The first week has come to an end in Year Three and we have really enjoyed being back together again. Children have now been provided with their homework diaries to record their homework in and their work book. Their new Stone Age to the Iron Age homework pyramid has been stuck into the front of these too.

We will be kicking off next week with our trips to Butser Ancient farm- 3ST will be going on Monday and 3SH will be going on Tuesday. Please ensure children are provided with a packed lunch and water bottle for the day. The site is predominantly outside so please provide the children with appropriate clothing for the weather e.g wellies, trainers, rain coats, sun hats (too optimistic!) If you are yet to return your slip PLEASE may these be returned by Monday morning at the latest.  Butser is a fantastic venue for us to have a hands on experience of what it was like to live in the Stone Age to the Iron age period of time.

Look out for next weeks post of photos of us learning at Butser.

Year 3 team

Welcome back…

We are very much looking forward to welcoming the children back to school tomorrow. We hope everyone feels rested and ready for the new term ahead. Our welcome meeting will be held in the Year Three classroom on Thursday. We hope to see you there from 3:30 onwards.

Team Year Three.

A big congratulations to all of our lovely Year Three’s taking their first Holy communion in various churches over these last few weeks. It is such a special time for you all and we have loved looking at your pictures and wonderful presents- please continue to share them.

Mrs Stewart thought you were very smartly dressed and really enjoyed sharing your first Holy Communion with some of you on Saturday at Sacred Heart, Waterlooville. Miss Shaw is looking forward to seeing the rest of you on the 18th July at Scared Heart on your special day.

Last Monday, we were lucky enough to go to Staunton country park orienteering! There were a few children in Year Three that got to go in the afternoon.

When we got there in our mini bus we sat on the grass and we got told what to do.

We got a map for our group so we know where we were going. It was super hard, luckily we had a grown up to help us, we had Mrs Spicer for 3s and Mrs Moore for 3st.

It  was an amazing day,   we had lots of  fun there. We were 4 minutes late because someone was too slow (Harriet) but we got 143 points in the end. We were 4th, we didn’t get a medal but we got a certificate in golden leaf assembly.

Harriet and Aimee

Are you stuck for ideas for home learning this week?

Literacy: I’m Literacy, we have been creating a website for a new Roman archaeological site using powerpoint. Could you create an information leaflet for your own site. Maybe you might want to create a museum? Or a theme park? There will be an invite for parents to come and see the ‘websites’ that children are creating using powerpoint.

Maths: We have been practising our division skills this week linked with the Wimbledon tournament which has now begun.  For example: If I had 324 tennis balls to be boxed into packets containing three tennis ball, how many packets will I need to fit all of the tennis balls?

Home learning: Bug club and Abacus Maths

What else could I do? How about researching more information about Wimbledon? Or finding out about Ramadan? Could you write a recount about what you are did on INSET day?

Keep safe in the sun – Slip, Slop, Slap (hats, suncream and plenty of water)

Regards

Year 3 Team!

On Thursday 11th June 2015, Year Three spent the day at Butser Ancient Farm to learn about life in Britain before the Romans arrived and also discover how it changed once they settled.

The children took part in 4 activities: wattling, clunching, spinning, and a tour of the Roman villa.  We even had time to visit the gift shop. The children took part in all of the activities very sensibly and didn’t give up with the trickier activities.  For more information on these activities, please click the link below:

http://www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/

The children were impeccably behaved and it was a pleasure to take them on this school trip. Well Done Year 3!

Photos to be uploaded soon.

A big welcome back to all of our lovely Year Three’s. We hope you have all had a fun yet restful half term.

We also need to welcome back someone new to our Year Three team – Mrs Stewart! Here are some pictures of her wonderful wedding day- well done Year Three for keeping the presents a secret!

A big well done to ever member of 3S for their wonderful class assembly. They all worked so hard learning their lines off by heart and the words to be our guest.

Thank you to all the parents that came and celebrated the children’s learning with us! We really hope you enjoyed it 🙂

Year Three raised £214.13 as part of the restaurant project.  Thank you to everyone who contributed money towards the restaurant.

We therefore have some money to send to a charity of our choice.  As we were learning about the Rainforest last term, we have decided that we would like to sponsor an animal from the Rainforest.  Click on the link below to research which animal you would like to sponsor!

https://support.wwf.org.uk/

Year Three Team

…………. A DRAGON!

In Year Three we been writing about how to trap a dragon so that we can train it.

Mrs D came and saw us today with a real DRAGON! His name was Rango. We had to be really quiet (which wasn’t easy) so that we didn’t spook him. He had really sharp claws that hooked into Mrs D’s jumper and his skin camouflaged with sand and bark. She even had a pot of his skin which had been shed. He was surprisingly smooth considering the amount of spikes all over his back.

Thank you Mrs D for letting us meet a real life dragon! We have had such an exciting week in Year Three, I wonder what will be next…