Hello,

We hope you have all had a lovely week and that the children enjoy a well deserved three day weekend.

This week, Year Three have continued their learning on instruction texts through the context of our current topic, The Stone Age. In particular, we have challenged the children by asking them to create their very own set of instructions to help a reader from Waterlooville Library understand how to take care of a prehistoric beast. As the week progressed, the children drafted their own instruction pages and included the following elements of success criteria across their command sentences: time connectives, imperative verbs, adverbs and prepositions. By the end of the week, the children took part in a carousel activity which had enabled them to analytically edit a maximum of three of their command sentences. We were very impressed by the children’s commitment when using resources (word mats, dictionaries, thesauruses and the working wall) to improve their work. Well done Year Three!

In Maths, we have been learning how to add and subtract 10 across a hundreds boundary. Using our Maths toolkits, we also looked at how to add hundreds to three digit numbers with a particular focus upon place value. Next week, we look forward to returning to the addition and subtraction of ones across a tens boundary with more confidence through the context of money calculations. Can the children calculate how much their favourite toy or sweet would cost if it was 9 pence more, or less? Can the children make the amount of money it would cost to buy their item using different combinations of coins?

Thank you to all of the children who have been working on their spelling home learning. We would like to inform you that the children have now all received their Sumdog passwords for Year 3, which can be found at the back of their Home Learning diaries in the notes section.

We hope you all have a pleasant weekend and look forward to seeing you soon.

Kind regards,

Miss Honeywell, Mrs Stewart and Mrs Sumba.

Hello,

We hope you have all been having a pleasant weekend (despite the rain!).

This week, the children have been learning how to use adverbs and prepositions in order to add detail to a set of instructions. As the week progressed, the children then selected their own prehistoric animal and activity from which to plan their own set of instructions. We were impressed by the careful selection of key features by both classes, so as to ensure that the readers from Waterlooville Library are presented with a clear instruction page when finding out more about how to care for Stone Age creatures. Well done Year Three!

In Maths, we have been learning how to add and subtract ones to three digit numbers across a tens boundary. Using diennes, part-part whole methods, number lines and colour-coding on hundred squares, we explored how to reach the ‘nearest ten’ before completing the remains of an addition or subtraction calculation. The children showed great commitment to their learning when performing these mental calculations, which we shall revisit in a couple of weeks through the context of money.

We look forward to seeing you all again on Monday,

Miss Honeywell, Mrs Stewart and Mrs Sumba.

Hello,

We hope you have all had a pleasant week so far.

In English, Year Three have been learning about the features of an instruction text. After reading ‘How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth’, both classes annotated a selection of recipe books and instruction manuals to indicate the key features and explain their purpose. In Maths, the children continued to learn about the place value of three digit numbers. In particular, they took part in a range of reasoning activities whereby they had to use their knowledge of hundreds, tens and ones to explain which numbers were the ‘odd one out’ from a sequence.

At the end of the week, Lion Class took a trip to Butser Ancient Farm as part of their topic learning on The Stone Age. The children had an excellent time and took part in the following sessions: archaeology, fence building and cordage activities.

We hope you have a great weekend. Please see our school trip photos below!

Kind regards,

Miss Honeywell, Mrs Stewart and Mrs Sumba.

Hello,

We hope you have all had a pleasant week so far and would like to wish you a warm welcome back to St. Peter’s!

In English, the children have been writing about their favourite day from the Summer holidays as part of their learning on paragraphs and editing. At the start of the week, the children were taught how to create ‘topics’ before planning their ideas into three logical paragraphs – these paragraphs referred to specific events from the morning, afternoon and evening of their ‘favourite day’. Having written each paragraph, the children then took part in a carousel activity of ‘editing’ stations. These stations enabled the children to evaluate their work, respond to feedback, as well as check for the correct use of the following elements across their pieces of work: capital letters, punctuation, spellings, adjectives and grammar.

In Maths, Year Three have been looking at the place value of three digit numbers. More specifically, both classes have been learning about the ‘hundreds’ column. As the week progressed, the children were able to identify the number of hundreds within a three digit number, before moving on to show multiples of 100 through a variety of different representations using their Maths toolkits (e.g. Stone Age counting tools, beadstrings, arrow cards and place value counters). By the end of the week, Year Three were able to identify the values of each digit within a three digit number – we practised this skill through a class bingo game and a ‘find the Stone Age tools in the sand’ activity.

Please note:

• Home learning has been distributed and shall be collected by the class teacher on Friday 14th September 2018. Please refer to the ‘reading challenge’ and the ‘red spelling log’ in your child’s book bag for additional details. Further information shall be given on these during the Y3 Welcome meeting for parents on Tuesday 11th September 2018.
• We look forward to our Butser Ancient farm trips on Friday 14th September (Lions) and Monday 17th September (Hippos) 2018. Should you wish your child to attend, please ensure that the reply slip is returned to school as soon as possible. We would be incredibly grateful for any parent volunteers on either of these two dates, please indicate on the reply slip should you be able to assist.

We hope you all have a lovely weekend,

Miss Honeywell, Mrs Stewart and Mrs Sumba.