We hope you have all had a lovely and restful Christmas, the children settled back into routine nicely this first week back and have all been eager to start our next topic-

THE RAINFOREST!

The new homework pyramid has been sent out today and we are excited to see what this inspires the children to make/do/learn in their home learning books.

The children’s spellings have also been sent home this week, stuck into their green home learning books too.

Remember to keep practicing the times tables as this is tested every Monday.

We are looking forward to all the learning we will be doing together this term Year Three,

Miss Shaw and Mrs Stewart

This morning  Miss Shaw told us to line up quickly. We were  going to preform in a pantomime- Puss in Boots. So we went to the hall and

then got picked a few at a time. Then  we started to have a practise. When the real show started it was so funny even the teachers

smiled. We had Queen Matilda and Princess Ariana, a troll who could turn into  anything, Puss and Puss in Boots.

Joshua and George B were guards of the troll, Theo was a donkey, Lilly R, Monet, Anna and Kafui were bunnies,

part of the carriage were Cecilia, Tia, Elea, Lily T and Cassius, horses of the carriage were Millie and Sigci,

Samuel and Freya B were water, George G and Andrew were bushes, Muck spreaders were Aeryn, Cody, Yohan and Nicolas,

And Liam, Holly and Alicia were part of a castle. Sienna and Kristopher were servants, Joseph was the chef and Isla was the mouse!

The songs we sung were, Little Mix- Black magic, Years and years- king, Never walk alone and Jess glynne- Don’t be so hard on yourself, we loved singing along.

It was really good and at the end the audience clapped and danced.

Reviewed by Kyle Gardner.

Spelling: Vowel Suffix ‘il’

Check your green home learning books for any spellings you need to practice.

However, If you scored 15/15 on the recent spelling test, you can use the dictionary to find trickier words starting with ‘il’ for your home spellings this week such as illegal.

Times Tables:  Remember to check which times tables sheet you have chosen to practice at home.

Has the book ‘The dark’ By Lemmony Snickett inspired you to do any writing this week?

We have also started our next RE topic of Advent, you could make your own advent calendar with key messages from the bible or any Advent homelearning ideas that you have.

Spelling: Prefix – ‘un’, ‘dis’, ‘mis’

In Year Three we learn our spellings every day in lessons ready to be tested on that Friday. We then send home a sheet of spellings from the test with the words that they spelt wrong highlight in pink for them to keep practising.  The sheet is in the home learning book.

However, If they scored 15/15 on the recent spelling test, they can use the dictionary to find trickier words ‘un’, ‘dis’, ‘mis’ for their home  spellings this week such as misunderstood.

Times Tables:  We have a times tables test every Monday in Year Three. If there is a times table the children need to practice, we will send them home with a sheet to support them and practice for the next test.

Remember to look at your homework pyramid for more ideas on your topic light and dark.

RE: This week in RE we have started to think about how we can prepare during the season of Advent.

Thank you to all of the parent helpers who came with us on Tuesday to the Church. It is the Advent service on Tuesday 1st December so if you think you would like to walk to church with us, please contact your child’s class teacher.

Have a lovely weekend.

Year Three

Spelling: Vowel Suffix ‘ly’

In Year Three we learn our spellings every day in lessons ready to be tested on that Friday. We will then send home a sheet of spellings from the test with the words that they spelt wrong highlight in pink for them to keep practising.  The sheet is in the home learning book.

However, If they scored 15/15 on the recent spelling test, they can use the dictionary to find trickier words ending in ‘ly’ for their home  spellings this week such as ethically.

Times Tables:  We have a times tables test every Monday in Year Three. If there is a times table the children need to practice, we will send them home with a sheet to support them and practice for the next test.

Remember to look at your homework pyramid for more ideas on your topic light and dark.

This week Sigciniwe was really inspired by her light and dark topic and created her own shadow puppet theatre. She wrote a script based on the story ‘The Dark’ By Lemony Snicket and performed it to the class with the puppets she had also made and torches.

What will inspire you this week Year Three?

Home Learning

Spelling: Vowel Suffix ‘ly’

In Year Three we learn our spellings every day in lessons ready to be tested on that Friday. We will then send home a sheet of spellings from the test with the words that they spelt wrong highlight in pink for them to keep practising.  The sheet is in the home learning book.

However, If they scored 15/15 on the recent spelling test, they can use the dictionary to find trickier words ending in ‘ly’ for their home  spellings this week such as struggling.

Times Tables:  We have a times tables test every Monday in Year Three. If there is a times table the children need to practice, we will send them home with a sheet to support them and practice for the next test.

Remember to look at your homework pyramid for more ideas on your topic light and dark.

Team Year three

Year Three’s wonderful explanation texts on how a dinosaur ‘really works’ have been displayed in Waterlooville library. If you have time in the half term, please pop upstairs into the children’s section to admire all of their fantastic writing. The display will be in the library until the end of November.

Well done Year Three!

Home Learning

Spelling: Vowel Suffix ‘ion’

In Year Three we learn our spellings every day in lessons ready to be tested on that Friday. We will then send home a sheet of spellings from the test with the words that they spelt wrong highlight in pink for them to keep practising.  The sheet is in the home learning book.

However, If they scored 15/15 on the recent spelling test, they can use the dictionary to find trickier words ending in ‘ion’ for their home  spellings this week such as struggling.

Times Tables:  We have a times tables test every Monday in Year Three. If there is a times table the children need to practice, we will send them home with a sheet to support them and practice for the next test.

Literacy: Try writing an explanation text for how something works.  It would be something you make up yourself i.e. ‘How does a Room Tidier 3000 work?’ or maybe a machine which can help you learn your times tables?

On Tuesday 20th October, the children in year 3 will be walking to Waterlooville library to present their explanation texts about ‘How a dinosaur really works’. The children have been creating their own dinosaurs and deciding how they might work internally.

Have a lovely weekend.

Year 3 team.

Year Three had  a fantastic Friday experiencing how to be a Celt!

We went onto the playground and made cave paintings, we ventured into the wooded area and built round houses too out of mud and sticks. In the afternoon we tried weaving, jewellery making and even made secret codes out of ancient Runes!

Thank you for providing the children with fantastic costumes, they really enjoyed themselves.

On Friday, it is our Celtic day.  The children should come to school dressed in old clothes that can they can get dirty in preferably dark clothes.  We will be outside for the best part of the morning.  Please do not worry about elaborate costumes but if the children have prepared a costume, we look forward to seeing it on Friday.  Last year, some children wore picnic blankets as tunics and put a little bit of face paint on their faces.

On the day we will be doing some cave painting, weaving, pottery and much more.  We hope the children enjoy their day re-enacting life as a Celt!

Year 3 Team