambition

James has really been pushing himself with his handwriting this week.

 

Layla has been working hard to improve her reading – well done!

Barnabas Award:

Congratulations to Ricco for achieving the Barnabas award. He always encourages his peers and supports them with tasks when needed.

Rowan won the KS2 reading trophy for the 3rd time this term!

Well done everyone!

Well done to Faith for working hard to understand column addition this week.

Value Award: ambition

Archie was awarded our ambition certificate for always aiming high. He has worked hard to improve his TTRS score.

Olivia E won the reader of the week certificate.

Barnabas Award:

Ollie E was awarded the encourager certificate this week.

 

Chestnut class won the TTRS trophy for being the most active class.

Well done everyone!

Harvey was our Star for his excellent focus in his learning this week, especially computing.

Value Award: ambition

Our ambition award went to Lola for pushing herself with her handwriting in pursuit of her pen licence.

Well done to Rowan class for winning the KS2 trophy for a second week in a row.

Freddie has been working really hard with his reading over the past few weeks -well done!

Barnabas Award:

Vince was awarded his Barnabas certificate for supporting others with tasks after completing his own learning.

The children enjoyed developing their sketching skills by drawing their shoes.  They looked closely at light, shade and proportion.

We enjoyed using our inference skills to work out who the items washed up on the beach might belong to.    The children then went on to write a story about how the items came to being washed up on the sea.  This prepared us for reading the book ‘Flotsam’ and writing our own descriptive pieces.

Well done to Archie A for making a fantastic start to Year 3.  He is always ready to learn new things!

Value Award: ambition

Sophie always tries her best and aims high in all areas.  Keep it up!

Well done to Rowan class for winning the first KS2 trophy for reading.

Nieve won our reading award for fantastic reading this week – well done!

Barnabas Award:

Eva has been a super encourager this week, especially noted in our science lesson on Thursday with her support for her partner.

 

Here are the KIRFs (key instant recall facts) for this term. Please encourage your child to learn these facts throughout the term. We will also be working on these in class.

Any questions, please speak to one of the Year 3 team.

 

This term our history topic is The Norman Conquest and we will be finding out more about who had an interest in the English throne and looking at how the Normans shaped some areas of our own town. Below you will find an overview of the term for your information with a PDF download option in the link underneath the picture.  We are looking forward to an exciting term of learning ahead and to sharing it with you via ClassDojo.

 

Term 1 Overview – The Norman Conquest (PDF Download)

The Year 3 Team

A huge ‘hello’ to all our new children and families joining us in Chestnut and Rowan this year. We really enjoyed welcoming the children back into school on Monday and it was lovely to see all of them smiling and excited to be back after the summer break.

Our PE day will be Friday.  Please can you ensure your child has a full PE kit in school, clearly labelled so they can participate fully in our PE activities. Please could you also remove any jewellery (e.g. earrings, etc.) before the children come into school.

The classrooms can be very warm with everyone busy learning, so please could we ask that your child has a named water bottle in school each day to keep them hydrated and able to learn.

As a reminder, the school day starts at 8.30 am and we have a new finish time of  3.15pm.  Please aim to arrive at school at 8.30am as important Start Of Day Activities (SODA) take place during the time before worship and we would like all children to benefit from the maximum amount of learning time.

We look forward to getting to know you all over the next few weeks.  If you have any queries, please direct them to your class teacher via ClassDojo or on the door.

The Year 3 Team

Chestnut – Mrs Lee, Mrs Gunn, Ms Knight and Miss Irons
Rowan – Mr Houghton and Miss Hatwell