Author: year3

 

Beech and Rowan team

We have had an amazing week!  Our behaviour and attitude to learning is SO much better!  Well done year 3!

Homework

This week your homework is about different types of sentences. Please hand in by next Wednesday!

Don’t forget

Monday is PE so must have your kit,

If you are taking your earrings out for PE please provide a little pot to keep them safe in.

Please enjoy your reading at home and talk lots about your books.

Mathletics passwords are in your reading records. 🙂

Our favourite bit of learning this week –

“I really enjoyed comparing numbers with the crocodile’s.”

“I really enjoyed writing our story out in best on the computers.”

“I liked everything, I can’t just choose one.”

“I liked writing my story in my English book.”

“I liked doing science.  The work on the body is fantastic.”

“I love art, especially the sketching.”

“I like when we do hand ball on Thursday with the people from The Marsh Academy.”

“The Gorilla story was amazing.”

“I loved seeing everyone in Year 3 engaged and enjoying their maths on Friday with our Graffiti maths!” said Miss Sisk.

                   

 

We can’t believe that we already into Week Four of Term 1!

Well done to the children for their positive attitude to learning and stepping up to junior expectations!

Home Learning will be given out on a Friday and is due in on the following Wednesday.

PE is every Monday PM. Please make sure all kit is named and in school.  Due to the government’s new policy, earrings have to be removed for PE and adults at school can not assist with taking them out.

 

 

Next week is science week.  We will be doing lots of fun activities such as build a wind turbine, making slime and building a rocket.  We will also be looking at planting seeds in our recycled toilet roll holders and planting them in the ground.

A big thanks must go to Mrs Hall for arranging all the wonderful activities and for getting in all the supplies.

Topic

This term in Topic we are looking at Scavengers and Settlers and have been making our very own fossils and miniature shelters (photos to follow soon).

We have also looked at our ancestors, both modern and historic.

 

Maths

In maths we are currently working on multiplication and we will soon be working on division.

Your child needs to keep working on those times tables especially 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10.  We have over half the class now working on the Silver Times Table Challenge.  Our aim is to get everyone off Bronze.

 

English

In English we have been looking at stories from other cultures using the book ‘African Tales’ starting with Makhosi and the Magic Horns (get your child to retell the story to you, if they can remember it).

 

Reading

Please ensure that your child reads every day for at least 15 minutes.  We are also taking part in the 10 million minute challenge as a school so we need as many minutes of reading as we can.  This is running from 9th to 15th March.

5th February 2017

This week we will be focusing our maths work on subtraction.

Safer Internet Day (SID)
This Tuesday 7th February 2017 is Safer Internet Day. We will be having special assemblies and year 3 will be looking at the issues around sharing images on the internet.

Busters reading challenge
On Wednesday 8th February 2017 we are entering Busters reading challenge where the school could win prizes so please remember to read and get bookmarks signed.

NSPCC Danceathon
Thursday 9th February is the NSPCC Danceathon & Mannequin challenge day.

Last day of term
The last day of term 3 is this Friday 10th February 2017. Have a good break.

Maths workshop

This week is assessment week.

 

Congratulations to all Kites that became rocket stars last week. Keep up the good behaviour and work.

 

Mathletics – There are lots of activities that pupils can use on the website. All children should now have a login to the system. So far, it appears that only a few children seem to have logged onto Mathletics.

 

Mathletics is a weekly homework task and students’ results contribute to a school wide display board and an inter school challenge with other schools around the world. If anyone has forgotten their password or needs help with how to login, please see Mrs Storti or Mr Ramsden.

 

Times Tables – a reminder that times tables should be practised weekly as tests for the Bronze, Silver and Gold challenges will become more regular.

 

On Thursday, we are participating in the school curriculum fayre where parents and carers can find out more about how we teach maths and English. If you can attend it would be good to see you there.

It is that time again when we carry out assessments to see how the children are getting along.

 

During the week we will be carrying out Arithmetic, Problem Solving and Reasoning, 2 Reading Comprehension papers, a spelling paper and a Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar paper.