Friday 30th April 2021
Happy bank holiday weekend!
We have had a very eventful week in school. On Friday we had our school photos on the field, we got to watch an incredibly inspiring assembly with the Rock 2the beat rock band and finally Lee Hayward came in to tak to us about how to be safe online. Phew!
But that wasn’t it! In English, we have started to write up our non chronological report page all about the new animal that we discovered in the rainforest. We started with its appearance and we were trying to include lots of causal connectives and different noun choices.
In Maths we have been learning about the times tables and representing these in different ways. We have been looking for links between the facts. For example if I know
1x 4 = 4 then I know 10x 4 = 40. I can work out 5×4 by halving this to equal 20! This works for really big numbers too – but that’s just for fun or a party trick.
I also can make linked with doubling.
1×4 = 4 so 2×4 will be double and =8 and if I double it again it will be 4×4 =16. And I can even double it again which will be 8×4 =32. Wowser!
See what you can find out!
We have a science experiment on the go in school. We have put some celery in undiluted squash so we can see how water is transported up to the leaves where the plants makes it’s food.
Hope that everyone manages to stay nice and warm and dry this weekend. See you next week.
Team Three
Friday 23rd April 2021
Welcome back to all the children. We hope that they all had a lovely Easter break. We’re pleased to see that it is finally warming up and have been making the most of getting outside for some of our learning this week.
During our Maths lessons this week we have be learning to multiply and divide by 10. We have used the HTO grid to help us make numbers ten times bigger and smaller.
We started our new English unit this week too. We have created our own rainforest animal and started to write sentences using causal connections such as if, when, in order to and so that.
We have continued to learn about the life cycle of plants and this week we looked at pollination and the role that bees play in that process. The children acted out how pollen is transferred from one flower to animal to another before they created a cartoon to explain it to a friend.
Don’t forget to try to access sumdog and TT rockstars as part of your home learning. Vocabulary and spelling sheets have been sent home with the children. The children have also received the reading passports that they can start completing over the next couple of weeks.
Happy St Georges Day.
Team Three
Friday 26th March 2021
This week we reflected on the year that has passed since the first lockdown in the UK. We pray for all those who lost loved ones during this difficult times. ‘This storm too shall pass, that’s Gods promise. When life has turned upside down, remember that God has better days planned.’
We have been busy writing and finalising the Boudicca speeches ready to perform on Dress Up Day on Tuesday. We’re looking forward to seeing all the children dressed up ready for a day of Roman fun.
In Maths we continued to look at right angles turns clockwise and anti clockwise. The children thought carefully about their thinking and the different strategies they used to solve the problems.
In Science, we are excited to see that some of our plants are starting by to grow!! We set up an experiment to see what conditions plants thrive in. Some of us wanted to know if compost was needed for a seed to go. We put a seed in soil and a seed in paper towel- we’ll wait and see what happens.
Have a lovely weekend
Team Three
Friday 19th March
Something very topical happened yesterday following our day learning about volcanoes. A volcano erupted south-west of Iceland’s capital Reykjavik. Here is a link to the BBC news article which could be read with the children.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56465393
We had a brilliant day learning all about volcanoes around the world, where they are found and the different layers of a volcano. We followed this up by creating our own volcano which ‘erupted’ on the playground after lunch. Pictures to follow!
In Maths we concluded our work on Fractions for now. We have now moved on to learning about angles. More of this will be coming up next week.
In English this week we listened to a speech by Boudicca leading her army into battle with a Roman Army who was certain to win. We have been practising skills to inspire for the speech we will write and perform on dress up day.
Finally, in History we managed to capture a Roman Soldier this week after doing some great spying on a near by Roman camp. We found out lots about the Roman equipment and formations from Marcus before we let him go!
Have a great weekend.
Team Three
Friday 12th March 2021
How truly fantastic it was to see all of our lovely year 3 children back together in school once more! And we have been so impressed with the way they have come back to school, keen and ready to learn. May we take this opportunity to thank you all again for all of your support and hard work with the remote learning over the past half term.
The children have been learning lots of disgusting yet interesting facts about the toilet habits of the Roman – I have no doubt some of these will have been shared. We wrote a short paragraph for a virtual museum to teach others about toilet habits, gladiators blood, medicine and food.
The children started the Fraction unit this week. We have been very impressed with how the children approached solving the problems this week – some of which were very tricky.
For our first Science lesson we planted seeds. We are investigating what a seed needs to grow. Some of us are investigating if a plant needs compost, others are looking at whether light affects growth and others are interested to see how water affects seed growth. The children will be pleased to know that we watered the plants before we left school tonight including the ones in the cupboards!!
Dont forget to complete your home learning spelling task and the vocabulary task too. We look forward to seeing these next week.
Have a lovely weekend – let’s hope this storm passes quickly!!
Team 3
WC 1st March 2021
Hello and welcome to the final week of remote learning…lets hope forever! Here are the links to the remote learning work for this week. This is also available via MSTeams.
English:
Thursday sentence stems support
Maths:
Foundation subjects:
Let us know if you have any problems.
Team 3
Home Remote Learning WC: 22nd February 2021
Welcome back Year 3 and we hope that you all had a safe and restful half term break. Here are your sheets for this week if you are struggling to get on to teams. Please email the school if you are not sure which sheets you are completing. All the sheets are on here- whereas teams will only submit the work for you.
English:
English support documents:
Maths:
Foundation Subjects:
Home learning week beginning 8th February
Here are your sheets for this week if you are struggling to get on to teams. Please email the school if you are not sure which sheets you are completing. All the sheets are on here- whereas teams will only submit the work for you.
English week 6 VP English week 6 WT NEW
Peruvian-Style Recipes Week 6 geography
Week 5 of home learning
Below is a reminder of expectations from the senior leadership team. Your best is good enough! We are blown away by how amazing you are all doing and you should be very proud of yourselves!
Remote learning
Please remember if your child is in Key Stage 1 they should be aiming for 3 hours remote learning each day and if your child is in Key Stage 2 the expectation is around 4 hours. This time frame reflects the amount of time pupils spend learning in class each day and so it is important that your child does not go over this daily recommendation as given by the Department for Education.
There is no expectation that pupils must complete every task and activity set.
If your child is finding some of the work too challenging then they should access the support resources that your child’s teacher will have provided. Please do not worry if your child does not complete all of the activities for a given lesson; they can always come back to that same activity the following day. It is important that your child works at an appropriate pace for them on the tasks set, even if this means they do not get to the end of that lesson. Children will find the process and practice of learning at home very different, so taking a measured approach to the amount of time they spend on a task will be important for their well-being and happiness. Spending time really understanding and practising a new skill is just as important, and prioritising dedicated reading time each day (from a page not a screen) is a great way of reinforcing learning and reducing anxiety. A simple timetable for each day will also help save pupils from spending too long on one subject. When it gets to the end of your set time for a particular lesson, make sure your child stops (even if they have not finished all tasks) and has a break before moving on to the next subject. Please encourage your child to join the live teacher sessions each day where the class teacher will clearly explain the learning for that day and answer any individual questions your child may have, as well as providing pastoral contact.
Mr Crozier Mrs Knight
Deputy Headteacher Assistant Headteacher
Here are your sheets for this week if you are struggling to get on to teams. Please email the school if you are not sure which sheets you are completing. All the sheets are on here- whereas teams will only submit the work for you.
English week 5 WT English week 5
Spelling rule for Thursday and Friday Week 5
Guided reading
Mrs Stewart has kindly read your guided reading for you for this week. Click on the video below and enjoy!